Lamar University awarded 2013 SPS Chapter Research Award
OCT 01, 2013
Lamar University awarded 2013 SPS Chapter Research Award
Zone and Chapter: Lamar University
Project
Project Name: Solar and stellar measurements using accurate spectroscopic techniques
Project Leaders: Sara-jeanne E. Vogler, Jose Castro, & Bryan Neal
Chapter Advisors: Cristian Bahrim
Project Description: We propose to use low-cost optics equipment in order to (1) generate a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for the 24 brightest stars visible in Beaumont, (2) analyze the polarization of stellar and solar light and the effect a telescope’s optics have on these measurements, and (3) analyze the absorption spectrum due to Earth’s atmosphere on the Sun’s blackbody radiation spectrum.
Project Media:
Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb) Interim Report (.pdf, 1 mb) Article (.pdf, 158 kb) Final Report (.pdf, 466 kb)