Star and Planet Formation through the WorldWide Telescope Alyssa Goodman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ([email protected], @aagie) free download: worldwidetelescope.org download: free

WorldWideWhat is WorldWide Telescope Telescope? is a Universe Information System, How can WWT be helpful in Research? presented as a browser for the sky. ADS & ADS Labs connectivity "nd publications in area of interest directly from the FinderScope; WorldWideWorldWide Telescope Telescope view regions returned in ADS Labs search in WWT with one-click offoersffers an an unparalleledunparalleled viewview of theof theworld’s world’s store of SIMBAD connectivity online astronomical data. Expert led Tours of Seamlessly explore store of online Control time to "nd data in your area of interest directly from the FinderScope This free software weaves imagery from the best astronomical data. This study how the night ground and space-based View and compare astronomical images from sky changes allfree wavelengths software weaves into an telescopes in the world imagery from across the Add and overlay your own images and catalogs electromagnetic spectrum interfaceastronomical that resembles images in FITS, ASCII, JPEG or XLS formats theirfrom natural all wavelengths context—the Context bar shows Much more than Sky. items of interest in into an interface that “just” the sky at night! Full-sky, and high-res views, at many wavelengths current field of view resembles their natural 3D features can take Finder Scope links to you to other planets, Wikipedia, ADS, SIMBAD, and DSS, SFD, 2MASS, GLIMPSE, MIPSGAL, WISE, HST, VLA, ROSAT, context—the Sky— SDSS, so you can learn Context globe shows where you’re Spitzer, Chandra, & >40 more while offering deep looking opportunities to teach and learn the science VO-compatibility, VO-searching behind the images. SAMP-compatibility: live links to TOPCAT, Aladin & ds9

How can WWT be helpful in Education? Modular Learning WWT runs on Mac or PC in a WWT Ambassadors New efforts like edX offer opportunities to create and web browser, or in Windows, WorldWide Telescope Ambassadors are PhD-level scientists--like “massively” distribute educational materials online . Link as a standalone application. you!--who use WWT to teach science in school, science fair, and here shows a sample learning module based on a WWT It also runs as a web API sample module on wwtambassadors.org other community settings. Tour created in a graduate ISM course at Harvard. Contact us to sign up or learn more! ISM bubbles, H. Chen WWT in Education: Online & using any . In- Tours Labs Person Within WWT, anyone can create a scripted path through the Research shows that combined “virtual” and physical $ The software is free for program to “talk about” celestial phenomena with others. Tour non-commerical use. experiences enhance learning.Website: WWT wwtambassadors.org can show context Listing of WWT Tours "les can be created and exchanged just like PPT "les. abstract of NSF grant and scales that traditional labs cannot show on their own.

Star-Formation, seen in WWT

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ADS Labs Search for Paper contains this map of NH3 “Ammonia in Perseus” cores overlain on extinction-- you want to know more. You notice SIMBAD link in ADS Paper also mentions the abstract...so you open WWT. “COMPLETE” survey as the source of the extinction map. You search for “COMPLETE” survey on the web, and find the data tool shown ADS Labs search shows here, which uses a WWT “Atlas” paper by Rosolowsky et API to offer you overlays and al. to be most relevant...click gives downloads of COMPLETE data. abstract

From this point, you could return to a similar “ADS-like” starting point with any of these other publications. But, it’s important to ADS Labs link offers contextual realize that this “example” could view of most commonly mentioned have started at any point along the regions, example here shows arrow-led chain shown. WWT is NGC 1333 Spitzer view on all-sky like a browser--no linearity of background (in Safari browser) research path is needed!

Now, you have the COMPLETE Using the “Finder Scope” in WWT, data at your disposal, so you you right-click (shift-click on the overlay its 13CO data on the all- web) on a spot of interest, to find sky IRIS map in WWT. out what other papers in ADS, or You click “VO Cone Search” and data in SIMBAD, might be of find the NH3 catalog in SIMBAD, interest. Example here shows ADS just like ADS promised. A couple publication list for area near of clicks later, you’ve overlain the 13 NGC1333. NH3 catalog on the CO, all in the context of IRIS.

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