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Main Author: Gomez, Edward
Format: Recurso digital
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14928224
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contents <p>The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT1) has telescopes in locations around the globe that are used daily by scientists and by the general public.<br>In a new LCOGT outreach initiative called Show Me Stars, celebrities were chosen as guest hosts for a series of Twitter-based observing events using a 2-metre robotic telescope. The celebrities made tweets throughout their one-hour online observing sessions using the hashtag “#ShowMeStars”, with the aim of engaging large pools of Twitter followers in­ astronomy.</p>
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spellingShingle Show Me Stars: Engaging Celebrities in Astronomy Outreach with Their Twitter Followers
Gomez, Edward
Social Media
Robotic Telescopes
<p>The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT1) has telescopes in locations around the globe that are used daily by scientists and by the general public.<br>In a new LCOGT outreach initiative called Show Me Stars, celebrities were chosen as guest hosts for a series of Twitter-based observing events using a 2-metre robotic telescope. The celebrities made tweets throughout their one-hour online observing sessions using the hashtag “#ShowMeStars”, with the aim of engaging large pools of Twitter followers in­ astronomy.</p>
title Show Me Stars: Engaging Celebrities in Astronomy Outreach with Their Twitter Followers
topic Social Media
Robotic Telescopes
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14928224