The Horsehead Nebula Telescope class: Partner TelescopesSite: SedgwickTelescope: Sedgwick Reserve ObservatoryInstruments: SBIG STL-6303A close-up view of the Horsehead Nebula from Sedgwick. The Horsehead Nebula is a stellar nursery ~1500 light years distant near the belt of Orion. I think it is easy to see how this object got its name.Tags: Astronomyspacenebulastar formationhorseheadOrion
Graduate programs in astrophysics Telescope class: 0.4-meterDiscipline: EducationEngineeringOperationsScienceSite: BirkenheadCardiffCerro TololoHaleakalaSanta BarbaraSedgwickSiding SpringInstruments: SpectralAirApogee HawkcamBessell BBessell IBessell RBessell UBessell Ve2v CCD42-40e2v CCD42-40-1-D31Fairchild CCD486 BIH alphaH betaKodak KAF-6303ELCOGT F4KMerope LLC MeropeND2OIIIOpalPan-STARRS YPan-STARRS ZSBIG STL-6303SDSS g'SDSS i'SDSS r'SDSS uSkyMap vSolarArizona Department: Astronomy Quarters/semesters: Semesters Requirements: Oral and written prelims; quals. Core classes: Students are required to complete successfully the 5 "core" courses in astronomy: Tags: Astronomygraduate degreeastrophysicsUCSB
How stars explode and Teapots from Space Over the past year I have been working on a series of science video podcasts (or vodcasts), with Jon Yardley and Olivia Gomez. There are lots of vodcasts available in the world of science but I wanted to make some which were fun and accessibe but did not turn down the volume on the science. The idea of the Teapots from Space came into being as a vehicle for telling different scientific stories. The Teapots are like a cross between a sci-fi B-movie and Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Nothing is taken too seriously, but the science is all correct.
