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White Dwarfs and the Age of the Galaxy Workshop
June 29 - July 3, 2005 - McDonald Observatory


Post Summer 2005 Workshop Page

Post 2005 Workshop Evaluation Form


1. Workshop Pictures (in new window)

2. Cluster magnitude diagram for NGC 6791 ( pdf | xls )

3. Links
McDonald Laser Ranging Station
http://www.csr.utexas.edu/mlrs/

Hobby-Eberly Telescope
http://www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/het/het.html

What Are Astronomers Doing at McDonald Observatory?
http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/research/

McDonald Observatory
http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/

StarDate
http://stardate.org
Lesson Plans: http://stardate.org/teachers/plans

4. Activities
An Interview with a White Dwarf
  • Question and Answer ( pdf )
  • Plots ( pdf )
  • Teacher Guide ( pdf )
  • Student Guide ( pdf )

Properties of White Dwarfs (revised 2006)
  • Sirius A ( pdf | ppt )
  • Sirius A+B ( pdf | ppt )
  • Teacher Guide ( pdf )
  • Student Guide ( pdf )

What is the Age of the Milky Way?
  • Teacher Guide ( pdf )
  • Student Guide ( pdf )



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The "White Dwarfs and the Age of the Galaxy" workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant AST 0307315. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provides additional support under an Education and Public Outreach supplement to Grant/Contract/Agreement No. NAG5-13070 issued through the Office of Space Science.

28 August 2006
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