Chelen Johnson
Morphology and Orientaion Research: Inclination of AGN (MORIA) -- All-Volunteer NITARP 2026 team studying AGN with Euclid.
The most interesting thing was the total experience of working with such amazing professional astronomers doing real science. I really did not know what to expect. The experience did exceed, in a positive way, all my imaginations.
It was very special to be in the room when the announcement of planet Kepler 10b (an estimated 1.4 X the size of the Earth) was discovered. I turned to my student Inga and asked, "How does it feel to be one of the first people on planet Earth to know about this discovery?" She replied, "I never thought of it like that ... it's pretty cool."
I actually felt like I was able to accomplish something that would have some meaning to the scientific community.
