Chelen Johnson
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.
For me as an educator, it was really rejuvenating to come out here (and bring a student with) and dive into actual astronomical research.
To be the first group to perform such calculations is an experience of a lifetime.
I didn't anticipate meeting engineers and graphic artists [at the AAS].
