CTIO REU/PIA 2003

U.S. REU Participants and Projects

  Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
Carey Borghi
University of Wyoming		 Knut Olsen The Warp in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Katherine Guenthner
University of Texas at Austin		 Hugo Schwarz
 		 3D Photoionization Models of Planetary Nebulae
Ryan Peterson
Lawrence College		 Hugo Schwarz Orientation Effects in Bipolar Planetary Nebulae
Lara Pierpoint
University of California at Los Angeles		 Bernadette Rogers The Young Binary System CO Orionis
Rebecca Wilcox
University of Washington		 Dara Norman Galaxy Clusters in the Deep Lens Survey


 

Chilean Students and Projects:
Práctica de Investigacíon en Astronomía (PIA) Program

  Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
Rodrigo Fernandez
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago		 Hugo Schwarz Velocity Fields in FLIERS in NGC 7009
Abner Zapata
Universidad de Concepción		 Nick Suntzeff The Unusual Supernova 2002bo

Highlights

  • Tour of Cerro Tololo
  • Tour of Cerro Pachon: SOAR and the Gemini South facility
  • Observing at CTIO: the 0.9-m telescope
  • Presenting results at the January 2004 AAS meeting