Izvleček
Z GoChile – pedagoško-raziskovalnim projektom Centra za astrofiziko in kozmologijo Univerze v Novi Gorici in astronomske revije Spika – sem raziskoval in snemal objekte globokega vesolja na južni polobli ter posnel astrofotografije. Končne astrofotografije prikazujejo objekte globokega vesolja na južni polobli, in sicer kroglaste kopice, razsute kopice, refleksijske in emisijske meglice, planetarne meglice ter galaksije. Projekt GoChile je edinstven prav v tem, da učencem v osnovni šoli omogoča opazovanje objektov globokega vesolja na daljavo ob podpori učitelja.
V ta namen sem učencem pri izbirnem predmetu Zvezde in vesolje predstavil posamezne faze snemanja s teleskopom. Fotografije, ki jih učenec sam posname in izdela, so zanj neprecenljive. Tako pridobljeno znanje bogati mlade raziskovalce nočnega neba. Predstavljene astrofotografije sva posnela in obdelala avtor članka ter Nik Vintar, nadarjeni učenec iz 9. razreda OŠ Hajdina.
Abstract
A Journey Among the Constellations of the Southern Sky
Through the GoChile pedagogical research project of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Nova Gorica, and the astronomical magazine Spika, I have been researching and capturing deep sky objects in the southern hemisphere of the Earth and producing astrophotographs. The final astrophotographs depict deep sky objects in the southern hemisphere of the Earth, including globular clusters, open clusters, reflection and emission nebulae, planetary nebulae, and galaxies. The GoChile project is unique in that it allows primary school students to observe deep sky objects remotely with the support of a teacher. For this purpose, I introduced students in the elective subject Stars and Space to the various phases of telescope imaging. The photographs taken and processed by the students themselves are invaluable to them and enrich the knowledge of young researchers of the night sky. The presented astrophotographs were taken and processed by the author of the article and Nik Vintar, a talented 9th-grade student from Hajdina Primary School.