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A Night at the IRTF

Answer the following questions on a scale of 1-4  1. I know nothing about this  2. I know a little about this  3. I know some about this  4. I know a lot about this  1. I know nothing about this  2. I know a little about this  3. I know some about this  4. I know a lot about this

Answer the following questions on a scale of 1-4  1. I know what astronomers do on an observing run.  2. I know how astronomers use infrared light.  3. I know how astronomers use spectra.  1. I know what astronomers do on an observing run.  2. I know how astronomers use infrared light.  3. I know how astronomers use spectra.

A Night at the IRTF

Where you’ll be working  The Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii  The Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrometer  The Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii  The Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrometer

The astronomers you’ll work with….  Dr. John Lacy (The University of Texas at Austin)  Dr. Tommy Greathouse (Southwest Research Institute)  Dr. John Lacy (The University of Texas at Austin)  Dr. Tommy Greathouse (Southwest Research Institute)

1. What is the electromagnetic spectrum? The electromagnetic spectrum is all types of light including radio, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays.

2. How is infrared different from visible light? The wavelength is longer, the energy is less, and we can’t see infrared.

3. What is spectroscopy? Spectroscopy is the study of light when it is spread into its component colors. It is used to analyze light; for example, to find out what chemicals are present.

4. When you use a diffraction grating, what do you see? When you use a diffraction grating, you see a spectrum of color or a pattern of bright colored lines; sometimes you see a pattern of dark lines on the colored spectrum.

5. Can you see pictures in the infrared with your eyes? Why or why not? No, we can’t. Our eyes cannot detect wavelengths that long.

6. Can you see spectra in the infrared? Why or why not? We wouldn’t see it the same way we see visible spectra since we can’t see infrared light with our eyes.

False Color Imaging  Assigning colors we can see to wavelengths we can’t see.  Like a cross between translating between two languages and a color-by- number picture  Assigning colors we can see to wavelengths we can’t see.  Like a cross between translating between two languages and a color-by- number picture

Infrared Astronomy is very important! Orion in visibleOrion in infrared (false color) SEE HOW MUCH WE MISS???

The TEXES Screen A B C D

Southern Hemisphere of Saturn

What do you think the wavenumber of this spectrum is? Between

ChemicalWavenumber Ar H2H2 586 CH NE S

What chemical have you just identified in the atmosphere of Saturn? Hydrogen!

Northern Hemisphere of Saturn

What do you think the wavenumber of this spectrum is? Between

ChemicalWavenumber Ar H2H2 586 CH NE S

What chemical have you just identified in the atmosphere of Saturn? CH 4 Methane! Natural Gas!

Equator of Saturn

What do you think is happening? According to the cloud monitor, no light is getting to the pixels. Clouds are blocking the light from Saturn. If there are clouds, there could be rain.

What needs to be done? The telescope needs to be closed, so it doesn’t get wet.

Answer the following questions on a scale of 1-4  1. I know nothing about this  2. I know a little about this  3. I know some about this  4. I know a lot about this  1. I know nothing about this  2. I know a little about this  3. I know some about this  4. I know a lot about this

Answer the following questions on a scale of 1-4  1. I know what astronomers do on an observing run.  2. I know how astronomers use infrared light.  3. I know how astronomers use spectra.  1. I know what astronomers do on an observing run.  2. I know how astronomers use infrared light.  3. I know how astronomers use spectra.

 Add one statement about something you learned  Add one statement about something to be changed  Add one statement about something you learned  Add one statement about something to be changed On the back…

Self Assessment Results

I know what astronomers do on an observing run. Pre-Activity: 1.46 Post-Activity: 3.15

I know how astronomers use infrared light. Pre-Activity: 1.97 Post-Activity: 3.30

I know how astronomers use spectra. Pre-Activity: 2.54 Post-Activity: 3.37

Other provocative comments… An observing run is like a science project. You can’t leave a telescope open when it’s raining.

Other provocative comments… Astronomers work in front of the computer more than on the telescope. The cloud monitor is very important!

Acknowledgements Thank you to Drs. John Lacy and Tommy Greathouse for sharing their expertise. Thank you to the National Science Foundation for funding my travel to the IRTF. Thank you to NASA for funding the EXES Teacher Associate Program at the Astronomy Department of the University of Texas at Austin.