The Astronomy Club

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The Astronomy Club

• Current Projects
• Variable Star research
• CCD Imaging
• Radio Astronomy
• Jupiter Noise Storm Detection
• Solar Flare Detection

• What we do
• As a club, we hold weekly meetings to share
  information about the Universe.
• On most clear nights, at least one of us can be
  found at Clarksons Observatory.
• We work on our various projects

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The Ring Nebula in Lyra
CCD image
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The Omega Nebula
CCD image
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M27
CCD image
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Uranus
CCD image
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M101
CCD image
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TONIGHT

• Tonight, Mars will be the closest the Earth that
  it has been in 60,000 years. To celebrate this
  event, we are throwing a Mars Star Party.
• We encourage all to come. We will start at
  1000pm. Please speak to one of us for more
  information.

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M27
CCD image
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The Omega Nebula
CCD image
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Uranus
CCD image
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Moon
Digital Camera image
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Jupiter
Digital Camera image
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Radio Astronomy

• One of our Radio Astronomy projects involves
  listening to noise storms generated by the
  interaction between Jupiters magnetic field and
  Jupiters moons.
• We tune in to a certain frequency to record the
  storm. From this data we can actually discover
  amazing things, such as the composition of
  Jupiter itself.

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This is a screenshot of one of our recordings