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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

Cold Spotz/Chary

Cold Spotz/Chary

Cold Spotz: Using the submillimeter wavelength all-sky map generated by the Planck satellite to classify 4000 previously unidentified radio sources into the following categories: extragalactic radio sources, star-forming galaxies, stars within a dust shell, cold stellar cores, or asteroids.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

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    The time at Caltech was fantastic. I enjoyed working alongside my students in a way that felt very different from the typical classroom setting.

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    You really do become co-learners with the students.

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    I have already talked to my department about adding an astronomy research class to our class choices next year and they are very enthusiastic.