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The vigorous development of data driven astronomy education and public outreach (DAEPO)
Authors: Li Shanshan , Cui Chenzhou , Qiao Cuilan , Fan Dongwei , Li Changhua , Xu Yunfei , Mi Linying , Yang Hanxi , Han Jun , Tao Yihan , He Boliang , Yang Sisi 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAstronomy education and public outreach (EPO) is one of the important part of the future development of astronomy. During the past few years, as the rapid evolution of Internet and the continuous change of policy, the breeding environment of science EPO keep improving and the number of related projects show a booming trend. EPO is no longer just a matter of to teachers and science educators but also attracted the attention of professional astronomers. Among all activates of astronomy EPO, the data driven astronomy education and public outreach (abbreviated as DAEPO) is special and important. It benefits from the development of Big Data and Internet technology and is full of flexibility and diversity. We will present the history, definition, best practices and prospective development of DAEPO for better understanding this active field.
Cultural Astronomy for Inspiration
Authors: Gullberg Steven R. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractCultural astronomy is the study of the astronomy of ancient cultures and is sometimes called the anthropology of astronomy. The many ways that astronomy was used by ancient cultures are fascinating and this can be used to inspire interest in all astronomy, as well as astronomy in culture. Archaeoastronomy is interdisciplinary and among its practitioners are not only astronomers and astrophysicists, but also anthropologists, archaeologists, and Indigenous scholars. Much can be learned about ancient cultures though examination of how and why they used astronomy. This paper will highlight several examples that can capture public attention.
Meet the skies of the world first intercontinental-experimental course of teacher training in astronomy, of a cooperative and participatory type, in a time of physical distancing
Authors: Lanciano Nicoletta , Camino Néstor 
Published: December 2021

AbstractFor over 30 years, the MCE Sky Pedagogy Research Group (Italy) and Plaza del Cielo Complex (Argentina) had been offering teachers and educators many projects and activities related to training and teaching/learning processes having the sky and the study of the multiple relationships of humans with the sky as a focus of research. We have developed didactical methods based on direct experience, naked-eye activities, cooperation and exchange of experiences. The pandemic forced us to suspend the in-person meetings, which are at the center of our research in the Teaching of Astronomy, so we decided to react constructively exploring virtuality designing the course “Meet the skies of the world”. Two courses where developed from June to September 2020, each one having 4 virtual meetings of 2,5 hours each, with more than a hundred participants from different countries. A Level II course will be developed during the first semester of 2021.
21 Years Activity of the ITAU Activities
Authors: Baghbani Hasan , Rokni Mahdi , Tomita Akihiko , Hadizadeh Maryam 
Published: December 2021

AbstractITAU, the Iranian teacher’s astronomy union, has attempted for many years to introduce astronomy to the teachers and students not only in Iran but also around the world by providing various materials and projects. The primary goal of ITAU is also to protect the environment with a help of students; therefore, first, try to change the attitude of students. SINA, Student’s International Network for Astronomy, will follow the goals.
Astronomical Society of the University of Carabobo: scientific enculturation agent in Valencia city (Venezuela)
Authors: Ortega Alcides , Falcón Nelson 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe Astronomical Society of the University of Carabobo (SAUC) is an activity of permanent scientific dissemination, which uses Astronomy as a tool for the scientific enculturation of the local population and non-formal teaching of Science and Technology. The SAUC base their Learning activities through the Bachelard epistemology and Morin pedagogy. Furthermore the focus of the dissemination and popularization of Astronomy must focus on knowledge for life and on overcoming epistemic obstacles between knowledge expert and knowledge taught. The SAUC’s activities are focused on holding Master Class, seminars, astronomy courses for amateurs; development of multimedia materials and the national astronomical ephemeris. The qualitative evaluation, after two decades of activities of the SAUC allows us to conclude that astronomy can affect as a motivating axis for cultural appropriation and scientific enculturation by broad sectors of the local community, regardless of age, gender, race, socio-economic activity, or ideological-cultural diversity.
The astronomical heritage of pre-Hispanic societies in Venezuela: Total Eclipses of Sun reported in Petroglyphs
Authors: Falcón Nelson , Ortega Alcides 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAstronomical observations have been documented in pre-Hispanic cultures. However, little is known about the astronomical heritage of pre-Hispanic societies in Venezuela, since there are no evidence of an ancestral material culture as other regions of Meso and South America, and these native Venezuelan groups lacked a written, alphabetic or ideographic language. There are innumerable petroglyph deposits in almost all regions of Venezuela, especially near Lake Valencia (Carabobo state) and those of the Andean foothills (Barinas state). By means of computerized simulation and archaeoastronomy techniques, the occurrence of a total solar eclipse is verified: in July 1, 577 at the Vigirima site; and another total solar eclipse at noon on May 16, 1398 at the Bum Bum site. It is concluded that the contemplation of the total eclipses of the Sun, must lead to the need for communication and recording, and lacking any type of writing, they drew the phenomenon, using the techniques and means at their disposal: engraving on rocks.
Real data for astronomy class in the college and university
Authors: Villicana Pedraza Ilhuiyolitzin , Carreto Parra Francisco , Saucedo Morales Julio 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAstronomy education is an efficient means of attracting more people to study science and not just astronomy. The diversity in the majors of the students allows us to expand the knowledge of astronomy to all fields. In this paper, we present our non-traditional method of using real data and observations for our College and University classes, it allows students to learn about the applications and how to use them to study the stars.
Estrelleros: Astronomy in hospitals
Authors: Delgado-Inglada Gloria , López-Cámara Diego , Farah Alejandro , Fuentes-Fernández Jorge , García Orlando , Keiman Carolina , Pacheco Tita L. , Ruíz-Díaz-Soto Jaime 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis project is designed for children under 18 years that have to frequently visit hospitals or that have to endure long-term hospital stays. The aims are to entertain these children and their families, to increase their scientific culture, and to promote scientific vocations. So far we have visited one hospital in Mexico City bringing astronomy to the patients and their families. We have developed five hands-on activities and one musical activity that ensures that all the children can participate independently of their conditions. We plan to expand this project to other hospitals and other cities in the country. Our next challenge is to start virtual visits to hospitals.
TIEMPEROS: Meteorological specialists from the pre-hispanic indigenous cosmogony of Mexico, and the use of technology to promote astronomy and atmospheric sciences
Authors: Durán Cintia 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe cult of the mountains, the wind and the request for “good rain” constitute today,the fusion of pre-Hispanic religious beliefs and meteorological knowledge in the agricultural development of central Mexico. Understanding this cult of the earth, from an indigenous perspective, led by certain specialists who have extensive knowledge of the landscape and meteorology, called Tiemperos, is a fundamental and necessary feature for the development of atmospheric sciences and the inclusion of rural villages in environmental research, carried out in certain areas of Mexico. Understanding the world in which these specialists are inserted is complex if one does not have a joint vision of the ethnographic data and the social relevance that the Tiemperos have on the communities. During 2018 I carried out an investigation on the request of rain and “goodweather” rituals that are carried out year after year in certain areas of central Mexico. From that initiative we developed an educational model and a prototype weather station that could be designed, built and adapted to the needs of each community, considering the traditions and teachings of the local Tiempero. Making use of microcontrollers, basic electronics, and a traditional indigenous technique, each station was built and designed with the people of the community where it would be installed, with the idea of involving and enriching scientific meteorological knowledge, which could be useful for each community. The project, still in development, included meteorological stations designed by the author and built by the communities, a series of educational exercises for children involved in the project and the proposal of a “goodweather” ritual using the data collected by the meteorological stations, with the intention of using technology and science-based information with traditional indigenous practices giving way to new forms of research and inclusion of science in remote communities in Mexico.
NASE workshop: Eclipses with models and camera obscura
Authors: Ros Rosa M. , García Beatriz , Moreno Ricardo , Romagnoli Claudia , Sebben Viviana 
Published: December 2021

AbstractIbn al-Haytham (known as Alhazen in occident), extensively studied the camera obscura phenomenon in the early 11th century. This instrument was used to obtain the projected image of a landscape on the screen and also was addopte by the scientists and famous painters along the centuries, to experiment with it until their final evolution as the modern photografic camera. The resource in the simple version of the “pinhole camera” can be used at the classroom to experience several phenomena, such us solar eclipses and Moon phases, and to each about optics and geometry. This contribution presents an application of this ingeniuos tool in the framework of solar eclipses, where the scale models are important to understand what really happens with the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Our Sky, the Sky of Our Ancestors
Authors: César González-Garca A. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractWhen we talk about Astronomy, we normally do not take into account that we are using a cultural specific way of understanding the sky. Astronomers, either professional, amateur or just lovers of the sky nowadays tend to approach the sky from the point of view of modern science. There, we approach the sky as something that needs to be explored, understood and explained.However, this vision was not always like that, or even in other cultures is/was completely different. For centuries, the human being has comprehended the sky, its changes and constancies, as part of their world, as part of the environment, as part of their everyday life.In this paper, I review a few of these different ways of approaching the sky in several cultures, from the Near East to Rome or the Andes and how we can use them today for education, outreach and heritage management.
ASTROMOVES: Astrophysics, Diversity, Mobility
Authors: Holbrook Jarita C. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe US astronomy/astrophysics community comes together to create a decadal report that summarizes grant funding priorities, observatory & instrumental priorities as well as community accomplishments and community goals such as increasing the number of women and the number of people from underrepresented groups. In the 2010 US National Academies Decadal Survey of Astronomy (NRC10), it was suggested that having to move so frequently which is a career necessity may be unattractive to people wanting to start a family, especially impacting women. Whether in Europe or elsewhere, as postdocs, astrophysicists will relocate every two to three years, until they secure a permanent position or leave research altogether. Astrophysicists do perceive working abroad as important and positive for their careers (Parenti02); however, it was found that the men at equal rank had not had to spend as much time abroad to further their careers (Fohl12). By implication, women need to work abroad longer or have more positions abroad to achieve the same rank as men. Astrophysicists living in the United Kingdom prefer to work in their country of origin, but many did not do so because of worse working conditions or difficultly finding a job for their spouse (Fohl14). In sum, mobility and moving is necessary for a career in astrophysics, and even more necessary for women, but astrophysicists prefer not to move as frequently as needed to maintain a research career. To gather more data on these issues and to broaden the discourse beyond male/female to include the gender diverse as well as to include other forms of diversity, the ASTROMOVES project was created which is funded through a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. Though slowed down by COVID-19, several interviews have been conducted and some preliminary results will be presented.
Inclusive education and research through African Network of Women in Astronomy and STEM for GIRLS in Ethiopia initiatives
Authors: Pović Mirjana , McBride Vanessa , Muheki Priscilla , Ödman-Govender Carolina , Saad Somaya , Klutse Nana Ama Brown , Tsegaye Aster , Getachew Tigist , Kelemu Melody , Kibret Hanna , Tamirat Jerusalem , Telahun-Teka Deborah , Tesfaye Beza , Tigistu-Sahle Feven 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe African Network of Women in Astronomy and STEM for GIRLS in Ethiopia initiatives have been established with aim to strengthen the participation of girls and women in astronomy and science in Africa and Ethiopia. We will not be able to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals without full participation of women and girls in all aspects of our society and without giving in future the same opportunity to all children to access education independently on their socio-economical status. In this paper both initiatives are briefly introduced.
The IAU Strategic Plan 2020–2030, a blueprint for forging a new social revolution in astronomy and for using astronomy as a tool for building a progressive society
Authors: Hearnshaw John B. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractI discuss the second IAU Strategic Plan for the decade 2020–30 in the context of the overall evolution of the IAU in recent past decades. This article shows how the IAU has evolved dramatically since WW2. It is hardly recognizable in terms of its original organization and goals of a century ago. What was once an inward-looking body engaged purely with the procedures of astronomical research is now a dynamic and outward-looking organization, interacting with people, especially students and the public.A large part of this success must be attributed to the IAU’s unique body of individual members, whose number has grown strongly in recent decades. It is the individual members, especially through the Commissions and Working Groups, who have promoted these enormous changes in the outlook of the Union. This is a model for other scientific unions to follow, and especially for the work to promote the careers of women in science, for promoting the careers of young astronomers, for bringing students into astronomy or into science in general, for helping people with disabilities to have careers in astronomy, for engaging with the public, and for helping to develop astronomy and science in developing countries.Looking to the future, the IAU’s new Strategic Plan for the years 2020 to 2030 has five major goals for the coming decade: 1. The IAU leads the worldwide coordination of astronomy and the fostering of communication and dissemination of astronomical knowledge among professional astronomers. 2. The IAU promotes the inclusive advancement of the field of astronomy in every country. 3. The IAU promotes the use of astronomy as a tool for development in every country. 4. The IAU engages the public in astronomy through access to astronomical information and communication of the science of astronomy. 5. The IAU stimulates the use of astronomy for teaching and education at school level.Future developments will also be engaging with the large number of amateur astronomers and helping to promote astro-tourism, which is perhaps the new frontier now growing rapidly around the world. The Strategic Plan is a blueprint for forging a social revolution in astronomy and for using astronomy as a tool for building a progressive society.
Solar eclipses as a chance for professional-amateur scientific collaboration
Authors: Hanaoka Yoichiro 
Published: December 2021

AbstractTotal solar eclipses are popular targets for amateur astronomers. At the same time, the eclipses are still scientifically important to observe the solar corona. Therefore, the eclipses are a good chance for amateurs to participate in scientific observations. In fact, some of amateur astronomers in Japan have been carried out scientific observations at the total solar eclipses collaborating with professional solar scientists over more than ten years. Some scientific results have been produced from the collaboration. We present here our collaborative activities as a practical example of citizen science.
Post‐50 Ma Evolution of India‐Asia Collision Zone From Paleomagnetic and GPS Data: Greater India Indentation to Eastward Tibet Flow
Authors: Todrani A. , Speranza F. , D’Agostino N. , Zhang B. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractWe re‐evaluate 357 Jurassic‐Holocene paleomagnetic datasets from Tibet‐Indochina and compare them with present‐day Global Position System velocity field. SE Tibet NW of the East Himalaya Syntaxis (EHS) underwent 20°–30° counterclockwise rotations around 50 Ma, and mostly clockwise rotations after 40 Ma. NE of the EHS, post‐50 Ma clockwise rotation occurred, whereas highly scattered clockwise rotations took place on northern Indochina at 25–15 Ma, after a remagnetization episode. We suggest that the indentation of Greater India NE corner at ∼50 Ma resulted in a wide orogenic reentrant characterized by opposite rotations at orocline limbs. Rotations East of EHS after 40 Ma were likely due to local strike‐slip fault activity. After 30 Ma, the ongoing India collision fragmented Indochina into km‐scale blocks that experienced independent rotations. The present‐day clockwise rotation pattern around the EHS started at 15–10 Ma along with eastward Tibet crustal spreading, and has not produced yet a detectable paleomagnetic rotation.
Using Stable Isotopes (δ18O and δD) to Study the Dynamics of Upwelling and Other Oceanic Processes in Northwestern South China Sea
Authors: Zhou Fengxia , Wu Junhui , Chen Fajin , Chen Chunqing , Zhu Qingmei , Lao Qibin , Zhou Xin , Lu Xuan 
Published: December 2021

AbstractFew systematic investigations use isotopic compositions (δ18O and δD) of seawater together with water temperature and salinity to trace the water dynamic processes in the upwelling area. This study presents depth‐specific δ18O, δD, salinity (S), and temperature data of water samples collected from the northwestern South China Sea (NWSCS) during spring and summer 2018 to study upwelling and other oceanic physical processes. Strong upwelling is observed in the southwestern area of the NWSCS in both spring and summer based on the distribution of water temperature. In spring, the area with lower water temperature has generally higher δD and δ18O values than other studied areas, while this phenomenon is not observed in summer. This indicates different hydrodynamic conditions in these seasons. The eastward advection of upwelled water in summer contributes to this phenomenon, which can be supported by the δ18O‐S relationships. δ18O‐S regression line in summer has higher slope than that in spring. Five water masses are defined in both seasons. In the west area of the NWSCS, the offshore upper water (OUW) is mainly formed by the mixing of coastal water and offshore deep water (ODW). We use the principle of mass conservation to estimate the relative contributions of ODW based on δ18O. ODW in spring contributes 40% to OUW, while in summer it contributes 69%. This study presents the method of using stable isotopes to study the upwelling event in NWSCS and quantifies the contribution of upwelling which obtains more information compared with the traditional hydrological observations.
Seasonal Cycle of Idealized Polar Clouds: Large Eddy Simulations Driven by a GCM
Authors: Zhang Xiyue , Schneider Tapio , Shen Zhaoyi , Pressel Kyle G. , Eisenman Ian 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe uncertainty in polar cloud feedbacks calls for process understanding of the cloud response to climate warming. As an initial step toward improved process understanding, we investigate the seasonal cycle of polar clouds in the current climate by adopting a novel modeling framework using large eddy simulations (LES), which explicitly resolve cloud dynamics. Resolved horizontal and vertical advection of heat and moisture from an idealized general circulation model (GCM) are prescribed as forcing in the LES. The LES are also forced with prescribed sea ice thickness, but surface temperature, atmospheric temperature, and moisture evolve freely without nudging. A semigray radiative transfer scheme without water vapor and cloud feedbacks allows the GCM and LES to achieve closed energy budgets more easily than would be possible with more complex schemes. This enables the mean states in the two models to be consistently compared, without the added complications from interaction with more comprehensive radiation. We show that the LES closely follow the GCM seasonal cycle, and the seasonal cycle of low‐level clouds in the LES resembles observations: maximum cloud liquid occurs in late summer and early autumn, and winter clouds are dominated by ice in the upper troposphere. Large‐scale advection of moisture provides the main source of water vapor for the liquid‐containing clouds in summer, while a temperature advection peak in winter makes the atmosphere relatively dry and reduces cloud condensate. The framework we develop and employ can be used broadly for studying cloud processes and the response of polar clouds to climate warming.