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CO-I DR. JACKIE FAHERTY SHALL PROVIDE HER EXPERTISE IN BROWN DWARF DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION TO THE PROPOSED PROGRAM. SHE HAS CURRENTLY APPLIED FOR AND WON SEVERAL NIGHTS ON NASA S IRTF FACILITY IN ORDER TO FOLLOW-UP ON CITIZEN SCIENTIST DISCOVERIES OF COLD BROWN DWARFS CO-MOVING WITH GAIA PRIMARY STARS. DURING THIS ONE-YEAR PROJECT FAHERTY WILL ACQUIRE SPECTROSCOPIC DATA ON TARGETS USING THE IRTF REDUCE DATA AND SUPERVISE A PUBLICATION THAT EXAMINES THE NEW COLLECTION OF COLD CO-MOVING BENCHMARKS. FAHERTY WILL BE SUPERVISING UNDERGRADUATE AUSTIN ROTHERMICH AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW DANIELLA BARDALEZ GAGLIUFFI ON THE INGESTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE NEW BACKYARD WORLDS BENCHMARKS TO THE LARGER SAMPLE OF ALL KNOWN BROWN DWARF CO-MOVING SYSTEMS. FAHERTY WILL ALSO SUPERVISE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WISEVIEW VISUALIZATION TOOL DEVELOPED BY CITIZEN SCIENTIST DAN CASELDEN. FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD FAHERTY WILL WORK WITH CASELDEN TO MAKE THE CLOUD COMPUTING AND CLOUD STORAGE FACILITIES OF WISEVIEW EFFICIENT.

$74,311FY2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

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