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APT - Aperture Photometry Tool<BR> | APT - Aperture Photometry Tool<BR> | ||
DS9<BR> | DS9<BR> | ||
| − | 2MASS<BR> | + | 2MASS - Two Micron All Sky Survey; the name says a lot, it is a collection of images covering the entire sky at the 2 micron wavelength of infrared. Some of its goals include cataloging all of the detected stars/galaxies and detecting brown dwarf stars.<BR> |
| − | SIMBAD<BR> | + | SIMBAD - Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data; this is a database of astronomical objects beyond our solar system.<BR> |
| − | IRAC<BR> | + | IRAC - Infrared Array Camera; takes images of the 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 micron channels of infrared.<BR> |
| − | IPAC<BR> | + | IPAC - Infrared Processing and Analysis Center; the name says exactly what it is, and it's located at CalTech!<BR> |
| − | IRAF<BR> | + | IRAF - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility; a program for analyzing IR images and data. It reduces images into pixel array form, which I assume means that the pixels can be rearranged somehow into a better format. <BR> |
BCD - Basic Calibrated Data<BR> | BCD - Basic Calibrated Data<BR> | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 1 August 2010
Acronyms and Vocab
What do these mean? Here is the start of a list, fill in the answers right next to the words! Add more words/acronyms to the list!
Aperture Radius
Background Annulus
Julian Day
Janskys
Luminosity
Intensity
RA and Dec
Galactic coordinates
APT - Aperture Photometry Tool
DS9
2MASS - Two Micron All Sky Survey; the name says a lot, it is a collection of images covering the entire sky at the 2 micron wavelength of infrared. Some of its goals include cataloging all of the detected stars/galaxies and detecting brown dwarf stars.
SIMBAD - Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data; this is a database of astronomical objects beyond our solar system.
IRAC - Infrared Array Camera; takes images of the 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 micron channels of infrared.
IPAC - Infrared Processing and Analysis Center; the name says exactly what it is, and it's located at CalTech!
IRAF - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility; a program for analyzing IR images and data. It reduces images into pixel array form, which I assume means that the pixels can be rearranged somehow into a better format.
BCD - Basic Calibrated Data
Our Proposal
Here is the link to our Spring 2010 proposal http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-variab/variabProposal.pdf
Read through our proposal. Below, list a few things that you totally understand as well as some questions you have.
