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Chelen Johnson

Independent Research 2019

Independent Research 2019

These teams worked on their own and presented posters at the 2020 Winter AAS.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

  • Senson

    NITARP has been the best experience I have ever had for my personal and professional development as an astronomy educator.

  • Doyle

    NITARP has exposed me to the huge amount of data available and how to access it. I have data to work with for decades, and I have learned new ways to work with it.

  • Robert

    The AAS conference is a factory for knowledge and truth about the Universe. As David Helfand, president of the society said in his opening remarks, “We do astronomy because it defines us as human beings”. I’m just now truly beginning to understand.