Astronomer Meir Schochet (Get to Know a Scientist!)

As far as the sciences go, astronomy is as old as it gets! We've been looking at the stars in an empirical manner for millennia. How do we approach observation astronomy today? With incredible telescopes of course, but what are we looking for and what do we do with the data? Let Meir tell you all about it!

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Stellar rotation GIF (Zach Claytor): https://claytorastro.wixsite.com/home
Stellar rotation GIF (light curve, James A. Davenport): https://jradavenport.github.io/2015/01/15/vis.html
Henrietta Swan Leavitt Cepheid Variable Figure: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1912HarCi.173....1L/0000003.000.html
NASA/STScI wavelengths/telescopes image: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01FEBQTM8Y4FESTQ4N2AFQDBXH?Type=Infographics
Dr. Alysa Obertas exoplanet transit gif: https://x.com/AstroAlysa/status/1432959259939983364?lang=en and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exoplanet_transit_method.gif
Dr. Michael Richmond diffraction grating image: http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys312/workshops/w10b/spectra/mystery_spectra.html
Christian Buil LHIRES-III optical path image: https://buil.astrosurf.com/lhires3/project.htm
LHIRES-III user guide and solar spectra examples: https://www.shelyak.com/wp-content/uploads/DC0004A-Lhires-III-User-Guide-English-1.pdf

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