HandsOn Astrophysics

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Hands-On Astrophysics
Progress of conversion to web format 1) 9
student chapters converted to PDF 2) Chapters
1-5 and 7-10 completed 3) Images replaced with
color images errata fixed 4) Poster Pages
recreated from scratch 5) Photos, Slides
scanned as high resolution tiffs 6) Videos
converted into DVD format (Roger Kolman) 7)
Variable Star Astronomy Statistical Analysis of
Stellar Properties and Behavior 8)
VSTAR conversion.
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Science Olympiad
Variable Stars and the National Science
Olympiad 1) Have been part of Division C
(high school) Event since 1999 2) Focus topic
for 2007 through 2009 competition 3) 48 states
send 60 teams to national competition 4) 2500
teams (5000 students) prepare for regional and
state competition each year 5) AAVSO
website promoted as primary source of
information 6) All Deep Sky Objects selected
for specific study either on the Chandra
website and/or on the AAVSO website
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Astronomy C - Variable Stars - 2008
A. Pulsating Variables 1) Long Period
Variables a) Mira type R Cygni
b) Semiregular V725 SGR 2) Cepheids W
Virginis 3) RR Lyrae AH Leo B. Cataclysmic
(Eruptive) Variables 1) R Coronae Borealis
RY Sagittarii 2) Flare Stars UV Ceti
3) Dwarf Novae SU Ursae Majoris 4) X-Ray
Binaries J1655-40, RX J0806.31527 5)
Supernovae a) Type II G11.2-0.3,
SN2006gy b) Type Ia DEM L71,
Keplers SNR C. Strangers in the Night V838 Mon

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Chandra Website
Chandra and AAVSO Educational Activities 1)
Completed in HTML, PDF, Flash, Powerpoint
Stellar Heartbeats A Variable Star in
Cygnus 2) In progress Introduction and
Background Variable Stars and the H-R
Diagram