The 2005 CTIO REU/PIA Program

January 17 - March 28, 2005

U.S. REU Participants and Projects

	Student & Institution	Advisor	Project Title	e-mail
	Sonia Aggarwal Haverford College	Nick Suntzeff nsuntzeff@ctio.noao.edu	Photometry of Eta Carinae	EtaCarIsTheStar@hotmail.com reu8@ctio.noao.edu
	Claire Bendersky Mt. Holyoke College	Hugo Schwarz hschwarz@ctio.noao.edu	The Planetary Nebula NGC 6543	cnbender@mtholyoke.edu reu6@ctio.noao.edu
	Ben Brandvig University of Washington	Bernadette Rodgers, Nicole van der Bliek and Sandrine Thomas brodgers@gemini.edu nvdbliek@ctio.noao.edu sthomas@ctio.noao.edu	Herbig Ae/Be Stars	brandvig@u.washington.edu reu7@ctio.noao.edu
	AJ Carver University of Wisconsin-Madson	Linda Schmidtobreick and Alan Whiting lschmidt@eso.org whiting@ctio.noao.edu	Suspected SW Sextantis Stars	acarver@wisc.edu reu2@ctio.noao.edu
	Betsy Mills Indiana University	Hugo Schwarz hschwarz@ctio.noao.edu	Extinction Towards Planetary Nebulae	eamills@indiana.edu reu5@ctio.noao.edu
	Dylan Semler Macalester College	Malcom Smith, Hugo Schwarz and Nicholas Suntzeff msmith@ctio.noao.edu hschwarz@ctio.noao.edu nsuntzeff@ctio.noao.edu	The Night Sky Brightness at CTIO	dsemler@macalester.edu reu3@ctio.noao.edu

Chilean Students and Projects:
Práctica de Investigacíon en Astronomía (PIA) Program

	Student & Institution	Advisor	Project Title	e-mail
	Laura Pérez Universidad de Chile	Malcom Smith msmith@ctio.noao.edu	Red Quasars	lperez@das.uchile.cl reu4@ctio.noao.edu
	Omar Valdivia Universidad de Concepción	Chris Smith and Sean Points csmith@ctio.noao.edu spoints@ctio.noao.edu	The Energy Balance of LMC-1	ovaldivi@udec.cl reu1@ctio.noao.edu

The Program in Progress: Observing on the 0.9-meter and touring Gemini

During the week-long observing run on the CTIO 0.9-meter telescope, all students perform all the functions: deciding what to observe next, moving the telescope, and taking data.
		Of course, every observing night begins with a sunset.

Right, Dr. Bernadette Rodgers describes some of the controls of the Gemini 8-meter telescope to the students. Below, the students investigate the dome and the main mirror.