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August 1, 2011

A Spectrograph - or Three - of One's Own

In addition to partnering on Large Binocular Telescope and the 2.4-meter telescope at MDM observatory in Arizona, the Imaging Sciences Lab has developed a number of important astronomical instruments…
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July 29, 2011

Can Studying Black Holes Help Treat Cancer Patients?

While the office of Astronomy Professor Anil Pradhan appears to be like any other office, there is something extremely unique happening within. Amongst the countless hardcopies of published research…
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July 29, 2011

MDM Observatory: Where Small Size Doesn't Mean Small Science

Astronomy is considered the most ancient of all sciences, and many believe that the field has recently undergone a “golden age” where our understanding of the Universe is now increasing by the month…
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July 29, 2011

Coffee Makes the Collaboration Go Further

At 10:25 am on the fourth floor of McPherson at The Ohio State University, the last few collared shirts—both Hawaiian and polo—struggle to hold their bikes or laptops in one hand, while fumbling…
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July 26, 2011

Undergraduate Discovers Exoplanet Using Innovative Technique

Undergraduate astronomy majors at Ohio State have the opportunity to collect data at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, work on the latest instruments that will be used to obtain data from…
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July 26, 2011

Active Galaxies and Their Bizarre Centers Help to Measure Black Hole Masses

Ever since the revelation that the majority of galaxies in the universe host a supermassive black hole at their centers, astronomers have been working to measure the masses of these black holes in…
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July 26, 2011

KELT: A Little Telescope with a Tall Order

While the search for exoplanets often demands some of the world’s largest, most expensive telescopes, Ohio State graduate student Thomas Beatty is using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope, or…
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July 26, 2011

KEPLER: A Jewel for Exoplanet Research, but also a Tool for Stellar Astronomy

Unlike his colleagues involved with the Kepler space telescope who are interested in studying exoplanets, Ohio State faculty member Professor Marc Pinsonneault is more anxious to study the stars…
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Jason Eastman's self-built telescope DEMONEX
March 23, 2011

Studying Exoplanets with DEMONEX

Early in his astronomy graduate education, Jason Eastman began an extensive project: observing hundreds of exoplanets using his telescope, the Dedicated Monitor of Exotransits telescope, or DEMONEX.…