{"674130":{"#nid":"674130","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"AFRL\u2019s Aloha Telescope celebrates 10-year anniversary empowering students through outreach","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u2019s been 10 years since the \u003Cspan\u003EAir Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL\u003C\/span\u003E, successfully launched the astronomy outreach program called \u003Cspan\u003EAloha Explorations at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, or AMOS\u003C\/span\u003E, in Maui, Hawaii. This STEM outreach project uses an 11-inch Celestron telescope, also known as the Aloha Telescope, to provide students in grades K-12 the ability to view live images from their classrooms and remotely control the telescope via an internet connection. The idea for this project originated from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-sowell\u0022\u003EDr. James Sowell\u003C\/a\u003E, an astronomer and observatory director at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. (This story also appeared at \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ladailypost.com\/air-force-research-laboratorys-aloha-telescope-celebrates-10-year-anniversary-empowering-students-through-outreach\/\u0022\u003ELos Alamos Daily Post\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/467805\/afrls-aloha-telescope-celebrates-10-year-anniversary-empowering-students-through-outreach\u0022\u003EDefense Visual Information Distribution Service\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u2019s been 10 years since the \u003Cspan\u003EAir Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL\u003C\/span\u003E, successfully launched the astronomy outreach program called \u003Cspan\u003EAloha Explorations at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, or AMOS\u003C\/span\u003E, in Maui, Hawaii. This STEM outreach project uses an 11-inch Celestron telescope, also known as the Aloha Telescope, to provide students in grades K-12 the ability to view live images from their classrooms and remotely control the telescope via an internet connection. The idea for this project originated from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-sowell\u0022\u003EDr. James Sowell\u003C\/a\u003E, an astronomer and observatory director at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. (This story also appeared at \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ladailypost.com\/air-force-research-laboratorys-aloha-telescope-celebrates-10-year-anniversary-empowering-students-through-outreach\/\u0022\u003ELos Alamos Daily Post\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/467805\/afrls-aloha-telescope-celebrates-10-year-anniversary-empowering-students-through-outreach\u0022\u003EDefense Visual Information Distribution Service\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-04-10 18:00:04","changed_gmt":"2024-04-15 15:48:43","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Air Force Research Laboratory","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.afrl.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3731156\/afrls-aloha-telescope-celebrates-10-year-anniversary-empowering-students-throug\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"4188","name":"astronomy"},{"id":"173948","name":"Aloha Telescope"},{"id":"191613","name":"Georgia Tech Aloha Telescope"},{"id":"191204","name":"Air Force Research Laboratory"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}