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Create an electronic “Astronomy Research Journal”

1. This is a text file in your favorite text editor to keep track of what you do & what you learn.
   

2. Each time you work on your project, you put in a new entry.
   

3. Each entry begins with the date and time.
   

4. It’s written so that months/years from now you can recreate what you’ve done.
   

5. The difficulty with the ARJ is striking the balance between including enough info and minimizing time and effort that goes into writing it.
   

6. At the end of each week, you’ll email me your cumulative ‘ARJ’ -- I use it as an additional way to understand what’s making sense to you, what’s not, what you need help with, & what you find most interesting.
   

Visit APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) Daily

1. On any day when APOD particularly strikes your fancy, copy the link into your ARJ.
   

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