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The University of Illinois Springfield Astronomy-Physics Program will host three virtual star parties via Zoom. The virtual star parties will be held at 8 p.m. on March 11, April 9 and May 13.

Prof John Martin鈥檚 Article in June 2011 issue of Gemini Focus magazine

(June 2011)

The June 2011 issue of Gemini Focus magazine contains an article written by UIS Assistant Professor John Martin about his use of an infrared camera on the Gemini-South telescope to image the interior of the nebula cocooning the star Eta Carinae.聽

Prof John Martin Earns Grant From National Science Foundation

(July 2011)

On July 1 the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that a collaboration including UIS Assistant Professor John Martin earned a three-year grant for their proposal entitiled 鈥淥n the Road to the Supernova: LBVs, Hypergiants, and SN Impostors.鈥� The project will continue and expand on Martin鈥檚 collarboration with Kris Davison and Roberta Humphreys (both at the University of Minnesota) to study the end stages and instabilities in the most massive stars in the universe.

Prof John Martin Named University Scholar

(October 2011)

. The University Scholar program honors the top scholars at 69萝莉app and is the top award for scholarship on the Springfield Campus.

First Light on New CCD Camera

(March 2012)

Transit of Venus Star Party on June 5, 2012

We will be hosting a special day-time star party at Southwind Park from 5pm to sunset in Springfield, IL to view the rare Transit of Venus event on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.聽聽

Pictures of the Moon

On May 30 we took a series of pictures of the Moon with our wide-field CCD camera on our 20-inch telescope. Below is the image we produced.

Supernova Impostors

罢丑别听聽has taken advantage of the clear weather patterns and our new wide-field U42 camera to follow the brightness variations of suspected聽聽in distant galaxies.

The Eagle Nebula (M16)

The cloudy weather lately has been bad news for聽Friday Night Star Parties聽but it has given us some time to reduce a back-log of pretty pictures the聽聽took over the summer. Below is an image of the聽.