Session Code: WK-11 | Submitting Committee: / Co-Sponsoring Committee:

Moderator: Rachel Freed / Co-Organizer: Dan Reichart

Participants should bring their own computer. In this workshop, participants will be given accounts on both the Skynet global telescope network and the image processing and analysis software, Afterglow Access, as well as observing credits on Skynet. We will learn how to queue observations on Skynet, and will carry out multiple OPIS! (Our Place in Space!) and MWU! (MultiWavelength Universe!) observing experiences throughout the day. OPIS! is built around the cosmic distance ladder, which serves as an organizing principle in many introductory astronomy courses/sequences, and as such, it reinforces students’ classroom experiences. The goal of OPIS! is to move beyond laboratory experiences in which students learn how to use a telescope for its own sake to instead use it to do science - the same science that they are learning in class. MWU! is for students who have already completed OPIS!, and is able to provide this smaller group of students with more telescope time per student, making possible color- and radio-mapping, inquiry-based explorations. MWU! currently consists of ten explorations, with more being developed, and uses both Skynet’s optical and radio telescopes, as well as archival infrared data, to study the solar system, stars, and galaxies. The curriculum also focuses on light-producing mechanisms, and astrophotography serves as its “hook”.

Cost: $125 member/$150 non-member

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