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Title:
Spitzer - Hot & Colorful Student Activities
Authors:
McDonald, D.; Rebull, L. M.; DeWolf, C.; Guastella, P.; Johnson, C. H.; Schaefers, J.; Spuck, T.; McDonald, J. G., III; DeWolf, T.; Brock, S.; Boerma, J.; Bemis, G.; Paulsen, K.; Yueh, N.; Peter, A.; Wassmer, W.; Haber, R.; Scaramucci, A.; Butchart, J.; Holcomb, A.; Karns, B.; Kennedy, S.; Siegel, R.; Weiser, S.
Affiliation:
AA(Sidney High School), AB(SSC, Caltech), AC(Chippewa Hills High School), AD(Manhasset High School), AE(Breck School), AF(Ingomar Middle School), AG(Oil City Area Sr. High School), AH(), AI(Sidney High School), AJ(Chippewa Hills High School), AK(Chippewa Hills High School), AL(Chippewa Hills High School), AM(Breck School), AN(Breck School), AO(Breck School), AP(Manhasset High School), AQ(Manhasset High School), AR(Manhasset High School), AS(Manhasset High School), AT(Oil City Area Sr. High School), AU(Oil City Area Sr. High School), AV(Oil City Area Sr. High School), AW(Oil City Area Sr. High School), AX(Oil City Area Sr. High School)
Publication:
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #464.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.411
Publication Date:
01/2009
Origin:
AAS
Bibliographic Code:
2009AAS...21346412M

Abstract

In this poster, we present the results of several activities developed for the general science student to explore infrared light. The first activity involved measuring infrared radiation using an updated version of Newton's experiment of splitting white light and finding IR radiation. The second used Leslie's cube to allow students to observe different radiators, while the third used a modern infrared thermometer to measure and identify IR sources in an enclosed box. The last activity involved students making false-color images from narrow-band filter images from data sets from Spitzer Space Telescope, STScI Digitized Sky Survey and other sources. Using computer programs like Adobe Photoshop and free software such as ds9, Spot and Leopard, poster-like images were created by the students. This research is funded by the Spitzer Science Center (SSC) and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). Please see our companion poster, Johnson et al., on the science aspect of this program, and another poster on the educational aspects, Guastella et al.
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