Observatory Research


Current Research

Observing eclipsing binary star systems

Tracking the potentially hazardous asteroid 2017 VR12

Building a spectrograph for the CWU research telescope

 

Past Research

Monitoring sky conditions over Ellensburg Washington

 

How to get involved

  1. Take an introductory astronomy course (ex. PHYS 101)
  2. Contact Dr. Cassandra Fallscheer

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