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Archive Research Program

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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

CM4Seyferts/Gorjian

CM4Seyferts/Gorjian

CM4Seyferts (Color-Magnitude for Seyferts): Using ultraviolet images from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite and optical images and spectra from the ground based Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to find a correlation between the color and luminosity of the hot gas around supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

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    I just think experiencing a conference of this size and magnitude is terrific.

  • Novatne

    The experience has changed my understanding of astronomy and how it is done, but not of astronomers.

  • Debbie

    While a lot of astronomy is done by computer, nothing compares to having a human look over the data.