Chelen Johnson
IC417 : using WISE, 2MASS, Spitzer/Warm IRAC, UKIDSS, IPHAS, and literature optical data to look for young stars in the IC417 region.
It is an eye opening and life changing experience for the participants.
Seeing and hearing about scientists at work, on different projects, brought to life the reality of scientists doing scientific work.
I have found that “real astronomy” involves a lot of data processing. In addition, I have found that collaboration is a very important aspect of the process.