Some Results from the Spring 2001 Semester of PHYS 3154 Observational Astrophysics

Images

The following images were taken by students in PHYS 3154 Observational Astrophysics during the Spring semester of 2001 using the 0.4m telescope. The first two images were featured in a Roanoke Times newspaper article Eyes on the Skies (the article is reproduced here courtesy of the Roanoke Times).

Crab Nebula (M1). A supernova remnant in Taurus imaged by Lisa Francis and James Roberts. This image is a composite of separate images in the red, green, and blue parts of the spectrum.
M81. A spiral galaxy in Ursa Major imaged by Joe Chin, Jon Harris, Josh King, and Mike Lyons. This image is a composite of separate images in the red, green, and blue parts of the spectrum.
Moon Mosaic. A mosaic of the nearly full moon produced from 7 images by Joe Chin, Jon Harris, Josh King, and Mike Lyons.

Reports

Students reported observations of the locations of asteroids to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Minor Planet Center.

Presentations

At the end of the semester each student gave an oral presentation on a project they worked on during the semester. The presentations are listed below.

Warren Craddock "Galaxy Distance Calculation using CCD Pixel Variation"
Lisa Francis "Observation of Galaxies for CCD Distance Measurement"
James Roberts "Signal From Noise: Measuring Distances to Galaxies"
Jon Harris "Mosaic of the Moon"
Josh King "Determining the Light Curve of BL Cam"
Jim Lough "Cheap and Easy Spectroscopy: Is it Worth it?"
Mike Lyons "Tri-color Imaging of M81"
Alma Robinson "The 'Poor Man's' Spectroscopy"
Joe Chin "Full Image Mosaic of the Moon"

To PHYS 3154 webpage