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SUGGESTED INTRO: AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS CAN NOW SCAN THE HEAVENS BY SURFING THE WEB. THAT'S BECAUSE A UNIVERSITY'S OBSERVATORY TELESCOPE IS ONLINE ON THE INTERNET. HERE'S A REPORT:
VIDEO: CU of image from telescope on computer screen. Cut to Prof. Earle Luck viewing image on monitor. Cut to CU of hand on mouse. Cut back to Luck viewing image. Cut to external long shot of CWRU's Nassau Observatory. Cut to doors of observatory opening. Cut to telescope moving into place for imaging.
VOICEOVER: THE UNIVERSE JUST BECAME MORE ACCESSIBLE TO AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY HAS PUT ITS 36-INCH TELESCOPE ONLINE ON THE INTERNET. THE UNIVERSITY'S ROBOTIC TELESCOPE IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CLEVELAND. ONCE GIVEN DIRECTIONAL COMMANDS, IT WILL SCAN THE SKY TO GAZE AT OBJECTS DEEP IN SPACE. FINAL DECISIONS ON SCHEDULING THE TELESCOPE RESTS WITH OBSERVATORY STAFF, BUT ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST CAN ENTER REQUESTS ON THE TELESCOPE WEB SITE, ACCORDING TO ASTRONOMER EARLE LUCK, DIRECTOR OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE'S INTERNET TELESCOPE PROJECT.
SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER: Earle Luck, CWRU Chairman and Professor of Astronomy
VIDEO: Cut-away of tilt-up shot of telescope.
INTERVIEW: "Someone wants a picture of say, Jupiter. Well, they'll just be able to go to our Web site, tell us they want a picture of Jupiter, and give us some other information and we will try to obtain a picture of Jupiter for them. We can't guarantee it because we don't know what the weather's going to be, etc., but we will make a best effort. It's the largest telescope in the world that the general public will have regular access to. They will have access to any of the instrumentation and capabilities that a professional astronomer would use. This also means they will be getting data that a professional astronomer would get." (TRT 0:31)
VIDEO: Cut to two operators in telescope control room. Three CU's of control room monitors.
VOICEOVER: THE TELESCOPE IS ONE OF THE FIRST ON THE INTERNET TO ALLOW ANYONE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD ASTRONOMICAL DATA LIVE, OR ACCESS THE OBSERVATORY'S EVER-GROWING ARCHIVE.
SOUND BITE: Earle Luck, CWRU Chairman and Professor of Astronomy
VIDEO: Cut-away of monitor showing telescope Web site.
INTERVIEW: "We are working in collaboration with a project that's called the "Hands On Universe Project". What it seeks to do is to teach math and science using astronomy as the method. What we wanna do is basically pull the public in, into the world of the scientist and show them what they do by allowing them to perform some of the functions that we actually do." (TRT 0:24)
VIDEO: More shots of Web site. Cut to telescope. Cut back to monitor view of Web site. Cut to tilt-down shot of telescope.
VOICEOVER: TO ACCESS CWRU'S ROBOTIC TELESCOPE ON THE INTERNET, GO TO WWW.CWRU.EDU, THEN CLICK DEPARTMENTS AND ASTRONOMY. THERE YOU'LL SEE THE TELESCOPE LINK THAT WILL TAKE YOU BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION.
THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.