Investigating Periodic Variable Stars with a Robotic Telescope

Brody Beuker, Ethan Bowes, Tyson Brown, Rielly Castle, Kelly Christopher, Josh Fenwick, Joshua Foschia, Gurpiar Gill, Mayu Imamura, Zac Jalbert, Ivan Kocsis, Jessi Lipoth, Alex Magnus, Keaton Mollberg, Chidi Nwangwu, Alana Regier, Dawson Reid, Mikayla Rychel, Andrew Sotkowy, Amanda Stehwien, John Thuringer, Maia Wallis, and Daryl Janzen Variable stars are extremely valuable in astronomy because […]

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 […]

The U of S Observatory 1970 – 1985: A Personal Perspective

By Ron Waldron (This article originally appeared the May 2019 issue of Saskatoon Skies, the RASC Saskatoon Centre monthly newsletter. Reprinted here with permission from the author.) My connection with the U of S Observatory began in May of 1970. I was a grade 12 student about to graduate from Aden Bowman Collegiate when one […]

USask Observatory

The home of astronomy in Saskatoon since 1929

Author: Daryl Janzen

Investigating Periodic Variable Stars with a Robotic Telescope

USask Observatory is on Skynet!

The U of S Observatory 1970 – 1985: A Personal Perspective