Ten years of astronomical field trips to Tenerife: challenges and rewards

Bibcode
2003EJPh...24S...1C
Coe, M. J.; Perez Fournon, I.
Bibliographical reference

European Journal of Physics, Volume 24, Issue 2, pp. S1-S7 (2003).

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2003
Journal
European Journal of Physics
Number of authors
2
IAC number of authors
1
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0
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0
Description
We describe an unusual undergraduate course that has been running successfully for over ten years and is built around a two-week field trip to Tenerife. The purpose of the visit is twofold: firstly to spend a week working in collaboration with students from the Universidad de La Laguna and secondly to spend a week at the Observatario del Teide carrying out astronomical observations. This paper is concerned primarily with the second of these two activities.
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Non-refereed

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