Class Project
The UMBC telescope will be refurbished this fall so the
project this year will be to choose a journal paper related to the
class (I will provide a list) and prepare a presentation about the
paper highlighting the main results and the aspects of astrophysics
that we covered in this class. This will require researching
background information about the paper from other books and papers. In
addition you will be expected to read the papers presented by others
in order to ask questions. Your grade will include a component based
on your participation during the presentations of others.
The current list of papers can be found here
- Some well placed Objects
- A2151 (Hercules Cluster) Spiral rich cluster
- A2142 Central pair of galaxies, Cluster merger in progress
- A2199 (NGC 6166 central galaxy) Rich field
- M31 SA(s)b
- M33 SA(s)cd
- M32 compact E2
- IC 342 SAB(rs)cd
- N253 SAB(s)c
- M74 SA(s)c
- N55 SB(s)m: edge-on
- N5846 E0
- N5813 E1 (Bright nearby stars)
- N5576 E3 (Nearby barred spiral)
- N5557 E1 Fairly isolated
- N1068 Sc Bright Seyfert I galaxy
- N720 E Young elliptical
- A85
- A119
- A133
Presentation Schedule
Dec 6 |
Dec 8 |
| Tim P. |
Tom K. |
Ashley R. |
Joe D. |
Dan L. |
Nathan S. |
Chris M. |
Brian C. |
Tyler S. |
Philip D. |
- Bring (or email) a copy of your presentation in PDF format
- Make sure to include the location of your raw and processed images
The presentation will be ~15min (plan on about 15 slides adjusted to
your presentation rate). Be sure to practice and time yourself.
The general outline for the presentation should be
Introduction (Why this is important)
Background (What has been done before)
Method (What you are doing)
Results (What you found)
Conclusions (How your results fit into the bigger picture)
Some tips on writing talks
How
to write a 5 min talk (Discover Magazine)
Speaking Tips
Giving an
Academic Talk