InStAR Students Publish Work Featuring LCO Data
The Institute for Student Astronomical Research (InStAR) students had eight abstracts accepted to the December meeting of the American Geophysical Union, and six of those use data from the LCO network. These papers were presented virtually at the AGU meeting in December 2020.
These six abstracts are:
- Photometric Study of RR Lyrae V0893 Her by a Student Research Team
Tyce Olaveson, Amber Mistry, Stephen McNeil, & Rachel Freed
- Astrometric measurements for double-stars not found in the WDS
Roberta Bonnell, Tyce Olaveson, Jakob Bergstedt, Dallin Fisher, Stephen R. McNeil
- Results From a Remote Undergraduate Research Experience Using Robotic Telescopes to Study RR Lyrae Stars
Rachel Freed and Michael Fitzgerald
- Astronometric Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (A CURE)
Corin Slown, Rachel Freed, Robert Brazzle
- Experiences in Astronomy Research for Undergraduates with InStAR and Our Solar Siblings
Stephen McNeil
- New Measurement of Binary Star System WDS 18166+8027
Kiki Panigrahi
InStAR’s mission is to develop, conduct, and promote the adoption of the Astronomy Research Seminar, which is an immersive, student team-based astronomical research experience for high school students.