Summer "Visit" - 2020 - OIRMA

Quotes

• Real astronomy is the business of trying to answer previously unanswered questions about the cosmos using methods that use (or take into account, in the case of theory) actual data from actual measurements.
• [student:] I realized that good astronomers admit their lack of perfect knowledge and remain curious to strengthen their own intuition and identify new issues.
• Best thing was the collaboration with all involved and the students being more like peers.
• [student:] I was surprised that despite humanity’s extensive mapping of the sky, astronomers still might not have all the resources that they need, and that often they must creatively make do with what they have. To the surprise of everyone, the [...] catalog ended up being insufficient for our needs and we needed to expand our search. But even though the workflow of the project was not progressing in the way we expected, the team did not skip a beat in accepting it and moving forward.
• I’m certain that I would not have been able to get the work needed done without the help of the group, teachers and students equally.

Related Teams

• OIRMA/Gorjian