As part of our commitment to shining a light on the issues that matter most to young people, we reached out to our Student Ambassadors to talk about their thoughts, feelings and concerns for the future. Here, Student Ambassador Basma talks about how to make the most of the programme as a student. “The Access
Blossoming into Budding Astronomers!
10th March 2017
Students at Mount Carmel have been practising the methods used to find variable stars – and now they are ready to find their own! Over the past few weeks they have been using training images and software to search for pre-discovered stars, and are now zooming through the process like pros. They’ve spent some time learning about the different software and how to identify light curves and possible varying magnitudes, and are incredibly excited to move on to using the real images next week. Fingers crossed they make a new discovery!
