Spitzer Space Telescope Research
Program for Teachers and Students



PROGRAM INFORMATION

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+ Education & Outreach
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+ Press Releases
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OBSERVING PROPOSALS

Star Formation in Lynds Dark Nebulae
+ Round 3

Spitzer Light Curve of Z Cha
+ Round 3

IRAC Monitoring of NGC 4051 for Interday Variability
+ Round 3

Star Formation in High Redshift Clusters with Spitzer
+ Round 2

Young Stars in IC 2118
+ Round 1
+ Round 2

Observing Iron Stars with Spitzer
+ Round 1

Intergalactic Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies of M81
+ Round 1

AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program Objects
+ Round 1
+ Round 2
+ Student Project

The Supermassive Black Hole in Arp102B
+ Round 1

Detecting Brown Dwarfs in Interacting Cataclysmic Binaries
+ Round 1
+ Round 2



 


PRESS RELEASES (SEE BELOW FOR PUBLICATIONS)


Astronomy Award - Contra Costa Times - July 7, 2008

Oil City Students Discover Young Sun-Like Star - July 5, 2008

Astronomy students tackle cosmic questions - Antioch Press - June 6, 2008

OCHS junior takes 2nd in international science competition - The Derrick - May 27, 2008

Deer Valley scientists earn awards - Discovery Bay Press - April 18, 2008

OCHS Takes First in Regional Science, Engineering Fair - The Derrick and News Herald - April 8, 2008

Spitzer-NOAO Research Program for Teachers Makes News at AAS - NOAO Newsletter - March 2008

Students shed light on dark matter - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - January 23, 2008

Seeing the light on dark matter - Brentwood Press - January 18, 2008

Cosmic dust disc to force rethink - BBC News - January 14, 2008

Dark Matter Discovered in Accretion Disks-Suggests Major Revisions to Concepts of Disk Structure and Luminosity - NOAO Press release - January 9, 2008

Disks Around Black Holes and Binary Stars Just Got Bigger - Red Orbit breaking news - January 10, 2008

Oil City teacher, student departing for California to continue star search - The Derrick and News Herald - October 11, 2007

Teens to use NASA Telescope in Space Research Project - ContraCosta Times - Oct 5, 2007

NASA News Feature on Student Discoveries - May 30, 2007

"DV students win big at county science fair" - The Antioch Press - April 9, 2006 - circulation 104,000

"North astronomy students compete in select symposium" - Grosse Pointe Times (MI) - March 14, 2007 - circulation 609,301

"OC teacher Spuck chosen for top award" - The Derrick and News Herald - December 29, 2006

Oil City kids chalk up some out-of-this-world discoveries - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 4, 2006

Oil City teacher, students seeing stars - The Derrick and News Herald - June 2, 2006

Teachers and Teens Discover a Cauldron of Star Formation - Spitzer Article - May 19, 2006

San Antonio Teacher and Student Study Star Formation - Texas Public Radio Broadcast April 28, 2006

Student Discovers Supernova!

Going Pro with Spitzer - NASA Feature April 4, 2006

Student Researchers Win Numerous Awards at Contra Costa Science and Engineering Fair - ESPACE Press Release April 1, 2006: doc file, pdf file

AAS Meeting Exhibit and News Activity Draw Strong Interest
NOAO Newsletter - March, 2006

Unexpected Disk Revealed Around Interacting Stars
Space.com Image of the Day - January 13, 2006

Spitzer Reveals Unexpected Disks Around Interacting Stars
NOAO Press Release - January 10, 2006

Educators Given Chance to View the Stars Like Professionals
first page, second page (pdf files) - La Canada Valley Sun - September 29, 2005

Final Frontier - Titusville Herald Article, August 30, 2005

Students and Teachers on a Mission to Discover - Spitzer News Release, August 16, 2005

Teachers, students study final frontier - Fayetteville Observer Article: August 4, 2005

Teachers and Students Visit Spitzer Science Center - Spitzer News Release: July 11, 2005

Students get coveted Spitzer time - Pasadena Star News Article: June 29, 2005

NOAO-Trained Teachers to Observe with Spitzer - National Optical Astronomy Observatory News Release: January 10, 2005


PUBLICATIONS

"First Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables: Evidence of Excess Emission at 3-8 microns". - Astrophysical Journal - July 20, 2006

Rebull, L. M.; Stauffer, J. R.; Spuck, T. S.; Maranto, A. R.; Roelofsen, T. E.; Sepulveda, B.; Weehler, C. R., "Spitzer Observations of Young Stars in the Witch Head Nebula (IC 2118)", 2006, IAUS, 237, 199

Articles Published to date in the 2007 RBSE Journal:

Spectral Analysis of Blazar S5 0716+714 using Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope and New Mexico Skies Telescopes, by Alekzandir Morton, Manutej Mulaveesala and Thomas Travagli, Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA (Teacher Jeff Adkins) - pages 49 - 56

Galaxy Clusters: The Local Effects on Star Synthesis: by Zachary Schroeder, Gross Pointe North High School (Teacher Ardis Herrold) - pages 66-79

Star Formation Rate in Three High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters: A Contribution to the Study of Galactic Evolution, by Vinay Patel and Matt Pellegrino, Saint Joseph's High School, South Bend, IN (Teacher Thomas Loughran) - pages 80-94

Articles Published to date in the 2006 RBSE Journal:

Micro-Variability of 4c29.45 using the Spitzer Space Telescope, and Ground Based Telescopes, by Brielle Hinckley, Deer Valley High School, Antioch, CA (Teacher Jeff Adkins) - pages 12-21