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Jan 22, 2022
Prof John Martin Earns Grant From National Science Foundation (July 2011) On July 1 the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that a collaboration…
Jan 22, 2022
Prof John Martin’s Article in June 2011 issue of Gemini Focus magazine (June 2011) The June 2011 issue of Gemini Focus magazine contains an article…
Jan 21, 2022
Nearby Galaxy M33 This is a composite image of the galaxy M33 in the constellation Triangulum.  It is a collection of 40 billion stars about 3 million…
Jan 21, 2022
Perseid Meteor Star Party August 11/12 The University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield Astronomy-Physics Program is co-hosting a viewing of the Perseid Meteor…
Jan 21, 2022
Supernova 2013df in NGC 4414 The spiral galaxy to the left of center in this picture is NGC 4414.  It is about 62 million lightyears away from Earth in the…
Jan 21, 2022
The Wild Duck Cluster (M11) This open star cluster in the Milky Way is well known to amateur astronomers as a particularly rich and colorful cluster.…