Chelen Johnson
Investigtating Moving-group Photometry and Understanding Lightcurve Structures (IMPULS) will be studying rotation rates of stars in the young nearby Beta Pic Moving Group.
Watching the students present the research we had been working on the last year was absolutely the best part of the experience for me. They made me so proud
In its current form, anyone with moderate computer skills and high school physics can download, explore, and begin to understand available data.
Of all the professional development programs in which I have been involved, NITARP continues to rank among the top few. The opportunity to work with a world-class astronomer and alongside teachers and students across the country on a real research project is amazing!