Skynet Cluster Pro Plus: An Interactive Web Application for Stellar Astronomy Education
Cluster Pro Plus is an interactive web-based application built upon the Skynet Plotting Tools infrastructure to facilitate learning of concepts in stellar evolution by analysing star clusters. With the ability to remove field stars and fit isochrones to photometric data displayed interactively on an HR diagram, introductory astronomy students can use this tool to estimate any star cluster’s age, metallicity, distance, reddening, and number of stars, and compare their results to published values.
Authors
- D. Reichart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5060-3673)
- Daryl Janzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0549-3281)
- J. G. Torian
- Vladimir Kouprianov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3642-5484)
- Logan Selph
- Fullarton James
- J. Haislip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6703-805X)
- Ruide Fu
- Michael Fitzgerald
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (US)
- Hampden–Sydney College (US)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Astronomy Education Journal
- Published
- 2024-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.32374/aej.aecon.2023.110aepw
- Primary Topic
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00