Imaging techniques for archival ALMA data illustrating stages of planetary formation for use in planetaria. -Comparisons between techniques used for outreach and communication or research-

Kolk, Floor van der (2022) Imaging techniques for archival ALMA data illustrating stages of planetary formation for use in planetaria. -Comparisons between techniques used for outreach and communication or research-. Bachelor's Thesis, Astronomy.

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Abstract

This thesis looks at different imaging parameters to produced images of archival ALMA data for outreach and communication purposes and compares the final images to images produced for research purposes . This thesis focusses on images illustrating different stages of planet formation, and the usage of a planetarium as communication medium. It consists of a scientific background describing different stages of planet formation, a technical background describing the concepts behind ALMA data reduction, a communication background which explains focus points for explaining astronomy using images and in the selected objects properties are listed about the images objects. Next, the method describes the data reduction and measurements done, in the results the produced images and measurements are shown, in the discussion a comparison is made and differences are discussed and the thesis is concluded in the end. The resulting products of this thesis are: (1) a set up for a planetarium show on planet and star formation based on both astronomical as communication research; (2) four images showing two different stages of planet formation with settings based on experimental imaging and formatted correctly for outreach purposes; and (3) a set of detailed instructions for non-experts on imaging moment maps and continuum images from ALMA archival data including the CASA script for imaging and SkySkan scripts for integrating the images into the planetarium.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Allen, V.A. and Noel-Storr, J.
Degree programme:	Astronomy
Thesis type:	Bachelor's Thesis
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2022 10:02
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2022 10:02
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/28393

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