Observing Projects

Using the 24-inch telescope and CCD camera at the Mees Observatory, you will complete either 2 (ASTR 244) or 3 (ASTR 444) of the observing projects listed below.

• Observations of transiting exoplanets
• Globular clusters: stellar evolution and the astrophysical distance ladder
• Observations of a supernova
• HH objects and low-mass star formation
• HII regions and massive star formation
• Central supermassive black holes in Seyfert galaxies

Project deadlines

All deadlines are at midnight on the date listed.

	Project 1	Project 2
Data analysis	April 6	April 25
Report draft	April 13	May 2
Final report	April 20	May 10

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