Chelen Johnson
IDYL is the IDentification of YSOs in the Lagoon Nebula. This team is looking for known and new YSOs in M8, the Lagoon Nebula.
After this experience, I’m more aware that beyond just teaching my students good science, my focus should be to prepare them for a career in science.
This experience has completely changed my once shallow view of astronomy and astronomers.
[I did not anticipate] meeting a Nobel Prize Winner – Saul Perlmutter – and getting a picture with him.