Astronomy-Physics News
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Jan 22, 2022
Prof John Martin Earns Grant From National Science Foundation
(July 2011)
On July 1 the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that a collaboration…
Jan 22, 2022
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…