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10.1 Weblog

Today I spent time working on my Project Green Challenge. I had to pick a destination and immerse myself in it's culture, people, and environment. ...

10.2 Weblog

Today I emailed JD (telescope connection) to check in about the observations that were taken on October 16 and also to check the current situation ...

11.1 Weblog

I received a reply this morning from JD in regards to my email about the observations from October 16 and informed me that there were no observatio...

11.2 Weblog

Since the last class (Monday) I made a lot of progress in seeking connections in the astronomy community. Ka'iu Kimura ('Imiloa Astronomy Center) a...

3rd Quarter Video Summary

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6.1 Weblog

Today I still haven't received an email reply from BJ in response to my questions about the time units of the period and t0 of the target eclipsing b...

6.2 Weblog

Today the only thing I could do was send BJ an email asking him how to use the Transit Finder.

6.3 Weblog

Today's progress in work was a discussion with Dr. Bill pertaining to the current status in my work progress, how I will progress after hearing a rep...

7.1 Weblog

BJ (mentor) replied to my email so now I am able to use the Transit Finder to figure out date times of the transit. I have to safely assume that th...

7.2 Weblog

Today I worked on my PGC "Greenest" challenge. I made an infographic about organic foods. Please read if you are interested in organic foods: https...

7.3 Weblog

Today I spent 30 minutes trying to find a transiting event for target #2 (KIC 10753734) and was unsuccessful in doing so. Next, I tried finding a t...

8.1 Weblog

Today I worked on completing my challenge for the Project Green Challenge. My challenge was to conduct research on my favorite artic...

8.2 Weblog

Today I was working on my astronomy project, "Detecting Exoplanets with Periodic Variation of Transiting Binary Star Systems". I used the Transit F...

8.3 Weblog

Today I spent the class time corresponding via email with BJ (mentor) and JD (IfA). BJ confirmed my speculation that the Kepler sky area is now ou...

9.1 Weblog

Today I worked on my Project Green Challenge. I had to find eight interesting facts about the environmental impact of meat production that we dom...

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Final Weblog Report

Detecting Exoplanets This year I worked on two projects that were similar. In the first semester, I was trying to find exoplanets by detecting ...

Independent Project Proposal

Detecting Exoplanets with Periodic Variation of Transiting Binary Star Systems Mailani Neal Purpose: To detect exoplanets orbiting...

Quarter 1 Video Summary

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Quarter 2 Video Summary

There were issues with uploading the video directly from Photobooth onto this Weblog Page so I exported it from QuickTime Player. [image][Download f...