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Proposal Identification No.:

A2224

Date Received:

2006-Mar-10 19:26:28

Technical Page
Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT:
The increased remote observing capabilities of astronomical observatories allow their use in higher education. This is important for general high level education of science students as well as for early training of a future generation of radio astronomers. With the goal of introducing a group of undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Astronomical Laboratory course at NMT (PHYS-328L) to 1. the field of massive star formation, and 2. the techniques of professional radio astronomy, we propose observations of six star forming regions with the Arecibo telescope. We will observe simultaneously a tracer of molecular gas (H2CO 6cm absorption), and a tracer of ionized gas (H110a). The students will be able to plan, conduct, and analyze radio observations. They will verify the close relationship between massive star forming regions and molecular clouds, and determine kinematic distances to HII regions and molecular clouds based on the (LSR) velocity centroids of the radio recombination lines and the H2CO 6cm detections. The proposed pro ject is well understood due to previous work of the PI in this area, and we plan to observe during a period of the day when the telescope is not heavily used.

Regular Astronomy Spectroscopy Galactic 4 Hours

Radio Line Observations Toward Star Forming Regions: Educational Pro ject using the Arecibo 305m Telescope

An Undergraduate

Name Peter Hofner

Institution New Mexico Tech

E-mail phofner@nrao.edu

Phone 505-835-2961

Student no

Service Observing Request

Remot e Observing Request

X

None All of the observing run. Part of the observing run. Queue Observing X

No Maybe Yes

Instrument Setup
C Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

1


Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned
4820 - 4880 MHz

2