Workshops
Workshops
New Epsilon Aurigae Data from Spitzer!
Last summer at the Epsilon Aurigae Workshop held at the Adler Planetarium Donald Hoard gave a presentation regarding infrared observations of our favorite system with the Spitzer Space Telescope. As you know we video taped these presentations and were able to put most of them here on the website. Donald's presentation was not among them since his results were embargoed...until now!
Donald Hoard's results, some of which he talks about in this presentation, have just been released at the American Astronomical Society's meeting in Washington, DC and are causing some excitement! Now you can view the presentation of this work that, until now, was only seen by the participants at the first Epsilon Aurigae workshop!
Brian Kloppenborg, of the University of Denver, talks about the current theory of what is eclipsing our favorite star.
Disks In Astrophysics
Brian Kloppenborg, of the University of Denver, talks about the current theory of what is eclipsing our favorite star.
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Additional Citizen Sky Workshop Presentations
Here you'll find a short list of other presentations from the First Citizen Sky Workshop. Video for some of these is on the way!
An Introduction to VSTAR and Basic Data Analysis (Flash)
We've been gathering data for awhile now. We can say how bright our favorite star was at such-and-such a time. Some of us can even tell people the kind of light that Epsilon Aurigae is sending our way. Now David Benn gives some thoughts as to how that data can be organized and analyzed so that, perhaps, we might make some progress in figuring out the Mystery of Epsilon Aurigae!
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Epsilon Aurigae - A Spectral Investigation (Flash)
No, we're not talking about ghostly "spectral investigations" here. Darryl Stanford and Dean Drumheller discuss investigating our target star by not only measuring the amount of light we get from it, but breaking it down to the kinds of light we can detect from it!
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Spectra in the Classroom (Flash)
Sally Seebode gives an introduction on what stellar spectra are and why they will prove important in solving the mystery of what is eclipsing Epsilon Aurigae.
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Bright Star Photometry (Flash)
Dr. Arne Henden, Director of the AAVSO, gives a basic overview of photometry - the measurement of exactly how bright a star is in the sky. Dr. Henden highlights techniques that are appropriate to bright stars such as Epsilon Aurigae.
Supergiant Binary Stars (Flash)
In this video presentation Doug Welch details, at a moderate level, what we know about supergiant binary stars, of which Epsilon Aurigae is one.
Visualizing Epsilon Aurigae (Flash)
Ryan Wyatt, Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Sciences Visualization Center talks about various ways we can see and think about Epsilon Aurigae.
About Epsilon Aurigae (Flash)
Robert Stencel introduces our target star, and discusses some of its special properties.
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