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= [[Posters and Handouts from AAS meetings]] =
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''Please see the [http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/teams main NITARP site] for a more complete list of teams and summaries of work. This is more of a working area.''
[[Posters and Handouts from AAS meetings | This link]] contains posters we have presented at AAS meetings, and handouts we have provided with the posters.
 
  
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=2017: SIRXS-Deep =
  
=Young Stars in IC 2118=
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'''[[SIRXS-Deep Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
[[Image:ic2118iras.jpg|right]]
 
'''[[IC 2118 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-ic2118/ Year One Cool Cosmos Web Page] and [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r2-ic2118/ Year Two Cool Cosmos Web Page](includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/71-SIRXS-Deep-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
The IC 2118 team is working to characterize the young star population of a small cloud near Rigel that is (probably) part of the greater Orion star forming ecosystem. We have used about 12.5 hours of Spitzer time (!) to map a large region of the cloud with both IRAC and MIPS.  We have taken several posters to AAS meetings -- see the [[Posters and Handouts from AAS meetings | posters and handouts page]].  We have obtained a lot of optical data in support of this analysis.  We are working on writing up the journal article.
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This team, which started in Jan 2017, will examine the SEIP catalog to find the most unusual and faintest infrared excess objects serendipitously detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
  
Please see our [[Introduction_to_IC2118|quick introduction to IC 2118]] and [[Specific_IC_2118_information|more lengthy introduction to IC 2118]].  You may also be interested in [[Studying_Young_Stars| general information on studying young stars]].
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=2017: CephC-LABS (Looking At Baby Stars) =
  
=Star Formation in Lynds Clouds=
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'''[[CephC-LABS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
'''[[Lynds Clouds Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r3-lynds/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/70-CephC-LABS-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
This team, which ran from Jan 2008 - Jan 2009, observed two Lynds clouds to characterize the young star population that might be found there.  Much of the background information found above for the IC 2118 team also applies to this team as well.
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This team, which started in Jan 2017, is continuing a study of the star-forming region Ceph C, exending into the longest wavelength data available.
  
=Star Formation in CG4=
 
'''[[CG4 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-cg4/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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=2016: HIPS AGN (Hidden In Plain Sight Active Galactic Nuclei)=
  
This team, which started in Jan 2010 (one of the first under the NITARP banner), is working with multi-wavelength observations of CG4 to characterize the young star population that might be found there.  Much of the background information found above for the IC 2118 and Lynds teams also applies to this team as well.
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'''[[HIPS AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
=Luminous Data Miners=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/67-HIPS-AGN-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
'''[[Luminous Data Miners Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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This team, which started in Jan 2016, is looking for AGN in some surveys for young stars.
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-ldmagn/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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=2016: LLAMMa (Luisa, Laura, Alexandra, Milton) =
  
This team, which started in Jan 2010 (one of the first under the NITARP banner), is working with multi-wavelength data to study active galactic nuclei (AGN).  
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'''[[LLAMMa Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
=Epsilon Aurigae=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/68-LLAMMa-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
'''[[Epsilon Aurigae Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-epsaur/ Cool Cosmos Web Page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2016, is using infrared (Spitzer and WISE), optical (SDSS), and X-ray (Chandra) data to look for young stars in the Ceph C star-forming core.
  
This team, which started in Jan 2010 (one of the first under the NITARP banner), is working with multi-wavelength data to study the variable star Epsilon Aurigae.
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=2015: LADDT (Luminosity, Accretion Disk, and Dust Team)=
  
=Variability of the Mid-IR Sky=
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'''[[LADDT Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
'''[[Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-variab/ Cool Cosmos Web Page](includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/65-LADDT-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
This team, which started in Jan 2010 (one of the first under the NITARP banner), is examining Spitzer IRAC data from the archive for fields which have been looked at for many hours or longer.  They plan to measure photometry for all point sources in the FOV and put together many many light curves.
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This team, which started in Jan 2015, is combining UV, optical, and near infrared data for active galactic nuclei to look for a relation between the color of their accretion disks, the emission from their dust and their luminosity.
They will then explore 1) the variability of the mid-IR sky, 2) the interesting types of objects that they  find and 3) the comparison of the interesting ones to 2MASS optical, x-ray etc. surveys where additional information might be available.
 
  
=Observing Iron Stars with Spitzer=
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=2015: IC 417=
'''[[Iron Stars Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-ironstars/ Cool Cosmos Web Page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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'''[[IC 417 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/64-IC-417-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
=Intergalactic Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies of M81=
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This team, which started in Jan 2015, is using WISE, 2MASS, and IPHAS data to look for young stars in the IC 417 region.
'''[[M81 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-m81/ Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
 
  
The M81 project obtained IRAC and MIPS imaging of a region near M81 to look for regions of star formation in M81's tidal dwarf companions.  We took a science poster to the January 2007 AAS: [[Media:M81_poster_aas2007_final.pdf | Hedden et al., "Multiwavelength Observations of Tidally Induced Star Formation in the M81 Group]].
 
  
Please see our [[Introduction_to_M81|quick introduction to M81]].  You may also be interested in [[Tidal_dwarf_galaxies|general information to Tidal Dwarf Galaxies]].
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=2014: SIRXS (SEIP IR Excess Survey)=
  
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'''[[SIRXS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
=AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program Objects=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/61-SIRXS-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
[http://homepage.mac.com/dvhscience/SpaceAcademy/Projects/Spitzer/ This team has their own website] and blog and places to share information and results.
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This team, which started in Jan 2014, is looking for IR excess stars in the SEIP (Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products) source list.
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-glast Year One Cool Cosmos Web Page] and [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r2-glast Year Two Cool Cosmos Web Page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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=2014: HG-WELS (Hungry Giants: WISE Excesses and Lithium Study)=
  
=The Supermassive Black Hole in Arp102B=
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'''[[HG-WELS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
'''[[Arp 102B Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/60-HG-WELS-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-arp102b Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2014, is using WISE to look for IR excesses around giants that may or may not be eating planets.
  
  
=Detecting Brown Dwarfs in Interacting Cataclysmic Binaries=
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=2013: C-CWEL (Continuing Cool WISE ExpLoration of BRC 38)=
  
'''[[Brown Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Binaries Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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'''[[C-CWEL Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-bdinicb/ Year One Cool Cosmos Web Page], and [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r2-bdinicb/ Year Two Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/45 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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This team, which started in Jan 2013, is continuing explorations of the BRC 38 cloud that the C-WAYS team began in 2012.  Much of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, CG4, and C-WAYS (of course) teams also applies to this team as well.
  
=Spitzer Light Curve of Z Cha=
 
  
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=2013: SHIPs (Searching Herschel Images for Protostars)=
  
'''[[Light Curve of Z Cha Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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'''[[SHIPs Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r3-zcha/  Cool Cosmos web page for this project] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/47 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
NEW JAN 2009: there are some teacher-developed classroom activities linked in to the Cool Cosmos site...
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This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking for protostars in Herschel data.
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/products.shtml Check them out!] (bottom of that page)
 
  
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=2013: They Might Be Giants=
  
=Star Formation in High-Redshift Clusters=
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'''[[They Might Be Giants Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
'''[[High-Redshift Clusters Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/46 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r2-highz/  Cool Cosmos web page for this project] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking at very blue things in the Kepler field.
  
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=2013: CM4Seyferts=
  
=Radio and Infrared Imaging of 3C Galaxies with Known Black Hole Masses=
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'''[[CM4Seyferts Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
'''[[Radio and Infrared Imaging of 3C Galaxies Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/48 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
Cool Cosmos web page to come?
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This team, which started in Jan 2013, is working with WISE and GALEX data to seek correlations between the infrared and ultraviolet in Seyfert galaxies. They will be looking for a diagram akin to the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram for stars.
  
This project uses IRAC imaging. The galaxies we have targeted are called Active Galactic Nuclei, or AGN. They are called "active" because they emit large amounts of energy at many wavelengths above and beyond what we would calculate based on the total numbers of stars at their centerWe believe the excess energy is generated by material flowing into a huge black hole at their centers.  Our measurements of the infrared emission from these objects will be combined with our measurements of the radio emission from these same objects, as well as estimates made by professional astronomers of the masses of the black holes at their centers. We hope that we will learn more about how AGNs work by determining if and how their infrared and radio emissions depend on the mass of the black hole.
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=2012: C-WAYS (Cool, Wise, And Young Stars)=
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'''[[C-WAYS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/41 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with Lynds 1548 and WISE data to find new young stars.  Much of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, and CG4 teams also applies to this team as well.
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=2012: HR4AGN=
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'''[[HR4AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/43 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with WISE and GALEX data to seek correlations between the infrared and ultraviolet in active galactic nuclei (AGN). They will be looking for a diagram akin to the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram for stars.
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=2012: Cold Spotz =
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'''[[Cold Spotz Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/42 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with Planck data to identify the nature of some of the mysterious far-infrared sources found in the public data release.
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=2012: UBOKO (Ultra-Blue Objects for Kepler Observing)=
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'''[[UBOKO Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/40 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with Kepler and some ground-based data to identify particularly blue objects and try to identify their nature by using data from other surveys.
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=[[2011 and earlier wiki team work]]=

Latest revision as of 22:10, 10 January 2017

Please see the main NITARP site for a more complete list of teams and summaries of work. This is more of a working area.

2017: SIRXS-Deep

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2017, will examine the SEIP catalog to find the most unusual and faintest infrared excess objects serendipitously detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope.

2017: CephC-LABS (Looking At Baby Stars)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2017, is continuing a study of the star-forming region Ceph C, exending into the longest wavelength data available.


2016: HIPS AGN (Hidden In Plain Sight Active Galactic Nuclei)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2016, is looking for AGN in some surveys for young stars.

2016: LLAMMa (Luisa, Laura, Alexandra, Milton)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2016, is using infrared (Spitzer and WISE), optical (SDSS), and X-ray (Chandra) data to look for young stars in the Ceph C star-forming core.

2015: LADDT (Luminosity, Accretion Disk, and Dust Team)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2015, is combining UV, optical, and near infrared data for active galactic nuclei to look for a relation between the color of their accretion disks, the emission from their dust and their luminosity.

2015: IC 417

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2015, is using WISE, 2MASS, and IPHAS data to look for young stars in the IC 417 region.


2014: SIRXS (SEIP IR Excess Survey)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2014, is looking for IR excess stars in the SEIP (Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products) source list.

2014: HG-WELS (Hungry Giants: WISE Excesses and Lithium Study)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2014, is using WISE to look for IR excesses around giants that may or may not be eating planets.


2013: C-CWEL (Continuing Cool WISE ExpLoration of BRC 38)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2013, is continuing explorations of the BRC 38 cloud that the C-WAYS team began in 2012. Much of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, CG4, and C-WAYS (of course) teams also applies to this team as well.


2013: SHIPs (Searching Herschel Images for Protostars)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking for protostars in Herschel data.

2013: They Might Be Giants

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking at very blue things in the Kepler field.

2013: CM4Seyferts

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2013, is working with WISE and GALEX data to seek correlations between the infrared and ultraviolet in Seyfert galaxies. They will be looking for a diagram akin to the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram for stars.

2012: C-WAYS (Cool, Wise, And Young Stars)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with Lynds 1548 and WISE data to find new young stars. Much of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, and CG4 teams also applies to this team as well.

2012: HR4AGN

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with WISE and GALEX data to seek correlations between the infrared and ultraviolet in active galactic nuclei (AGN). They will be looking for a diagram akin to the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram for stars.

2012: Cold Spotz

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with Planck data to identify the nature of some of the mysterious far-infrared sources found in the public data release.

2012: UBOKO (Ultra-Blue Objects for Kepler Observing)

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team page (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)

This team, which started in Jan 2012, is working with Kepler and some ground-based data to identify particularly blue objects and try to identify their nature by using data from other surveys.

2011 and earlier wiki team work