Debra+Fischer

Debra Fischer- Professor/ Exoplanet hunter
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Website: http://www.planetary.org/connect/our-experts/profiles/debra-fischer.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

OVERVIEW: ** The page is a very short and brief explanation of Debra Fischer's major accomplishments throughout her astronomical career. The purpose of the website would be to inform those who do not know Debra very well to have a small amount of information to know what she studies and works on. There is one picture of Debra that is fairly recent and the website also mentions her teaching career at Yale. **

LAST UPDATED: 4/27/12
**DATE REVIEWED: 12/09/15**

ACCURACY: The information is accurate and there is no contradictions about any of the information that is posted on the website. Everything is factual and somewhat up to date only a few years old.
== READABILITY and CLARITY: The intended audience would be for high school students and or college scholars taking basic astronomy classes. This website is not hard to read or understand, there may be a few astronomical terms you may have to look up if you are not a current astronomy student, other than that this should be a not very challenging article to read. The website gives basic information a little bit of history of Debra. ==

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Website: http://www.womanastronomer.com/dfischer.htm


 * OVERVIEW: This is a simple website and it is apparent that someone has created this website, nothing fancy about the site. The information provided about Debra is actually an Interview with her with several questions that are quite common, stuff that young astronomical scholars would love to hear answers to and grasp the concept and have a better understanding of how she finds so many exoplanets. The website is however slightly out dated and does not mention any of her current work. **.


 * AUTHOR: Unknown unable to find on whois.net **


 * LAST UPDATED: 1/1/2008 **


 * DATE REVIEWED: 12/09/15 **


 * REVIEWED BY: Ryan Sutherland **


 * ACCURACY: The information provided is not up to date it is seven years old so some of Debra's current work is not on here. There is no contradicting statements or false information on the website it is an interview with Debra so all the answers come straight from her. **


 * READABILITY and CLARITY: The intended audience for the website would be young astronomical scholars or just regular college scholars. The vocabulary is at a level of understanding for college level students. Once again you will need some knowledge of some of the astronomical vocabulary that is used but googling a few words will help with your understanding of the website. The article should not be to bad there is no reason to struggle too much. **

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Website: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news/radcliffe-magazine/debra-fischers-quest-new-planets


 * OVERVIEW: The following website gives a brief introduction on exoplanets and exoplanet hunters and mentions and glorifies Debra. They mention one of Debra's more recent projects and that is project long shot. Which is trying to find multiple planets on the star Alpha Centauri and its called long shot because of how difficult she knows it will be to find more than one planet in that stars solar system. Also the site states information on interstellar destinations and touches base with that a little bit. **


 * AUTHOR: Unknown and unknown on whois.net **


 * LAST UPDATED: 2010 **


 * DATE REVIEWED: Ryan Sutherland **


 * REVIEWED BY: Ryan Sutherland **


 * ACCURACY: The website is five years old and is for the most part up to date. Considering its from Harvard it should be a no brainer all information is true, but besides that I can confirm all information does not contradict any information that I am aware of and this would be a reliable website. It mentions one of her projects she is working on the long shot as well. **


 * READABILITY and CLARITY: The intended audience for this particular audience I would say is astronomy students from high school to college. The only thing hard about these websites is if you are not familiar with some astronomical words. Other than that it should be a fairly easy read for you. **

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Fischer


 * OVERVIEW: Normally I would not advise wikipedia because anyone can edit on wikipedia but at the moment all the information as of right now is accurate. It has all of her education information and all of her recent projects and the teams she is on searching for exoplanets and exoearths habital planets. **


 * AUTHOR:Unknown. **


 * LAST UPDATED: June 20, 2015 **


 * DATE REVIEWED: 12/09/15 **


 * REVIEWED BY: Ryan Sutherland **


 * ACCURACY: The information provided by wikipedia is surprisingly accurate however things can be changed and updated thus making this website a non-reliable source of information. I highly advise not using this or any other wikipedia page you come across.The page is also been recently updated. **


 * READABILITY and CLARITY: **** The intended audience would be for lazy students doing there school project at the last minute. Also it is very easily to be able to read the website nothing to tricky other than the fact you might need to look up what Debra's projects are the site is very vague and does not go into depth. **


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Website: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/01/31/fischer-hunts-exoplanets/


 * OVERVIEW: A Yale newspaper about Debra Fischer in the format of a question and answer. They discuss what they do, how they do it and even why they do it. Also what makes her fine team of astronomers a special one and they discuss some of Fischers milestones and greatest achievements. **

Describe the page. What is its purpose? What kinds of things are on the page? This might be an entire paragraph.


 * AUTHOR: Robert Peck **


 * LAST UPDATED: 1/31/2012 **


 * DATE REVIEWED: 12/09/15 **


 * REVIEWED BY: Ryan Sutherland **


 * ACCURACY: This is an accurate source, because they interview Debra who is a professor at Yale so this website is a credible one it is the newspaper at Yale. Yes the website is also a fairly updated and its use would be of relevance to present time of her accomplishments and some background of hers. **


 * READABILITY and CLARITY: The intended audience would be towards Yale students and any type of astronomy student interested in exoplanets. Yes it is very easy to read and understand any adult can read it and even teens. **