National Dissemination of PARI Digital Resources

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is a new awardee that offers three data resources and teacher professional development opportunities in NSDL.  The three PARI resources are the Astronomical Photographic Data Archive (APDA), Stellar Classification Online Public Exploration (SCOPE), and School of Galactic Radio Astronomy (SGRA).  APDA houses over 50,000 astronomical glass plates dating back 100 years.  These plates are set to be digitized for continued use in the future.  SCOPE utilizes one collection of stellar spectra in APDA to allow citizen scientists to classify stars in a classroom setting or on their own.  SGRA trains teachers and students to use a radio telescope via the Internet from their classroom for real-time data acquisition.  These projects are expanding towards a national level and are finding connections to other NSDL resources.