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Summer Visit - 2011 - BRC team

The summer visit to Caltech is 3-4 days long and is the only time during the year of work when all the participants on the team come together in person to work intensively on the data. Generally, each educator may bring up to two students to the summer visit that are paid for by NITARP, and they may raise funds to bring two more. The teams work at Caltech; the summer visit typically includes a half-day tour of JPL. Reload to see a different set of quotes.

The BRC team came to visit in June 2011. The team's core educators attended, along with 10 students. IPAC staff member Mark Legassie also assisted.


Quotes

  • I used to think astronomy was about looking, and identifying the stars in constellations. I never thought I would be using a [computer] program like APT or DS9.
  • I really enjoyed working with the teachers. It was important to help each other out and realize that you are going to make mistakes...
  • [student:] There was so much I did not know that I learned at JPL and it definitely increased my interest in our Space Program here in the US. The information that was given was very interesting and detailed and I doubt I would have ever learned it otherwise.
  • [student] ... my time spent on NITARP was possibly the best thing that has happened to me so far this year.
  • Astronomers are much different than I expected. ... I didn't realize how many calculations and math was involved. ... it was a real eye-opener for how much we used everything we learned in school.

Summer Visit - 2011 - BRC team