1. Enabling Outreach with Virtual Observatories Mark Voit – NVO Outreach Coordinator

2. Virtual Observatories & the Public The universe at anyones fingertips Educational activities involving real data New discoveries made by schoolchildren Interactive exhibits based on archived data Astronomy as a motivator for learning about computing

3. Who are the Public? Museum visitors Web surfers Schoolchildren Amateur astronomers Magazine readers University students Scientists in other fields Virtual observatories will need to partner with the people who serve these communities

4. Vocabulary Problem RIGHT ASCENSION R-BAND AB MAGNITUDE FITS FILE ROSAT SKY COVERAGE GRB CONE SEARCH O III 5007 LIGHT CURVE CMB CROSS-CORRELATION LYMAN DECLINATION

5. The Public Loves Pictures Apr 29 Apr 30 May 1 10,000,000 hits/day

6. An Outreach Fantasy Voyager / Carina Software

7. An Outreach Fantasy Voyager / Carina Software Select a region of sky with cursor

8. An Outreach Fantasy Crab Nebula (M1): Supernova Remnant Pinwheel Cluster (M36): Open Star Cluster Alnath: B star … OBJECTS IN REGION Select all Stars Select all Nebulae Select all Galaxies … Select a region of sky with cursor

9. An Outreach Fantasy Crab Nebula (M1): Supernova Remnant Pinwheel Cluster (M36): Open Star Cluster Alnath: B star … OBJECTS IN REGION Select all Stars Select all Nebulae Select all Galaxies … Images & Data: Press Release Images Optical, X-ray, Radio Amateur Images … Calibrated Data … Uncalibrated Data … CRAB NEBULA (M1) Supernova Remnant RA: 5 34.5 DEC: +22 01 Distance: 6300 lt-yrs Educational Resources: Ed. Activities: Measure the Age of the Crab Pulsar, … Historical Supernovae SN 1054, … Supernova Animations Hayden Planetarium, … …

10. An Outreach Fantasy CRAB NEBULA: PRESS RELEASES Optical: Palomar … X-ray: Chandra … Radio: VLA … OVERLAY TOOL

11. Preparing the Way Protocol for outreach-related queries Popularity index for famous objects Outreach-related metadata WCS for press-release images Amateur photography archive Directory of educational resources

12. What NVO is Doing Recruiting outreach partners Imagining the possibilities Identifying key outreach capabilities Building outreach-friendliness into the NVO infrastructure Educating outreach developers about NVO