Mara DeRung, MSUM student, presents poster about astronomy education that the Annual Meeting of the AAVSO

Mara DeRung, a Sustainability major and Astronomy minor, presented a poster at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, held Nov 2-4 in Boston, MA. Her presentation “Exoplanet Coding Revisions and Exo-Planet Candidate data” described work done at MSUM over the last three years to make analysis of data taken in support of a NASA […]

MSUM student Emily Watson talked about measurement of the Blazhko effect at the Annual Meeting of the AAVSO

Emily Watson, a student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, gave a talk at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, held Nov 2-4 in Boston, MA. Her presentation “Analysis of the Blazhko Effect in the Star EY UMa,” discussed preliminary measurements of the period of long-term changes in the amplitude of pulsation of […]

Abby Moen, MSUM student, presents new measurements of period change in a variable star at the Annual Meeting of the AAVSO

Abby Moen, a student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, gave a talk at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, held Nov 2-4 in Boston, MA. Her presentation “Period change updates for δ Scuti variable DY Her,” discussed changes in the pulsation period of the variable star DY Her. She combined measurements taken […]

Come see the stars through telescopes at the RSC

Come join the MSUM student Astronomy Club and the community Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club for free sky viewing through telescopes at the MSUM Regional Science Center on Fri, Nov 17, 5-8PM, weather permitting. You should be able to get a glimpse of the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and more! Dress warm — the RSC building will be open during the event but […]