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Selling Our Southern Skies: recent public astronomy developments at the Carter Observatory, New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

W. Orchiston ,
B. Carter ,
R. Dodd  and
R. Hall
W. Orchiston
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, PO Box 2909, Wellington, New Zealand (Wayne.Orchiston@vuw.ac.nz)
B. Carter
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, PO Box 2909, Wellington, New Zealand (Wayne.Orchiston@vuw.ac.nz)
R. Dodd
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, PO Box 2909, Wellington, New Zealand (Wayne.Orchiston@vuw.ac.nz)
R. Hall
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, PO Box 2909, Wellington, New Zealand (Wayne.Orchiston@vuw.ac.nz)

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Carter Observatory is the gazetted National Observatory of New Zealand, and opened in 1941 December. From the start, the main function of the Observatory was to provide for the astronomical needs of the citizens of, and visitors to, the Wellington region, and today this remains one of its four recognised functions (Orchiston and Dodd, 1995). The other three are to conduct astronomical research of international significance; provide a national astronomy education service for school students, teachers, and trainee teachers; and assist in the preservation of New Zealand's astronomical heritage.

Type
Section Five
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 162: New Trends in Astronomy Teaching , 1998 , pp. 214 - 219
Copyright
Copyright © 1996

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