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Primary school children from "De Woldschool" in Steenwijkerwold visit the Dwingeloo telescope |
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Written by Harm Munk
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Thursday, 03 June 2010 21:52 |
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On Thursday morning, June the 3rd, 17 pupils together with five adults from primary school "De Woldschool", located in Steenwijkerwold, visited the Dwingeloo telescope. After listening to an explanation on how a radio telescope receives radio signals from the sky, the pupils went inside to continue the tour at the drive mechanism of the telescope. Then they went outside again to see how the telescope moved to point to a celestial radio source. Inside again, it was explained to them how the reception of the radio signals works, and they could listen to the ticks of a pulsar. Judging from the many questions, they had paid attention to what was told during the tour. After spending about one hour in and around the telescope, they left, having learned many new things about astronomy and especially radio astronomy
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