This week in ISM was relatively productive and useful, despite the numerous environmental circumstances that I faced. I was able to find a very valuable resources that will greatly help me in conducting my experiment. This was a catalog of White Dwarf stars, and it had various information such as what spectral classes these stars were, as well as their locations and even if they were in a binary star system. This is very important for me because this is the exact information I need for my experiment. With this catalog, I can speed up my work and start working on the actual experiment.
I also created a plan of action for my Final Product. I broke up my product, into three main steps: writing code to gather the data, analyzing data, and creating a research paper with conclusions. This helped put everything into perspective and showed me how much work I have to accomplish, but also how fulfilling and interesting it looks. The only thing that I need to work on is finding a mentor through research interviews. In the upcoming week, I will continue to try and have research interviews as well as as start the code for this product.