I had hoped to capture an image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) during the brief break in the clouds on Jan. 23, but it was too low in the sky — barely 10 deg above the horizon. Instead, I took a few photos of the Orion Nebula. The photo below was taken with our Atik… Read more »
Meet the Stars
Prof. Levine Gives Public Dark-Matter Presentation
Prof. Ilan Levine gave a public presentation regarding dark matter and the contributions that he, and his students and collaborators, continue to make as part of international efforts to understand what it is. This was part of the Our Universe Revealed series of lectures being jointly organized by the University of Notre Dame and IU… Read more »
MTS Event: Wednesday, November 9th (Gas Giants Night!)
CURRENT STATUS: Conditions for the 9th are looking good! Details: The IUSB Observatory will be open, weather permitting, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9th. Come to the elevators on the 1st floor of Northside Hall and wait to be escorted to the rooftop observatory. Please be sure to check back here before traveling to campus… Read more »
IUSB Hosts Adams Astronomy Class for Special Observatory Event
Profs. Jerry Hinnefeld and Henry Scott, along with physics majors Emilee Edmonds and Preston Porter, hosted about 15 students from Mr. Matt McQueen’s Adams astronomy class at the IUSB astronomical observatory — Mr. McQueen happens to be IUSB alum. The visit included a presentation by Prof. Hinnfeld about recent observations and, of course, a trip… Read more »
Great Turnout for September 14th MTS Event
We had a great crowd for this week’s MTS events, with the Physics Club doing an outstanding job of getting the word out to fellow students on campus.
M57 photo
The main event last Thursday in the IUSB Observatory was an attempted exoplanet detection with students Emilee Edmonds, Phillip Derrickson, and Liz Turpin — data still to be analyzed. But I stuck around afterward for a while and took this photo of M57, the Ring Nebula. It’s a 120-second exposure with active guiding, after adjusting… Read more »
MTS Event: Wednesday, September 14th
CURRENT STATUS: Conditions for the 14th are looking good! Details: The IUSB Observatory will be open, weather permitting, from 8:30-10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14th. Come to the elevators on the 1st floor of Northside Hall and wait to be escorted to the rooftop observatory. Please be sure to check back here before traveling to campus… Read more »
MTS Event: Monday, September 12th
CURRENT STATUS: The MTS event for Monday, 9/12, has been postponed until Wednesday, 9/14 due to rain / cloudy skies in the forecast. Details: The IUSB Observatory will be open, weather permitting, from 8:30-10:00 p.m. on Monday, September 12th. Come to the elevators on the 1st floor of Northside Hall and wait to be escorted to… Read more »
Brian Davis Interviewed by WSBT on Solar Flares
Prof. Brian Davis was interviewed on August 3rd by WSBT reporter Ronnie Das about increasing solar activity. From the article and accompanying video interview: “If you have enough of a solar flare, a strong enough event, it can compress the Earth’s magnetic field a little bit like hitting one side of a balloon and that… Read more »
Physics Presentations at the 2022 IUSB URC
Three physics students presented at today’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC): Cody Cripe gave a talk entitled Acoustic Transducer Sensitivity near Cryogenic Temperatures, based on the work he’s been doing in Prof. Levine’s astroparticle-physics lab on transducer design and construction; and Phillip Derrickson and Emilee Edmonds presented a poster entitled Exoplanet Light Curves and Confirmations to… Read more »