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'''[[C-CWEL Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[C-CWEL Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r7-c-cwel/ 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.)
  
 
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.
 
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.
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'''[[SHIPs Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[SHIPs Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r7-ships/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/47 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking for protostars in Herschel data.
 
This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking for protostars in Herschel data.
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'''[[They Might Be Giants Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[They Might Be Giants Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r7-giants/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/46 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.
 
This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking at very blue things in the Kepler field.
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'''[[CM4Seyferts Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[CM4Seyferts Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r7-cm4sy/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/48 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.
 
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.
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'''[[C-WAYS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[C-WAYS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r6-c-ways/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/41 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.
 
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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'''[[HR4AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[HR4AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r6-hr4agn/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/43 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.
 
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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'''[[Cold Spotz Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[Cold Spotz Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r6-coldspotz/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/42 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.
 
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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'''[[UBOKO Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[UBOKO Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r6-uboko/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/40 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.
 
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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=2012: Tim's SOFIA project=
 
  
 
=2011: Star Formation in Bright-Rimmed Clouds=
 
=2011: Star Formation in Bright-Rimmed Clouds=
 
'''[[BRC Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[BRC Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r5-brc/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/37 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with at least one bright-rimmed cloud (BRC) to characterize the young star population that might be found there.  Much of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, and CG4 teams also applies to this team as well.
 
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with at least one bright-rimmed cloud (BRC) to characterize the young star population that might be found there.  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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'''[[Team Red Shift Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[Team Red Shift Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r5-trs/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/38 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with multi-wavelength data to study active galactic nuclei (AGN).  
 
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with multi-wavelength data to study active galactic nuclei (AGN).  
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'''[[Period Pontificators Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[Period Pontificators Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r5-pp/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/39 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with Kepler data.  
 
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with Kepler data.  
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'''[[CG4 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[CG4 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-cg4/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/33 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
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.
 
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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'''[[Lynds Clouds 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.]]'''
  
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[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/24 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.
 
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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'''[[IC 2118 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''   
 
'''[[IC 2118 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''   
  
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[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/30 Year One main team page] and [http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/30 Year Two 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.
 
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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'''[[Luminous Data Miners Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
'''[[Luminous Data Miners Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-ldmagn/ Cool Cosmos Web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/35 main team web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
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).  
 
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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=2010: Spectral Energy Distributions (SED)=
 
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'''[[SED Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-sed/ Cool Cosmos Web Page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
 
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This team, which started in Jan 2010 (one of the first under the NITARP banner), is working with multi-wavelength data to study spectral energy distributions (SEDs).
 
  
 
=2010: Variability of the Mid-IR Sky=
 
=2010: Variability of the Mid-IR Sky=
 
'''[[Variability of the Mid-IR Sky 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.]]'''
  
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[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/36 main team web 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
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=2005: Observing Iron Stars with Spitzer=
 
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'''[[Iron Stars Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-ironstars/ Cool Cosmos Web Page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
 
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=2005: Intergalactic Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies of M81=
 
=2005: Intergalactic Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies of M81=
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'''[[M81 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-m81/ Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
 
  
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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]].  
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/28 main team web page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
 
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]].
 
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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=2005: AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program Objects=
 
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[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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[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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=2005: The Supermassive Black Hole in Arp102B=
 
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'''[[Arp 102B Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r1-arp102b Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
 
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=2005: Detecting Brown Dwarfs in Interacting Cataclysmic Binaries=
 
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'''[[Brown Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Binaries Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[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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'''[[Light Curve of Z Cha Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[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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NEW JAN 2009: there are some teacher-developed classroom activities linked in to the Cool Cosmos site...
 
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/products.shtml Check them out!] (bottom of that page)
 
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=2007: Star Formation in High-Redshift Clusters=
 
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'''[[High-Redshift Clusters Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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[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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=Radio and Infrared Imaging of 3C Galaxies with Known Black Hole Masses=
 
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'''[[Radio and Infrared Imaging of 3C Galaxies Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
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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 center.  We 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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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: Star Formation in Bright-Rimmed Clouds

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

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

This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with at least one bright-rimmed cloud (BRC) to characterize the young star population that might be found there. Much of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, and CG4 teams also applies to this team as well.


2011: Team Red Shift

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

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

This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with multi-wavelength data to study active galactic nuclei (AGN).

2011: Period Pontificators

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

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

This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with Kepler data.


2010: Star Formation in CG4

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

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

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.

2008: Star Formation in Lynds Clouds

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

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.


2005-2007: Young Stars in IC 2118

Ic2118iras.jpg

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

Year One main team page and Year Two 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 page. We have obtained a lot of optical data in support of this analysis. We are working on writing up the journal article.

Please see our quick introduction to IC 2118 and more lengthy introduction to IC 2118. You may also be interested in general information on studying young stars.


2010: Luminous Data Miners

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

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

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).


2010: Variability of the Mid-IR Sky

CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.

main team web 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. 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.

2005: Intergalactic Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies of M81

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

Please see our quick introduction to M81. You may also be interested in general information to Tidal Dwarf Galaxies.

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