The juri of "Catch a Star" has announced the winners of the contest. To improve child participation the juri decided to create a special award for young children. The prizes that were awarded this year are the following:
SPECIAL GRAND PRIZE: One observational session on 2m Faulkes telescopes
The Faulkes Telescope Project is the education arm of Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGTN).
The aim is to provide free access to robotic telescopes and a fully supported education programme to encourage teachers and students to engage in research-based science education. LCOGTN operates a network of research class robotic telescopes. Currently there are two telescopes, one in Hawaii and the other in Australia. These telescopes are available to teachers for them to use as part of their curricular or extra-curricular activities and are fully supported by a range of educational materials and a team of educators and professional astronomers.
First place: 60 min remote observations with the 2m RCC Telescope by National astronomical obervatory "Rozhen", Bulgaria (TWO)
Second place: 60 min remote observations with the 50/70 Schmidttelescope by National astronomical obervatory "Rozhen", Bulgaria
Third place: 60 min remote observations with the Cassegrain-telescope"Zeiss-600" by National astronomical obervatory "Rozhen", Bulgaria
Fourth place: Hubble - Cosmic Collisions - The Hubble Atlas of Merging Galaxies, European Southern Observatory
Written by Lars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida and Davide De Martin
Fifth place: 15 Years of Discovery book, European Southern Observatory
Written by Lars Lindberg Christensen and Bob Fosbury. Illustrations & Layout: Martin Kornmesser
Sixth place: Hidden Universe, European Southern Observatory
Written by Lars Lindberg Christensen, Robert Fosbury and Robert Hurt
Additional prizes: 10 DVDs - Eyes on the Skies, European Southern Observatory
New : Special prize for young children: Star maps and ESO Posters
This year the EAAE juri of the contest decided to award two first prizes. And the winners are...
| № | Project | Prizes | Country | School | Teacher |
Students |
| 20 |
Determination and Modeling of the shape of an asteroid by analysis of its light curve |
Special Grand Prize |
FRANCE |
High-school Léonard De Vinci, MONTAIGU |
Mr Jean-Jacques RIVES |
LIVET Florian, PASQUIER Corentin and COISLIER Titouan |
| 23 | The sizes of the Moon |
1 |
Spain | "Santo Domingo Savio" UBEDA (Jaén) | Francisco Trillo Poveda | Elvira Díaz de la Torre, Manuel Martínez Jurado y Marina Sánchez Valera |
| 1 | Sunspots |
1 |
Bulgaria | Vaptsarov Language School , Shumen | Aneta Marinova | Valentina Stancheva, Vladislava Jordanova |
| 15 | Astronomy in Navalcarnero |
2 |
Spain | IES Carmen Martín Gaite | José Luis García Herrero | Rubén Iglesias Buendía, Marina Álvarez Alamillo, Miriam González Fernández |
| 2 | Astronomical examination of Be-Stars with spectral methods |
3 |
Germany | Lore-Lorentz Schule | Heinrich Kuypers | Benedikt Gröver |
| 14 | Sun and Refraction |
4 |
Bulgaria | Astronomical Observatory by Youth Center, Haskovo | Yoanna Kokotanekova | Yovelina Zinkova, Radostina Velevska, Ivana Yankova |
| 31 | Solar modulation of galactic cosmic radiation and VLF … |
5 |
Croatia | XV. Gimnazija, Zagreb | Ljiljana Neme | Julio Car |
| 24 | The Draconides 2011 and comets! |
6 |
Denmark | Alssundgymnasiet Sønderborg | Michael Lentfer Jensen | Rune Lassen, Morten B. Ochelka, Anders Goosmann og Nivethan Shanmugaratnam |
| 21 |
Betelgeuse, the mysterious star |
Special Prize for young team |
Spain | CEIP "Salvador de Madariaga". Daganzo (Madrid) | Elena Alcacera Pérez | Luis Fernandez Codeseda (9 years), Fidel Martínez García (9 years), Elia Sufuentes Arija (9 years). |
| № | Project | Prizes | Country | School | Teacher | Students |
DVD prizes were also awarded to the following projects:
Project 3 My EX Hydrae observations, Młodzieżowe Obserwatorium Astronomiczne im. Kazimierza Kordylewskiego w Niepołomicach, Poland.
Project 4 The Sun-a Binary Star, Kaunas Jesuit Gymnasium, Lithuania
Project 7 The Universe's Zoo, "Ştefan cel Mare" High School , Romania
Project 8 Using sky quality meter to measure sky Brightness, SOU,,Orde Copela,, - Prilep , Macedonia
Project 10 Drinking with Einstein: gravitational lenses, Colegio San Gabriel (Madrid) , Spain
Project 18 Star clusters, Astronomical Observatory by Youth Center Khaskovo , Bulgaria
Project 19 The Spectroscope, School no 14 "Ion Ţuculescu", Craiova, Romania
Project 27 Cassiopeia: a queen, a pirate and a journey "relative" the fourth dimension, Colegio El Carmelo de Granada, Spain
Project 28 The Milky Way and Andromeda collision, Skrundas Secondary School, Latvia
Project 32 Moon project, Escola Salesiana "Mare de Déu dels Dolors, Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain.
Link: "Catch a Star" webpage
