Archive list of past featured items

• Upcoming student talks: Astronomy Student Project Symposium at the Whitin Observatory on Monday May 5, 2008, from 3:00 PM to approximately 4:30 PM. (This is the last Monday of classes.)
  • Kathryn Neugent '10 will present her observational study of Koronis asteroids.
  • The students of ASTR 301 Multiwavelength Astronomy will present their individual semester projects.
• Public Observing Night at Whitin — The Wellesley College Astronomy Department will host an evening of stargazing with telescopes at the Whitin Observatory on Friday, April 11, 2008, weather permitting.
• The lunar eclipse on the night of Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008 will be visible from the eastern U.S., provided that the sky is clear enough. No equipment is needed to view the eclipse — wherever you are, just go outside periodically to look up and find the Moon! Partial eclipse begins at EST 8:43 pm, then totality lasts from EST 10:00 pm until 10:52 pm, followed by partial eclipse until EST 12:09 am.
• “Hands-on Astronomy: Astrophotography of Stars and Planets” will be offered on a not-for-credit basis during the first half of the spring semester in 2008.
• Upcoming talk: Dr. Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT) will speak about “Millisecond Pulsars: The Fastest-Spinning Stars in the Universe” at the Whitin Observatory on Monday December 3, 2007, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Refreshments at 4:45 PM.
• Students and faculty at the Whitin Observatory were interviewed by Lisa Kocian of the Boston Globe while preparing her article about light pollution.
• Astrophysics major Rebekah Dawson '09 writes about “Crossing the Ring Plane of Uranus” during her observing trip to Hawaii.
• Astrophysics major Rebekah Dawson '09 wins award for science research.
• Summering on Stars, Galaxies, And Quasars: Wellesley astronomers share in research grant.
• Are you thinking of taking an Astronomy class, or majoring in Astronomy? See the Prospective Students page for information about choosing a first course, majoring or minoring, research opportunities in the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium and elsewhere, and more!
• Read about the Whitin Observatory Construction Project: Links to the Past and a Vision for the Future. (ca. 2001, PDF file, 1 Mb; requires Acrobat Reader.)
• Read the story of the Founding of Whitin Observatory, as told in Wellesley College 1875-1975: A Century of Women. (1975, PDF file, 86 kb; requires Acrobat Reader.)

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