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About
People
Affiliate Faculty and Guest Associates in Research
Contact Info
Astronomy
Local Astronomy Resources
About the Observatory
Telescope Operators
Gallery
MMO Observing Log
Little Shop of Physics
POWER+
Current Courses
Events
Newsletter
Invariant Syllabi
Employment
Visiting Information
Research
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
High Energy Particle Physics
Theory
Research Facilities
Future Students
Future Undergraduate Students
Future Graduate Students
Student Organizations
Undergraduate Students
Student Groups
Society of Physics Students
Women in Physics
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Trying out the new Celestron telescope with Software Bisque mount.
Marion Leslie Madison plaque.
Stewart Lincoln Macdonald plaque.
Sunspots seen through a solar filter and phone camera.
A solar flare seen through a Coronado telescope and phone camera.
A view of the NEOWISE comet captured above Fort Collins.
The Moon as seen through the telescope on April 11, 2016.
The observatory’s primary telescope, a 16-inch Cave-Astrola.
Damian looks through the eyepiece. Photo Credit: Adam Pearlstein.
A moon view through the telescope.
A moon view from the telescope.
A moon view from the telescope.
Astronomy students observing.
Back-end telescope view.
A telescope operator configures the eyepiece.
An astronomy teaching moment.
Damian and Ryan with one of our donated telescopes.
Dr. Roger Culver presenting a lecture during the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11.
Public observing at the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11.
Students and faculty gather to watch the Mercury transit.
Mercury Transit 2019
Heather and the telescope.
The telescope’s counter weight.