Astro-2009

__Group Name__: Astrophysics __Students__: Nick and Greg Back  

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Progress: Greg and I were presented with multiple different projects and were told to go home research them and find out which ones we liked. Receieved parking passes, located Jordan Hall , general overview of stellarium, weateher charts, and possible projects. ======

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Progress: Greg and I desided to focus our efforts on what happens while two galaxies collide and/or interact with each other. Chose project: analysis of colliding galaxies  using visual analysis and spectra data from online. ======

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Progress: We figured out specific interacting galaxies to study and spent a few hours of the day finding the basic information on our choice galaxies. Teachers at meeting; narrowed down possible subjects for study and familiarized with Stellarium  program. ======

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Progress: Greg and I spent the morning learning how to use programs like “Project Clea” and the “Hubble Spave View”. Were learned to take red shift reading to allow us to tell how far away a galaxy was. Selected most promising galaxies to study: NGC’s 6050, 3808-09, 7317, and 7253; used project CLEA download to practice gathering spectra. ======




__Logsheet 03__ //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Monday : __Date__: 7/6/09 Progress: Downloaded IRIS program and pictures from NMSO. Used telescopes atJordan Hall to observe M27, The Garnet Star, M17, M92, and starburst phenomenon (which we decided was an iridium flare). // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Tuesday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/7/09 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Used NMSO to observe M11, M5, M13, NGC6820, and NGC6946. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wednesday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/8/09 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Canceled planned observations due to poor weather in NM and at Jordan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Thursday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/9/09 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Met at Quark Net and reduced images from NMSO <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Friday: //__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/10/09 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Progress: Continued reducing images at Quark Net; polished off several pictures and added them to the wiki <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">

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