Light and Optics
16-18 July 2007

A teacher professional development workshop held at McDonald Observatory

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration provided support for this workshop under an Education and Public Outreach supplement to Grant/Contract/Agreement NNG06GC45G issued through the Office of Space Science.

Observing List in a WORD document

Electronic mail addresses of the participants and instructional team

Diffraction activities

Dan Jaffe's PowerPoint: Silicon Difractive Optics for Infrared Spectroscopy

Wisdom from White Dwarfs, a website for Dr. Don Winget's Argos-On Line project, including the Waves/Audacity activity.

crossed polarizers website

Planispheres

Photo album:

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Welcome from Kyle  Fricke
Welcome from Kyle Fricke
prisms
prisms
more prisms
more prisms
Diffraction cards
Diffraction cards
diffraction cards
diffraction cards
2.7-m telescope
2.7-m telescope
wow! That's big.
wow! That's big.
driving the dome
driving the dome
aluminizing room
aluminizing room
2.7-m cat walk
2.7-m cat walk
trying for  a group shot
trying for a group shot
Everyone's here now.
Everyone's here now.
Joy Chavez in 2.7-m control room
Joy Chavez in 2.7-m control room
video-conference with Dan Jaffe
video-conference with Dan Jaffe
HET tour with Bob Calder
HET tour with Bob Calder
HET tour
HET tour
HET tour
HET tour
HET mirror segment - up close
HET mirror segment - up close
HET mirror segment
HET mirror segment
"I won't look - is she driving OK?"
"I won't look - is she driving OK?"
HET mirror truss
HET mirror truss
another view
another view
louver system for good air flow at  HET
louver system for good air flow at HET
group photo
group photo
HET group photo
HET group photo
HET control room w/Carl Akerlof
HET control room w/Carl Akerlof
Carl Akerlof (ROTSE)
Carl Akerlof (ROTSE)
HET controls
HET controls
under the HET - in the basement
under the HET - in the basement
Medium Resolution Spectometer
Medium Resolution Spectometer

Posted by Mary Kay Hemenway on 22 July 2007
Revised 22 July 2008