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      • People
      • Affiliate Faculty and Guest Associates in Research
      • Contact Info
      • Astronomy
        • Local Astronomy Resources
        • About the Observatory
        • Telescope Operators
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      • Little Shop of Physics
      • POWER+
      • Current Courses
      • Events
      • 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.

    Department of Physics
    • AR124 Engineering Building
      1875 Campus Delivery
      Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1875
    • In-Office Hours:
        Mon - Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm
    • Telephone: 970-491-6206
    • Email: physics_reception@Mail.Colostate.edu
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