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I've been involved in many professional development activities and this is by far the best one I've ever done

Chelen Johnson

IC 417/Rebull

IC 417/Rebull

IC417 : using WISE, 2MASS, Spitzer/Warm IRAC, UKIDSS, IPHAS, and literature optical data to look for young stars in the IC417 region.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

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    Astronomers remain focused, polite, caring and thoughtful about the future generations who will take on the study. I think this message alone has huge meaning in my classrooms [...]

  • Mehta

    [I have] an example of a student who, previous to the summer trip did not have a focused direction for his future after high school, but now does. [He wants to be a scientist.]

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    My highlight of the [Caltech] trip was watching my two students present data on a source which they had analyzed.