Today’s Events
Friday June 1, 2012
9-11pm
Public Night
McCormick Observatory
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Please Note: Use of the telescopes is contingent upon clear skies.
Upcoming Events Astronomy Department Colloquia for upcoming month
Next 7 days, this month; this semester.
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APOGEE takes astronomical observations to new extremes. Pictured above is the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III 2.5-m Telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, carrying out APOGEE near infrared spectroscopic observations of the Galactic bulge -- about 60 degrees from the zenith, over El Paso, Texas lights, and with a full moon nearby.
Photo taken by APOGEE PI Steve Majewski.
Photo taken by APOGEE PI Steve Majewski.
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