Summer "Visit" - 2020 - Spider Team

Quotes

• [student:] The most important and interesting thing I did was looking at CMDs and CCDs for each cluster of IC417. This mini-project really revealed to me that the NS and its BPI14 cluster are special when looking at their excesses in comparison to their cluster neighbors. This step essentially proved to me, scientifically, that we are digging for treasure in the right place, and that was a cool thing to see materialize in front of me.
• I was most surprised at how well the students picked up the material. I can only speak with great deal about my own students, but overall the amount of silence that was present leading up to the conference convinced me that we’d have to spend conference time reinforcing the underlying science. Great job for [the] educators in getting our students ready to go.
• [student:] Astronomers have to be incredibly patient. They can’t be deterred by failure because failing and having to start again is inevitable.
• The BEST thing about the week was seeing everyone rise to the opportunity to do this over Zoom. Seriously. There was a possibility of being burned out by “yet another Zoom”, or distractions from being at your home. Yet, we appeared to have the full buy in and attention for the entire time. I’m really proud of what we accomplished.
• [student:] I think that as an astronomer it’s incredibly important to be patient, determined, and persevering. The results take time to get, so you have to be patient and you have to keep your goals in mind.

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