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Counting Stars: BYU-RET Week 3
For my first two weeks at BYU, I have essentially been in background research mode between preparing my Prospectus and learning how to use IRAF. I hope to eventually work through the process of applying the calibration frames (zeros, darks, … Continue reading
Mastering the Dark Arts: BYU-RET Week 2
With my prospectus completed and approved, I was ready to begin my actual research project at Brigham Young University. I am here on a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program funded through the National Science Foundation (Grant # PHY1157078). I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged argelander, astronomy, bonner durchmusterung, Brigham Young University, byu ret, CCD, data analysis, data bias, data reduction, experimental methodology, IRAF, master darks, master flats, National Science Foundation, photometry, preparing data, process of science, reducing data, research methodology, scientific method, SOFIA, Uintah and Ouray Reservation
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Prospectus: BYU-RET Week 1
For the next ten or so posts, I will report on my experiences doing astronomical research at Brigham Young University this summer (2014). As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been selected to participate in a National Science … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, be star, binary star, black hole, blue straggler, cassiopeia, cepheid, cmd, color magnitude diagram, delta scuti, evolution of stars, high mass x-ray binary, hmxb, hr diagram, hydrogen alpha, m 67, main sequence, neutron star, ngc 659, ngc 663, nucleosynthesis, open cluster, rr lyrae, supernova, turnoff point, variable stars
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SOFIA Instruments and Operations
In order to be on vampire time for tonight’s flight, we were encouraged to stay up as late as possible last night and sleep in this morning. I got up to eat breakfast about 7:00, then went back to sleep … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, bolometer, coating mirrors, daof, dryden aircraft operations facility, exes, fifi-ls, flitecam, FORCAST, german receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies, hawc, hipo, infrared, SOFIA, stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy, vapor deposition
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The Spaced-Out Classroom 