{"662949":{"#nid":"662949","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Aloha Telescope brings thrilling images to K-12 classrooms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERetired engineer Tom Crowley proves that you can play around with a hobby you love and see it grow into something extraordinary.\u0026nbsp;The 80-year-old has turned his love of astronomy into consulting work with Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aloha.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAloha Telescope\u003C\/a\u003E outreach program. He operates the robotic telescope on Maui through high-speed internet connections from his home in Stone Mountain.\u0026nbsp;Crowley works in partnership with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/james-sowell\u0022\u003EJames Sowell\u003C\/a\u003E, principal academic professional and astronomer in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, and director of the Institute\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronomy.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eobservatory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Together, they\u0026rsquo;re bringing live video images of the moon into Georgia K-12 classrooms. (More information is available at\u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/d2d\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u0026rsquo;s Direct to Discovery outreach program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;website,\u0026nbsp;which\u0026nbsp;is creating\u0026nbsp;a Zoom option so that multiple schools can participate at the same time.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-11-07 17:55:09","changed_gmt":"2022-11-07 17:55:09","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/inspire\/georgia-techs-aloha-telescope-brings-thrilling-images-to-k-12-classrooms\/QCVO4IVQVFA5DII52M44DZXIS4\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"172902","name":"James Sowell"},{"id":"9154","name":"Georgia Tech Observatory"},{"id":"191612","name":"GTRI Direct to Discovery Outreach Program"},{"id":"191613","name":"Georgia Tech Aloha Telescope"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}