Omaha World Herald published an article featuring Evan Rich and students from ASTR 224, "Astronomy and Astrophysics Laboratory." The group visited the Branched Oak Observatory on Tuesday evening.
Read the OWH article (subscription required).
Students completed their latest lab while viewing the night sky through the observatory's array of telescopes, including a new 20-inch truss tube Dobsonian, courtesy of Michael Sibbernsen, and the cutting-edge technology of the MARC Observatory.
In addition to the Northern Lights, they spotted Saturn, M13 (the Hercules Star Cluster), the Ring Nebula, the Dumbbell Nebula, The Andromeda Galaxy, and other objects.
Check out photos on the observatory's Facebook page.
Rich is an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, which is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
