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=2013: C-CWEL (Continuing Cool WISE ExpLoration of BRC 38)=
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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.''
  
'''[[C-CWEL Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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=2017: SIRXS-Deep =
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/45 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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'''[[SIRXS-Deep Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/71-SIRXS-Deep-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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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.
  
=2013: SHIPs (Searching Herschel Images for Protostars)=
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=2017: CephC-LABS (Looking At Baby Stars) =
  
'''[[SHIPs Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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'''[[CephC-LABS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/47 main team 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 started in Jan 2013, is looking for protostars in Herschel data.
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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.
  
=2013: They Might Be Giants=
 
  
'''[[They Might Be Giants Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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=2016: HIPS AGN (Hidden In Plain Sight Active Galactic Nuclei)=
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/46 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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'''[[HIPS AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking at very blue things in the Kepler field.
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/67-HIPS-AGN-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
=2013: CM4Seyferts=
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This team, which started in Jan 2016, is looking for AGN in some surveys for young stars.
  
'''[[CM4Seyferts Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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=2016: LLAMMa (Luisa, Laura, Alexandra, Milton) =
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/48 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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'''[[LLAMMa Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/68-LLAMMa-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
=2012: C-WAYS (Cool, Wise, And Young Stars)=
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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.
  
'''[[C-WAYS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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=2015: LADDT (Luminosity, Accretion Disk, and Dust Team)=
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/41 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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'''[[LADDT Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/65-LADDT-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
=2012: HR4AGN=
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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.
  
'''[[HR4AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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=2015: IC 417=
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/43 main team 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.]]'''
  
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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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/64-IC-417-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
=2012: Cold Spotz =
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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.
  
'''[[Cold Spotz Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[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.
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=2014: SIRXS (SEIP IR Excess Survey)=
  
=2012: UBOKO (Ultra-Blue Objects for Kepler Observing)=
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'''[[SIRXS 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://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/61-SIRXS-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
[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 2014, is looking for IR excess stars in the SEIP (Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products) source list.
  
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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=2014: HG-WELS (Hungry Giants: WISE Excesses and Lithium Study)=
  
=2011: Star Formation in Bright-Rimmed Clouds=
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'''[[HG-WELS 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.]]'''
 
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/37 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/60-HG-WELS-Rebull 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.
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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.
  
  
=2011: Team Red Shift=
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=2013: C-CWEL (Continuing Cool WISE ExpLoration of BRC 38)=
  
'''[[Team Red Shift 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.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/45 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/38 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.
  
This team, which started in Jan 2011, is working with multi-wavelength data to study active galactic nuclei (AGN).
 
  
=2011: Period Pontificators=
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=2013: SHIPs (Searching Herschel Images for Protostars)=
  
'''[[Period Pontificators 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://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/39 main team 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 2011, is working with Kepler data.  
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This team, which started in Jan 2013, is looking for protostars in Herschel data.
  
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=2013: They Might Be Giants=
  
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'''[[They Might Be Giants Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
=2010: Star Formation in CG4=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/46 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
'''[[CG4 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/33 main team page] (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.
  
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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=2013: CM4Seyferts=
  
=2008: Star Formation in Lynds Clouds=
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'''[[CM4Seyferts 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://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/24 main team 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 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 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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=2012: C-WAYS (Cool, Wise, And Young Stars)=
  
=2005-2007: Young Stars in IC 2118=
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'''[[C-WAYS 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://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.)
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/41 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 ecosystemWe 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 2012, is working with Lynds 1548 and WISE data to find new young starsMuch of the background information found below for the IC 2118, Lynds, and CG4 teams also applies to this team as well.
  
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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=2012: HR4AGN=
  
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'''[[HR4AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
=2010: Luminous Data Miners=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/43 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 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.
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/35 main team web page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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=2012: Cold Spotz =
  
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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'''[[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.)
  
=2010: Variability of the Mid-IR Sky=
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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.
'''[[Variability of the Mid-IR Sky Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
 
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/36 main team web page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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=2012: UBOKO (Ultra-Blue Objects for Kepler Observing)=
  
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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'''[[UBOKO Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/40 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/28 main team web 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.
  
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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=[[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