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pictures taken by Betsy Miller & Elizabeth Warner

Jeremy supervises as a family looks at the sun

Eric demonstrates the Sunspotter to the crowd

Leah answers some questions for a student taking notes.

Ben and Leah modeling with the C-8

Blair advertises for a campus sponsor while a member of the public takes a look through Jacob's telescope.

Ben checks the telescope's alignment.

Tim and Leah align the Sunspotter

Dr. Trasco and the first astronomy major of the class of 2014

Tim tries to pull the focus away from chemical engineering's goo table and on to the sun.

Betsy turns over the camera and takes a look for herself

The telescopes draw an early morning crowd

Gretchen argues that those spots are sunspots and not dirt on the lens

John Trasco discusses the finer points of sunspots

Lucy McFadden explains the current planetary alignment

Making craters with Deep Impact

more cratering with Deep Impact

more cratering with Deep Impact

more cratering with Deep Impact

Elizabeth Warner gets a future scientist to make a prediction

SDU student Jessica explains the planetary alignment.

Dr. Trasco gets some help realigning the SunSpotter!

Other MD Day pics


Last Updated: Thursday February 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Warner
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