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Round 3 Programs
Thirteen new teachers were added to the Spitzer program for teachers and students in Round 3.
At the January 2008 AAS meeting, the new teachers met with representatives from NOAO and the Spitzer Science Center as well as with
teachers experienced with the Spitzer program.
They received training in Infrared Astronomy and learned about
the Spitzer Space Telescope, its instruments
and the observation planning process.
For Round 3, three teacher proposals have been accepted and submitted for observations.
One team will use Spitzer observations to peer deep inside the dark molecular clouds LDN 981 and LDN 425 to look for regions of active
star formation. Another team will use Spitzer to study the accretion disk of the eclipsing dwarf nova Z Cha.
The third team will use both Spitzer and WISE to observe the Seyfert 1.5 NGC 4051 on a daily basis for
approximately 10 days for signs of variability.
The teachers will work with scientists from both the SSC and NOAO, as well as with teacher mentors with previous experience in the program.
The participating teachers in Round 3 are:
Kareen Borders, Cris DeWolf, Peter Guastella, Chelen H. Johnson, Virginia Jones, Susan Kelly, Chris Martin, David W. McDonald,
Jeff Paradis, Vincent Pereira, Peter Pitman, John Schaefers, Jen Tetler, and Lynne Zielinski.
Support scientists include:
Varoujan Gorjian,
Don Hoard,
Steve Howell,
and
Luisa M. Rebull.
Teacher mentors for these three teams are Jeff Adkins, Babs Sepulveda, Tim Spuck, and Beth Thomas
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