Screen capture of telescopes on Kitt Peak from "WaveLengths: Eyes on The Universe," premiering on local PBS-HD channel 6 this Sunday night (11/15) at 6:30 p.m. with an encore broadcast the following Thursday night (11/19) at 9:30 p.m. (Credit: Arizona Public Media)
Recent Discoveries
The Planetary System around HR8799 Has Been Imaged with the AO System on the MMT
Using the adaptive optics system on the MMT, Professor Phil Hinz has directly imaged the planetary system around the star HR 8799 at a wavelenth of 3.8 µm.
Newsletters
The Fall 2009 edition of the Steward Observatory Electronic Newsletter is available here:
Earlier editions of the Steward Observatory Newsletter are also available by following the link:
In the News
Recently published news articles featuring the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory.
Videos
Video files featuring Arizona Astronomy.
Frank J. Low
1933-2009
You may view Prof. Low's last lecture given at Steward Observatory on November 27, 2006: How the Spitzer Space Telescope was Designed, Tested, and Launched
Highlights
The University of Arizona is in the process of reorganization. The white paper giving the consensus view of the faculty of the Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory can be found here:
Tours of the Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory are being offered to the general public. For information about these and other astronomically related tours see:
An international celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope.