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Jenifer Ruiz, a senior studying radiation therapy, of Zion looking at the planets and stars through a telescope on the roof of Neckers during the physic departments public astronomy viewing, Sunday, Aug. 2018. (Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de)

Students and community members gather for Neckers public astronomy viewing

By Farrah Blaydes, Staff Reporter
August 20, 2018
Universities Space Research Association software developed Scott Davis, of Mountain View, California, explains the components of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infared Astronomy (SOFIA) project to John Cremma, of Chicago Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the science astronomy and technology expo, at the SIU Arena. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Innovation on display at Science and Technology Expo

By Kitt Fresa
August 21, 2017
Junior zoology major, Katie Reis, of Naperville poses for a portrait dressed as Rufioh from Homestuck, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at the SIU Eclipse Comic-Con event in the Student Center. Ive been cosplaying for about five years, Reis said. I love being able to find new ways to make things – you learn to take ideas and change them to fit your needs. (Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Game on at Eclipse Comic-Con

By Joe McLauglin
August 20, 2017
The upcoming Aug. 21, total eclipse of the sun is on the move. Maps, provided by NASA and others, show a crisply defined, 70-mile-wide path of totality where the moon will block 100 percent of the sun, but they are not as precise as they appear, at least on their edges. Yeah, all the maps are wrong, said Mike Kentrianakis, who is the solar eclipse project manager for the American Astronomical Society. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Five eclipse facts to read up on before Monday

By Samantha Keebler
August 16, 2017
Christopher Mandrell, a graduate student from Marion studying physics, takes apart an 80mm telescope Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, outside Neckers after a practice run aligning the telescope in preparation for the eclipse. Mandrell will camp out at the University Farms “dark site” the night before he the eclipse so he can set up for the experimental run the following day. “This is the classic ... telescope,” Mandrell said. “It’s a refraction scope just using the lenses to focus just like your glasses.” (Cory Ray | @coryray_DE)

Students prepare to capture the sun’s corona as part of a national research project

By Cory Ray
August 15, 2017
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SIU’s yearlong plan for a two-minute, 38-second solar eclipse

By Marnie Leonard
August 21, 2016
Harry Treece, of Carbondale, looks through a telescope Monday during the Transit of Mercury Public Astronomy Observation on the roof of Neckers Building. Treece, who previously worked in information technology at SIU, said he works closely with the physics department and the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois to put on astronomy observations every month. Whats going on here is a transit of Mercury across the face of the sun, Treece said. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets we can see between us and the sun because their orbits are closer to the sun than ours. He said Mercury can be seen in the morning and evening skies during most of the year. I think some of the transits [when a planet passes between the Earth and sun] are the most exciting things Ive seen so far. He said his interest in space started in grade school. Looking at all the vastness in the night sky and all the beautiful things that are out there — nebulas, clusters of stars — its just amazing, Treece said. — May 9, 2016, Carbondale, Ill. (Autumn Suyko | Daily Egyptian)

SIU kicks off solar eclipse countdown Sunday

By Marnie Leonard
August 17, 2016
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