Course-Based Research Assignment: Age of Clusters (ASTR 591)

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2020-02-17
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Kirkpatrick, Allison
Hamblin, Kurt
Carlile, Casey
Floyd, Colin
King, Melissa
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Copyright 2020 Allison Kirkpatrick, Kurt Hamblin, Casey Carlile, Colin Floyd, and Melissa King. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Students use observations from Gaia and python jupyter notebooks to measure the ages of open and globular clusters. They select cluster members from a catalog (provided) using parallax and angular distance. They plot a color magnitude diagram and fit isochrones to the main sequence and turn off point to determine the age. They then plot age vs. distance from the galactic center for the open and globular clusters. They synthesize their results in a journal-style article.
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This assignment was the product of a Research-Intensive Course Grant through KU’s Center for Undergraduate Research. These grants provide financial support and advising for instructors who want to incorporate larger research and creative projects into their classes.
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Copyright 2020 Allison Kirkpatrick, Kurt Hamblin, Casey Carlile, Colin Floyd, and Melissa King. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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