Appalachian State
University's Dark Sky Observatory is the research facility used
by faculty and their students to conduct observational research
in astrophysics. It is equipped with four telescopes, each used regularly for CCD imaging and photometry, with spectrographic instrumentation also available at the 32-inch. Established in 1981, the observatory is located
about 20 miles northeast of Boone at an elevation of a kilometer.
Far from major cities, its dark skies provide a good setting for
digital imaging and spectroscopy done in stellar and solar system
research projects.
Our next Public Night will be Saturday, May 19, 2012. To get a ticket to attend one of the two sessions that night you need to go to the event ticketing web site at Webconnex.
We thank local
photographer and amateur astronomer Todd
Bush for providing the wonderful image at left, during a special
evening at DSO. The Milky Way streams from the top of the 32-inch
telescope's dome. You can even see the dark dust lanes in the Milky
Way. Thanks, Todd!
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