Month: May 2020

Determining the Approximate Age of NGC 2298 Through Photometric Analysis

By Rielly Castle, Alexander Magnus, and Ali Ahmed Abstract Globular clusters are important astronomical objects that provide deep insight into the early evolution of the universe. Our study utilizes photometric techniques to measure the apparent B and V magnitudes of the stars in the globular cluster NGC 2298. We produced a Hertzsprung Russell diagram of […]

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USask Observatory is on Skynet!

… or, How the University of Saskatchewan Got its First Robotic Telescope Nearly two years ago, in July 2018, I attended the joint Astronomy Teaching Summit & Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education conference in Hilo, Hawaii. It was a wonderful conference in a beautiful place, and I was fortunate to have a few extra […]

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