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Transit of Venus Star Party on June 5, 2012
Jan 21, 2022
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 view the rare Transit of Venus event on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Read more information |
Pictures of the Moon
Jan 21, 2022
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 produced. |
Supernova Impostors
Jan 21, 2022
Supernova Impostors
The UIS Barber Observatory has taken advantage of the clear weather patterns and our new wide-field U42 camera to follow the brightness variations of suspected supernova impostors in distant galaxies. |
The Eagle Nebula (M16)
Jan 21, 2022
The Eagle Nebula (M16)
The cloudy weather lately has been bad news for Friday Night Star Parties but it has given us some time to reduce a back-log of pretty pictures the UIS Barber Observatory took over the summer. Below is an image of the Eagle Nebula (M16) in the constellation Serpens. |