- American Astronomical Society’s 240th Meeting: Plenary Lecture Building the Future of Radio Science with the Arecibo Observatory by Dr. Héctor Arce. 28 Jul, 2022
- TRENDS 202227 Jul, 2022
- Advancing IDEA in Planetary Science 27 Jul, 2022
- The Arecibo Observatory: An Engine for Science and Scientists in Puerto Rico and Beyond27 Jul, 2022
- Cryogenic Frontend work for the 12m telescope entering phase II21 Jul, 2022
- A Parkes “Murriyang” Search for Pulsars and Fast Transients in the Large Magellanic Cloud 11 Jul, 2022
- A Comparison of Multiphase Magnetic Field Tracers in a High Galactic Latitude Region of the Filamentary Interstellar Medium 11 Jul, 2022
- The First Observation of Additional Ionospheric Layers Over Arecibo Using an Incoherent Scatter Radar11 Jul, 2022
- Decoding the star forming properties of gas-rich galaxy pairs11 Jul, 2022
- Crater Ejecta Across Maxwell Montes, Venus, and Possible Effects on Future Rock Type Measurements 11 Jul, 2022
- On Single-pulse Energies of Some Bright Pulsars Observed at 1.7 GHz11 Jul, 2022
- Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16 11 Jul, 2022
- Arecibo Celebrates National Engineers Week 06 Apr, 2022
- The Arecibo Observatory at the Upcoming 240th American Astronomical Society Meeting06 Apr, 2022
- The Arecibo Observatory Survey Salvage Committee Report06 Apr, 2022
- Facilities and Operations Update06 Apr, 2022
Arecibo Observatory Collaborations & Exhibitions (April - June, 2021)
Byadmin21 July 2021 Education
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The Arecibo Observatory continues with its mission to educate the next generation of scientists of Puerto Rico in space-related areas. With that in mind, we continue collaborating with the Centro Criollo de Ciencias y Tecnología del Caribe (C3Tec) and the EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias. The exhibition Sun, Earth and Universe can be found in C3Tec every Saturday, along with the meteorite collection of the Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe.
Also, as part of the collaborations, multiple outreach activities have been celebrated over the past three months. In April 2021, Dr. Abniel Machín, executive director of the Angel Ramos Foundation Science and Visitor Center (ARFSVC), gave two seminars about Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico and the Challenges of Climate Change in Puerto Rico. In May 2021, we commemorated the collaboration with the EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias and participated in a series of seminars where our scientists talked about the importance of the Arecibo Observatory and the sciences that they study. On May 15, we celebrated with C3Tec the International Day of Astronomy where Dr. Abniel Machín and Ms. Yasmin Santiago, associate director of the ARFSVC, gave presentations about the importance, history and legacy of the Arecibo Observatory and presented a series of space-related kits to the general. The Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe also gave a presentation about asteroids.
Additionally, several proposals have been submitted with C3Tec to different national and international agencies. So far, one proposal has been awarded and will start in October 2021. The project will train 30 teachers from all over the island in topics related to renewable energy.
Article written by Dr. Abniel Machín (amachin@naic.edu) - Executive Director of AO's Science & Visitor Center
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Keywords: observatory, arecibo, radio, telescope, education, machín, angel, ramos, foundation, ecoexploratorio, centro, criollo,ciencias, santiago, astronomy