Welcome to the Summer 2025 Wyoming Astronomy REU Webpage!

In Summer 2025 we will explore metal-poor stars within the Milky Way. We will take and analyze data from the Apache Point Observatory 3.5 meter and the Wyoming Infrared Observatory 2.3 meter telescopes.

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Background information and Journal Club

• Preliminary summer schedule
• Chip's Research Expectations document
• REU Journal Club

Observing

• Weather forecast Clear Sky Chart
• One stop shopping on all-things-WIRO
• Observing schedule and target information
• logbook example
• Object altitude vs time plots (for WIRO: 254.024 41.0983 2943)
• Nightly altitude charts

Data processing

• Flowcharts for reductions Imaging reductions flowchart and Spectroscopy reductions flowchart
• Cheat sheets Linux IRAF
• Processing cookbooks DD's imaging CK's imaging spectra
• IRAF help Beginner's Guide CCD Reductions Spectral Reductions
• Exam #1

Programming

• Programming in Python
• Python and fits images
• Zooniverse Citizen Science Plan

Other professional development

• Oral presentation hints John Wheeler
• Poster ideas #1 #2 #3 #4
• AAS meeting tips
• Ethics training course
• Collaboration teamwork listening
• Imposter Syndrome
• The growth mindset: Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right 5 minute video 10 minute video narrated by Prof. Dweck
• Implicit bias Scientific American 2018 Nature brief PASP article (especially Figures 1 and 2)
• Make your website!
• Topcat DS9 info: To send topcat coords to DS9, go to "activate actions" and choose the desired table and parameters. In DS9 go to SAMP, and then hit connect.