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05 April 2008 |
I am still working on my
thesis, which is entitled "Origin and Composition of the
Light-Toned Layered Deposits in Iani Chaos, Mars." I am also
still working on the hydrogen dust cloud cooling project,
and this summer I will be working at the University of
Washington on star-forming regions in M31 (known to most of
you as the Andromeda Galaxy, seen below).
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What Am I Up to Now? |
17 June 2007 |
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I am currently working
on my thesis topic, looking at sulfates and
phosphates on Mars, which can tell us about the
history of water on the planet (where, when, how
much, etc). The picture below is sunset from Gusev
Crater (source: NASA).
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~Tanya |
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What Was I Up To? |
15 August 2006 |
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I spent this summer
working for the University of Washington in the
Astronomy department studying the lithium content of
symbiotic stars and at the Applied Physics Lab
studying moisture events in the Antarctic Dry
Valleys (pictured below; picture from the NSF) and
the Atacama Desert. These locales can be used as
terrestrial analogs for Mars in the field of
astrobiology, hence my interest. These areas have no
moisture content in the soil to speak of for years
and have no signs of life. However, when a moisture
event passes through, we see microbial life appear
in the soil, likely lying dormant until the water
appears for them to utilize.
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~Tanya |
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What Was I Up To? |
25 October 2004 |
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Right now I am working
on calibrating the m1 index for high-metallicity
stars via Strömgren photometry of the old,
metal-rich open cluster NGC 6791 (see picture
below). When the final paper is written, it will be
posted on this website. Not much interesting to say
about this topic...perhaps my next endeavour will be
more so.
I am also yet again
the head of space track programming for
Norwescon
for...what is it now, the fourth year in a
row? It's a wonderful experience, and I'm happy to
have been asked to do it again. Must be doing
something right if they keep asking me back.
:) So, if you are into science/sci-fi and will
be in Seattle over Easter weekend, drop by and check
the convention out! |
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~Tanya |
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