Armagh Observatory

Work Experience Essays

Gamma-ray Bursts
Debbie Bond, Dalriada school, Ballymoney (2001 Mar 30)
The Big Bang
Laura Wilson, Friends' School, Lisburn (2001 Apr 6)
Black Holes
Grainne Thie, Presentation School, Tralee (2001 Apr 5)
The Evolution of Galaxies
Lara Martin, Strathearn School, Belfast

Supernovae

Luke Haughian, Brownlow College, Portadown (2002 Oct 11)

Sakurai's Object
Tania Hendron, Coleraine High School, Coleraine (2003 Feb 13)
Photometric Terms Explained and Discussed
Michael Magee (2003 Aug 8)
Neutrino energy loss in stars
Malcolm Findlay (2006 Jun 23)


Vacation Student Reports

Genetic Algorithms in Spectral Fitting Problems

Glenn Hawe, Bath University, and Mairead Skelly, Cambridge University (2002 Sep)

Light Pollution in the City of Armagh

Lindsay Magill, Wallace High School, Lisburn (2003 Aug 22)
Poster (pdf 233 kb) (postscript 5.4 Mb)

Astroarchaeology: the Origin of FG Sge

Emma Stephenson, Strathearn Grammar School, Belfast (2003 Aug 25)
Poster (jpg 230 kb)

Each year, a limited number of school students spend a few days on work experience placement at the Armagh Observatory. They participate in a variety of activities carried out by Observatory staff, including taking daily weather readings, performing simple administrative activities, and attending research seminars.

Students are encouraged to carry out a short project in which they search for and read recent articles on a subject of their choice, and write a brief essay based on their reading. Some of these essays are reproduced here.

During the summer vacations, a similarly small number of university students spend three to six weeks engaged on a number of scientific projects supervised by Observatory staff. Some of the reports arising from these projects are reproduced here.

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