Good Luck Cindy!

Thursday was Gemini North intern Cindy Villamil’s last day with Gemini.  Here is what she had to say about her internship with us.

“While I was here I was working on HST (Hubble Space Telescope) images of a galaxy cluster called RXJ0848.6+4453. Mainly I was running and modifying scripts to help me extract and analyze the (photometric and structural parameters of) objects in these images. One of my main goals was to get a program called Galapagos working so that we could analyze all of the images simultaneously.

“After this I’m going back to being a science educator at The Newark Museum in New Jersey to teach astronomy and other sciences in the planetarium and throughout the entire science area of the museum while I apply for graduate school in astronomy.

“I can also tell you that I absolutely loved working here and wish it could have lasted more than just 4 months. Being back in astronomy research was what I expected it to be and more. Getting to go up to the summit for 3 nights of observing with Andre Nicolas and Sabrina was definitely one of the highlights.”

Thanks for all your hard work Cindy, you will be missed!

Cindy (on left) shares her knowledge and energy answering a public question at AstroDay Hilo.