john kolena's Chandra
teaching and education resource
page
last updated: April 9, 2009
official Chandra sites
discoveries, press releases, mission
description
Chandra Education Data
Analysis Software And Activities,
downloading and installing ds9,
image processing activities
curriculum for grade school through high
school
scientific data analysis and processing,
proposals, data bases
Chandra-related pages that I have created
tutorials
quick
start-up guide to the ds9 image processor:
a workshop guide used at the
AAPT winter 2006 meeting: learn
how to use ds9 in an hour or less!
similar presentation
made at the HOU TRA 2005 conference in Williams Bay, WI
light
curves, periodicities, & power spectra:
a
guided study of the Cen X-3 system
how
to find
periodicities in x-ray variable sources using light curves and
power
spectra
a version of the
Clocks in the Sky Chandra activity (for Cen X3), originally
written by Terry Matilsky
how to
use power spectra to determine the orbital speed of a pulsar (or
other periodic source) in a binary
including:
periodic phenomena (binaries, pulsation, rotation);
how to use periodicities to rule in or rule out
various physical models;
how to find masses of stars in binary system using
periodicities
extrasolar
planets & black holes: how astronomers find invisible
objects
short guide to selected FTOOLS commands written
by Ryan Pifer & Josh Wetherington
(usable on a UNIX system where
saoimage
software has been installed)
labs, activities, & results
understanding the apparent superluminal
motion
of the 3C273 jet;
determining the actual speed of the jet from the
observations;
requires knowledge of special relativity and calculus
classroom-ready
image processing
activities
(written for a high school or college audience)
these do not
necessarily involve Chandra images
not related to Chandra
or image processing
not sure
what this
has to do with Chandra but the writing of these happened
as a result of the Chandra
Resource Agent conference in 2004; feedback welcome
the conservation activity requires use of
spreadsheets and contains some calculus;
the origin of comets activity does not use calculus,
although spreadsheet knowledge would be helpful;
both activities presume some knowledge of physics
and familiarity with ellipses and orbits
observational
data, sample measurement, physics equations, graphical analysis of dat:
written for teachers; selected portions can be given
to your students for homework, projects,. etc
assorted info &
software
if your school runs a proxy server or has
a
firewall, adjustments may be necessary in order for ds9 to work properly
EXOSAT, ROSAT, ASCA, RXTE, BeppoSAX,
Chandra, XMM
links to telescope sites and telescopes properties
(e.g., spatial resolution, energy range)
other
Chandra education-related
pages
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suggestions, corrections, complaints?
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