Summer "Visit" - 2020 - Spider Team

Quotes

• [student:] Before the experience with NITARP, I wasn’t really educated about the astronomy field, but I just found it amusing. Now after I know what kind of work they do, I am even more interested even if it can be a little confusing.
• [student:] I was surprised with how quickly I could understand some things but not others, so I was forced to focus my energy on the concepts that needed refinement.
• Astronomers don’t look at the stars. They look at their computers. Not that that’s a bad thing.
• [student:] It definitely changed the way I look at astronomy. I guess I never really thought about what else the field had to offer besides looking through telescopes. Now that I’ve gotten a feel for some of the work, it definitely involves a lot of data analysis and paperwork, too.
• [student:] The best part was getting to collaborate with intelligent people on a project that will be relevant to actual science.

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