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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.''
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[[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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=Young Stars in IC 2118=
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=2017: SIRXS-Deep =
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[[Image:ic2118iras.jpg|right]]
 
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'''[[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/1-IC2118/index.shtml Year One Cool Cosmos Web Page] and [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/1-IC2118-round2/index.shtml Year Two Cool Cosmos Web 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.]]'''
  
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IC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula (~210 parsecs [A parsec is a unit of distance equal to 3.26 light years. So 210 pc = 685 light years.]), is a star forming region near the supergiant star Rigel in the constellation Orion. In the image at the right (taken by IRAS at 25 microns), IC 2118 is the structure at the bottom right corner. Rigel appears to be at least partially responsible for exciting and blowing off a significant portion of the nebula in this region.
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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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What we are trying to do is characterize the process of pre-main sequence stellar evolution in this cluster. We want to be able to compare star formation in this cluster with others to see if there are similarities or differences.  
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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.
  
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Previous all-sky surveys, including both IRAS and 2MASS, have included this region, but not to the resolution or the wavelengths that Spitzer can provide, and there are few studies of this particular region in the literature.
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=2017: CephC-LABS (Looking At Baby Stars) =
  
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In our first observation of this region, we selected a target area based on the IRAS survey and recent work conducted by Kun et al. (2004).  Our Spitzer time was limited so we selected an area of the cloud that had a known IRAS source and 3 possible new classical T Tauri stars that were identified by Kun. The image on the left shows the region of IC 2118 (in IRAS 25 micron, with the proposed observations overlaid).  The target center coordinates are RA 5h 2m 0.0s, DEC –8d 52m 54.0s.  In our second observation of this region, we were granted 11.5 hrs to go as far down the cloud as we could.  We went about 2.5 degrees down the cloud.
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'''[[CephC-LABS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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[[Image:Ic2118_coverage.png]]
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/70-CephC-LABS-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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On the left, previously known objects in this region are indicated in red.  In the center, the first year's coverage using IRAC is indicated.  On the right, you can see the second year's coverage using IRAC (cyan and magenta) and MIPS (pink, blue, and green).
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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.
  
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Members of the team visited the Spitzer Science Center (SSC) to work with Dr. Rebull in the reduction of the data during the summer of 2005 and 2006.  We have a source list data table that includes 2MASS (J, H, and K band), IRAC (3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8 µm), and MIPS (24 and 70 µm) fluxes in both magnitudes and Janskys.
 
  
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The table of stellar brightness at different wavelengths can be used to:
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=2016: HIPS AGN (Hidden In Plain Sight Active Galactic Nuclei)=
  
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1. generate spectral energy distributions (SEDs), which allow us to tell at a glance if the star has excess emission (such as that from a disk).  We can approximate the temperature of a star by fitting a blackbody curve to its SED.
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'''[[HIPS AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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2. make IR color-color plots that can be used to find young stars and hopefully determine the age of stars.  
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/67-HIPS-AGN-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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The mosaics that can be created by overlapping images collected at different wavelengths (like the one used in this Wiki's logo) are used to determine the structure of the ISM.
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This team, which started in Jan 2016, is looking for AGN in some surveys for young stars.
  
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The scientist working on this project is Dr. Luisa Rebull; she is a staff scientist at the Spitzer Space Center. Luisa’s main area of interest is properties of young stars. She is particularly interested in finding out about how a star’s rotation rate, disk, and accretion rate change over time.
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=2016: LLAMMa (Luisa, Laura, Alexandra, Milton) =
  
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Luisa thinks it’s very important to spread the word about astronomy to lots of different people. She has given presentations to groups from all over California. In fact, she has received awards for her outreach efforts. You are going to learn a lot working with her!
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'''[[LLAMMa Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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The teachers working on this project are:
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/68-LLAMMa-Rebull main team 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.
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| Timothy Spuck
 
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| Oil City Area Sr. High School
 
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| Oil City, PA
 
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| Babs Sepulveda
 
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| Lincoln High School
 
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| Stockton, CA
 
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| Theresa Roelofsen
 
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| Bassick High School
 
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| Bridgeport, CT
 
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| Cynthia Weehler
 
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| Luther Burbank High School
 
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| San Antonio, TX
 
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| Tony Maranto
 
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| Phillips Exeter Academy
 
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| Exeter, NH
 
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=2015: LADDT (Luminosity, Accretion Disk, and Dust Team)=
  
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=Observing Iron Stars with Spitzer=
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'''[[LADDT Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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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/2-IronStars/index.shtml 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.)
  
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=Intergalactic Star Formation in Tidal Dwarf Galaxies of M81=
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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.
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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/3-M81/index.shtml Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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=2015: IC 417=
  
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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.
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'''[[IC 417 Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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=AGN Spectral Energy Distributions of GLAST Telescope Network Program Objects=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/64-IC-417-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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'''[[GLAST AGN Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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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.
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/4-GLAST/index.shtml Year One Cool Cosmos Web Page] and [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/4-GLAST-round2/index.shtml Year Two Cool Cosmos Web Page].  (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
 
  
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=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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=2014: SIRXS (SEIP IR Excess Survey)=
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/5-Arp102B/index.shtml Cool Cosmos Web Page]. (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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'''[[SIRXS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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=Detecting Brown Dwarfs in Interacting Cataclysmic Binaries=
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/61-SIRXS-Gorjian main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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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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This team, which started in Jan 2014, is looking for IR excess stars in the SEIP (Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products) source list.
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/6-BDinICB/index.shtml Year One Cool Cosmos Web Page], and [http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/6-BDinICB-round2/index.shtml 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)=
  
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=Star Formation in High-Redshift Clusters=
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'''[[HG-WELS Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
  
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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://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/60-HG-WELS-Rebull main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
  
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[http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/7-StarForm/index.shtml  Cool Cosmos web page for this project] (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.
  
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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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=2013: C-CWEL (Continuing Cool WISE ExpLoration of BRC 38)=
  
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Cool Cosmos web page to come?
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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.)
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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.
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=2013: SHIPs (Searching Herschel Images for Protostars)=
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'''[[SHIPs Current Research Activities | CLICK HERE for current research activities associated with this project.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/47 main team page] (includes abstract, proposal, people, etc.)
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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.]]'''
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[http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/team/46 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.
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=2013: CM4Seyferts=
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'''[[CM4Seyferts 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.)
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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)=
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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

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