All posts tagged observatory

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Observatory Corner: King of the Planets
October 24, 2012 // by Sam Van Kooten

A poll was recently conducted of all on-campus Sci-Tech writers whose last names end with “ooten”, and in a statisti...

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Observatory Corner: Space is a colorful place
September 26, 2012 // by Sam Van Kooten

Looking up in the night sky, space looks like a black-and-white world. Sure, there are famous exceptions like red Betelg...

Partially funded by the National Science Foundation, this $80,000 device is made available to you four days a week if the sky is clear. Photo by Christian Bell
Observatory Corner
September 6, 2012 // by Sam Van Kooten

Maybe in your campus wanderings you’ve seen the big white bump on top of the Science Building. One of the highest plac...