Astronomy at UNI

Students observing the Sun outside of Latham hall

Images from Hillside observatory taken with the Schmidt-Cassegrain 16" telescope, a f/6.3 focal reducer and ST-7 SBIG CCD camera.
 

	M2 A globular cluster in Aquarius
	M3 A globular cluster in Canes Venatici
	M11 The Wild Duck Cluster An open cluster in Scutum
	M13 The Great Hercules Cluster A globular cluster in Hercules
	M27 The Dumbbell Nebula A planetary nebula in Vulpecula
	M31 The Andromeda galaxy A spiral galaxy in Andromeda
	M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy A spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
	M57 The Ring Nebula A planetary Nebula in Lyra
	Occultation of the star Eta Gemini by the Moon on April 27, 2001. Images obtained by Earth Science Teaching major Jack Northrup and Dr. Siobahn Morgan.

Other astronomical Images -
 
 

	A nice Sun dog observed on the morning of December 21, 2000 (the Winter Solstice!)
	Same Sun dog
	View of the upper part of the Sun dog
	Halo seen on September 11, 2002. This is obviously a combination of two images pasted together - our camera doesn't have a wide enough angle lense to get the whole thing.

A view of the eclipse amongst the clouds. What lousy weather for an eclipse. Also this morning it was about -25 F outside - yikes!	The eclipse seen through a C-90 with a solar filter. Too many clouds!
The eclipse seen through a C-90 without a solar filter - don't try this at home kids!
	The safe way to view an eclipse without a filter - project in through the telescope into your kitchen. Hey, it was -25 F outside, I wasn't about to do this out there!
	A close up of the projected solar image