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Education & Outreach
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Jennifer Tetler
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Lynnwood High School
Lynnwood, WA
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July-September 2008
Ms. Tetler and two students from her current Astronomy class went with her to the
Sptizer Space Center to analyze the data that had been collected on the cataclysmic variable star Z Cha. In the few weeks between getting chosen and before going to the SSC, the students went through an astronomy "boot camp" to get caught up with the topics and concepts that they would encounter, including stellar classifications, H-R diagrams, the live cycles of stars, and light curves. They researched Z Cha and the Spitzer proposal. They also practiced using Image J and Excel as analysis tools, which proved to be very useful as they analyzed the optical data of Z Cha from the ground based telescope in Chile. The optical data as well as the data from Spitzer at 4.5 and 8.0 microns was graphed and phased to show a deep dip in intensity in the visible during eclipse, but far less so in the IR. They think this data means the original question of whether there is circumbinary dust is in fact true. The students, Channy and Brent, will both be working on the data and creating an educational poster as we prepare to go to the AAS meeting in January. Channy is also planning on using this study as her senior project.
January-June 2008
This is my first report for the Spitzer program. I was able to help out in the
collection of light curves for WZ Sge last summer during the ARBSE workshop. Since
then I've tried to work with the ImageJ program and make sure that my students were
well acquainted with the Spitzer Space telescope and the infrared section of the
electromagnetic spectrum. I'm in the process of selecting students that I'd like to
bring along to help with the data reduction for Z Cha in the fall. This summer
I've been researching Z Cha, our new focus, and preparing for my visit to SSC for
the data reduction. I also plan to make presentations about the Spitzer Space
Telescope and supporting activities and projects that are available to the middle
school science teachers in my district.
Jeff Adkins
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John Blackwell
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Jacqueline Barge
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Christopher Border
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Kareen Borders
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Robert Bonadurer
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Merrill Butler
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Lauren Chapple
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Joseph Childers
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Howard Chun
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Wendy Curtis
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Richard DeCoster
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Stacy DeVeau
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Harlan Devore
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Cris DeWolf
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Velvet Dowdy
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Thomas Doyle
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Dean Drumheller
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Debbie Edwards
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Mike Ford
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Debbie French
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John Gibbs
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Peter Guastella
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Rosa Hemphill
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Ardis Herrold
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Vivian Hoette
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Chelen Johnson
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Virginia Jones
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Adam Keeton
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Susan Kelly
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Marcella Linahan
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Thomas Loughran
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Carolyn Mallory
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Anthony Maranto
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Christoper Martin
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Kevin McCarron
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Matthew McCutcheon
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David McDonald
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Shefali Mehta
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Cindy Melton
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Kate Meredith
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Lauren Novatne
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Kathryn O'Connor
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Caroline Odden
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Jeffrey Paradis
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Vincent Pereira
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Helen Petach
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Peggy Piper
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Peter Pitman
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Elizabeth Ramseyer
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Steve Rapp
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Theresa Roelofsen Moody
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Denise Rothrock
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Diane Sartore
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John Schaefers
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Sally Seebode
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Babs Sepulveda
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Timothy Spuck
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Darryl Stanford
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Linda Stefaniak
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Dwight Taylor
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Jennifer Tetler
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Beth Thomas
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Cynthia Weehler
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Lynne Zielinski
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