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Variable Star Observations at Kitt Peak National Observatory

As part of my undergraduate Capstone research, I was given the opportunity to travel to Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona to use the WIYN .9m telescope. In January 2019 I, along with a few fellow students and our academic advisers, spent a week atop Kitt Peak. At night, we would be out in the control room […]

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ASRAS Talk

After returning from our trip to Kitt Peak, the group of students who observed there were invited to talk to the Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science. Each of the four of us gave short talks, approximately 10 minutes in length, about our research and our experiences observing at Kitt Peak. Having found […]

Capstone Research (Fall 2018)

My senior capstone project is focused on a type of variable star called RR Lyraes. These stars show periodic changes in brightness on relatively small timescales, making them ideal targets to observe for short periods of time. In the Fall of 2018, my project was mainly focused on observing a particular RR Lyrae, which is […]