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JHI Astrophysicist Involved in the Direct Detection of Buckling Bars in Galaxies Featured Image: Top panel: An N-body simulation showing the buckling of a galactic bar. Bottom panels: the two galaxies discovered in this study (NGC 4569 and NGC 3227), which show characteristics of buckling bars matching simulations. [Adapted from Read More …
A new camera for the Moses Holden Telescope at Alston Observatory saw first light on the evening of September 7th 2016 and took this stunning image of the Ring Nebula. The image is made up of a 120-second B-band exposure, a 30-second V-band exposure, and a 30-second R-band exposure. The Read More …