Prof John Martin’s Article in June 2011 issue of Gemini Focus magazine (June 2011) The June 2011 issue of Gemini Focus magazine contains an article…

Pictures of the Moon On May 30 we took a series of pictures of the Moon with our wide-field CCD camera on our 20-inch telescope. Below is the image we…

Transit of Venus Star Party on June 5, 2012 We will be hosting a special day-time star party at Southwind Park from 5pm to sunset in Springfield, IL to…

First Light on New CCD Camera (March 2012) The image of the galaxy M81 above is the “first-light” image taken by the new U42 CCD camera at the UIS…

Nearby Galaxy M33 This is a composite image of the galaxy M33 in the constellation Triangulum.  It is a collection of 40 billion stars about 3 million…

Perseid Meteor Star Party August 11/12 The University of Illinois Springfield Astronomy-Physics Program is co-hosting a viewing of the Perseid Meteor…