POINTS OF PRIDE
"Astronomy is perhaps
the science whose discoveries owe least to chance,
in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through
which man can best learn how small he is.”
--Georg
C. Lichtenberg
Astronomy - Physics is Proud of:
- Great Resources
- Great Equipment
- Great Community Service
Great Resources
- An excellent Research program of 20 massive (spectral-type B) stars
- Fantastic curriculum and independent study programs
Great Equipment
UIS’s astronomy program possesses astronomical research and teaching equipment that is among the finest in the state of Illinois:
- 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
- 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
- 8-inch Newtonian telescope
- 8-inch disability-friendly fixed-focal point telescope
- 3-inch comet telescope
- Hydrogen-alpha filter for solar work
- Objective prism
The Henry R. Barber Research Observatory, 25 miles from the
campus under dark skies, includes:
- 20-inch Cassegrain focus telescope
(for spectroscopy)
- 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (for photometry)
- Echelle spectrograph
- Diffraction-grating spectrograph
- Photometric equipment
- Three charge-coupled devices (CCDs)
Great Community Service
