Chelen Johnson
The Dust Mights team will be searching for Galactic sources in the Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products catalog which have an excess amount of infrared light and whose distances are known from Gaia observations.
I had a request to present an inquiry professional development for educators while I was at NITARP and the AAS. Because of the amount of resources, new astronomy, lesson plans, and conversations I now feel I can try this with astronomy rather than my fields of practice.
Having scientists explain their research and bringing it down to my level was very interesting and I learned so much!
For me as an educator, it was really rejuvenating to come out here (and bring a student with) and dive into actual astronomical research.
