Teaching students about informatics and astronomy using real data for detection of asteroids

Boldea, A. L.; Vaduvescu, O.
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European Journal of Physics, Volume 38, Issue 5, pp. 055706 (2017).

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2017
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2
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1
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In this paper we approach the astronomy teaching process for students in computer sciences through a controlled investigation method using real astronomical data, including data reduction and quality control of the astrometry of near-Earth asteroids. The method used data collected on the Isaac Newton Telescope located at the ORM observatory on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands and was successfully tested with a group of students in their second year of study.
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