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Nice pic of Saluki Stadium during eclipse 2017 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in today’s NY times. .

Want to Marvel at Next Year’s Total Solar Eclipse? Book Now. Hotels are already selling out in places that will see total darkness on April 8, and prices are soaring where rooms are still available.

The annular eclipse is today! Live From Saluki Stadium: The Eclipse Crossroads of America

Live From Saluki Stadium: The Eclipse Crossroads of America

We pulled over yesterday for a few minutes while Mike Kentrianakis did a live interview with FOX Weather about our trip to observe the annular eclipse. We’re on our way to Midland, Texas to check out and setup our equipment later today in preparation for streaming live imagery back to Annular Eclipse at SIU Saluki Stadium at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Eclipse chasers gear up for the annular solar eclipse | Latest Weather Clips | FOX Weather Nearly every community in North, Central and South America will see the eclipse. Saturday’s path of annularity will travel from the Pacific Northwest through t

The Physics Help Desk is open to any student enrolled in a physics course at SIUC. See schedule for hours.

Help Desk | Physics | SIU The help desk is open to all SIU students enrolled in a physics course. It is staffed by physics graduate assistants who can assist you with physics questions related to your course.

https://news.siu.edu/2023/10/100223-SIU-plans-activities-for-annular-solar-eclipse-on-Oct-14.php

SIU plans activities for annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14 A naturally occurring warm-up for the total solar eclipse in April will happen in October, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale is planning activities that will help the public enjoy and learn from it.

https://news.siu.edu/2023/09/092023-SIU-team-uses-low-tech-sun-funnel-to-capture-unique-eclipse-image.php

SIU team uses low-tech sun funnel to capture unique eclipse image Looking directly at the sun is almost never a good idea, but researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently used a safe, low-tech way that combines a common household item with a telescope to capture a unique image of a total solar eclipse.

What's the difference between a total solar eclipse and an annular solar eclipse? We explore the incredible geometry behind total and annular solar eclipses.

A new course on Quantum Computing will be taught this Fall at SIUC: PHYS176Q, Introduction to Classical and Quantum Logic.

Tomorrow's talk by Michelle Nichols will be live streamed via Zoom at 3pm CT:

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Space Station flyover in Southern Illinois tonight: Time: Sun Jul 30 9:37 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 48°, Appears: 10° above WNW, Disappears: 35° above S.

https://news.siu.edu/2023/07/072723-SIU-star-viewing-party-set-for-Aug-5.php

SIU star-viewing party set for Aug. 5 Star-gazers are invited to join Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois and the Adler Planetarium of Chicago for a free night of guided telescope observations, accompanied by family-friendly astronomy and science activities.

The Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative in the news.

SIU leads nationwide NASA project to gather data from sun during 2024 eclipse Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will equip, coordinate and train teams of student eclipse observers across North America, playing a vital role in NASA’s plans to study the rare celestial event in April.

🌖🌒🌕🔭☀️The day of the annular solar eclipse is getting closer and closer. There are only 91 days left until we get to view this phenomenon in the sky! Mark your calendars and get ready for this long awaited event. ☀️🔭🌕🌒🌖

📸: Astrojottace (Lunt 50B600)

Trip to Australia helps SIU group prepare for 2024 Eclipse - This Is SIU In late April, I led a research group from Southern Illinois University Carbondale to Australia to witness and study a hybrid total/annular solar eclipse there on April 20. These observations we made allowed us to gain valuable information on our procedures that will give us a better jumping-off poi...

Weather for tonight's observation shows about 60% cloud cover from about 8pm on through the evening. This should give us good opportunity to see the Moon, Mars and Venus as well as a few deep sky objects such as M13 and M3 through breaks in the clouds.

Dr. Dario Egloff, Universidad de Los Andes, "Origins of Quantum Advantage." Friday, May 5, 2023, 4pm in Neckers 440, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

The April 20, 2023 total solar eclipse from Exmouth Australia. Faculty, staff, and students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale traveled halfway around the world to collect data on and observe this eclipse as well as do astronomy outreach with Astrotourism WA.

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https://news.siu.edu/2023/04/040623-siu-team-to-travel-to-australia-to-study-eclipse,-prepare-for-2024-event-at-home.php

SIU team to travel to Australia to study eclipse, prepare for 2024 event at home It’s going to get dark Down Under later this month, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty, staff and students will be on the scene to study it when the moon obscures the sun, in a practice run for the 2024 total solar eclipse back home.

One week until Bob Odenkirk visits SIU, and in case you missed it, there have been some changes. His degree presentation will now be at the Banterra Center from 7-9 p.m. on April 3. Registration is no longer necessary.

📸 Sharon Alagna
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SIUC Physics invites applications for an Assistant Lecturer (Physics and Quantum Information Science)

Job Details - FACAP: Assistant Lecturer (Physics and Quantum Information Science) The School of Physics and Applied Physics at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, IL (http://physics.siu.edu/) invites applications for an Assistant Lecturer in Physics. This is a non-tenure track faculty position. The School of Physics and Applied Physics at SIU offers BS and MS in Physic...

Physics Undergrads: Take advantage of the Physics Help Desk in Neckers 423 this semester.

Help Desk | Physics | SIU The help desk is open to all SIU students enrolled in a physics course. It is staffed by physics graduate assistants who can assist you with physics questions related to your course.

Spring 2023 Public Astronomy Observation flyer!

Southern Illinois University Carbondale public astronomy observations at the Neckers building Astronomy Observation Deck will return in the spring semester, 2023. Schedule to be announced soon.

Instrument and Measurement Technician position available at SIU Carbondale Physics. This is a full time staff position with full benefits. Application deadline is this Thursday, October 20.

Job Details - Staff: Instrument and Measurement Technician II A. college course work in mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, instrumentation technology or a closely related field as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:

Check out this exciting study abroad course from SIU Physics to see the April 20, 2024 total solar eclipse in Australia.

Physics is hiring. Assistant Professor in Quantum Information Theory position at SIUC Physics.

Job Details: Assistant Professor (Quantum Information Theory) The School of Physics and Applied Physics at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, IL (http://physics.siu.edu/) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of Theoretical Quantum Computation/Quantum Information Science. The School offers BS and MS in Ph...

We have a job opening in the School of Physics and Applied Physics for an Instrument and Measurement Technician.

Job Details - Staff: Instrument and Measurement Technician II A. college course work in mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, instrumentation technology or a closely related field as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:

Free stargazing party this weekend put on by SIU It’ll be a star-studded event at Southern Illinois University (SIU) tomorrow night for planet enthusiasts.

More images from JWST to be released tomorrow!

First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope The first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, will demonstrate Webb at its full power, ready to begin its mission to unfold the infrared universe. The first images will be added to this page as they are released.

Job opening for a n Astronomy at SIUC School of Physics and Applied Physics.

Job Details - FACAP: Assistant Professor of Practice (NTT - Astronomy) The School of Physics and Applied Physics at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, IL (http://physics.siu.edu/) invites applications for a Assistant Professor of Practice position in the field of Astronomy and Planetary Science. The School of Physics and Applied Physics at SIU offers BS and...

The Citizen CATE Experiment final movie, data, and results from Eclipse 2017 observations have been released today. The project that imaged 90 minutes of solar corona across the US involved 70 volunteer teams including teams in Southern Illinois and Missouri and several individuals from SIU: Bob Baer, Fred Isberner, Margaret Hill, Sarah Kovac, Christopher Midden, Mason Parrone', Jordan Duncan, Dave Levsky, Dinuka Harshana Gallaba, Ricky Peterson III, Lindsay Adams, Kyle Dawson, Chris Mandrell, Jasmyn Taylor, and others. We're looking forward to what the next iterations of this project bring for the upcoming 2024 Total Solar Eclipse! See the Citizen CATE Experiment Data and Results webpage below for more information.

Citizen CATE Experiment Data and Results The Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) Experiment was a unique citizen science experiment designed to capture a 90 minute sequence of white-light coronal observations during the August 2017 total solar eclipse. Using identical instruments at 70 observing sites, the CATE group imag...

Yub Raj Sapkota will be defending his dissertation, "Development of Novel Electronic and Magnetic Thin Films for Next Generation Spintronics Applications," on Thursday, March 24th at 12:45pm in Neckers room 456.

Spring 2022 Physics Help Desk Hours:

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Check out the The Adler Planetarium Sky Observers Hangout this Friday morning starting at 1:30am for discussion and views of the Lunar Eclipse. This will be a great program on its own as well as a good companion for your own observations.

Sky Observers Hangout: Lunar Eclipse Live! There’s a lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021, that will be visible in the United States, Mexico, and Canada! 🌕🌗🌑 Our astronomy educators will go live duri...

We are a teeny bit obsessed with all things the and we know you are too, so get ready for the upcoming lunar eclipse! A partial will be visible across the US, Mexico, and Canada on 11/19 at 1:30 am CT. This will be the longest partial eclipse of the century! 🤯

Share this with your friends so they can get in on this captivating celestial event too! 🌕🌗🌑

Early on the morning of Friday, November 19, most of the country including our region in S. Illinois will see a very high percentage partial or “Almost Total Lunar Eclipse,” as it is being referred to by NASA. This partial eclipse will reach 99% or almost total obscuration at 3:03 am local time (CT).

A lunar eclipse is a great opportunity to see all phases of the Moon in one evening. The Moon will start out appearing full, then you will slowly see the Earth’s shadow cast upon it starting at 1:18am. Over the next few hours, the illuminated part of the Moon becomes smaller and eventually only a very small amount, just under 1% of the lunar disk will be illuminated. The effect is that most of the Moon will then appear with an orange – red hue similar to a total lunar eclipse. As the Earth’s shadow moves across the Moon, it will eventually become full again at 4:47 am. The lunar eclipse is a great opportunity to view the Moon through binoculars or a small telescope. As the Earth’s shadow moves across the moon, you will be able to see the peaks and valleys of craters with greater contrast and detail.

If you do get out to see the lunar eclipse, keep in mind that you have to watch for more than a few minutes to see the shadow progress. You won’t be able to see it move as you look at it, but will notice the shadow progressing slowly over 5 to 10 minutes.
For more information, and to view an online simulation by Ernie Wright of what the lunar eclipse will look like, see the article, “November 19, 2021 Almost Total Lunar Eclipse,” at

SVS: November 19, 2021 Almost Total Lunar Eclipse On November 19 (late evening of the 18th in some time zones), the Moon passes into the shadow of the Earth, creating a partial lunar eclipse so deep that it can reasonably be called almost total. At the moment of greatest eclipse, at around 9:03 a.m. Universal Time, 99.1% of the Moon's disk w...

Undergraduate quantum science research fellowship launches

Undergraduate quantum science research fellowship launches Program aims to help build a diverse and inclusive quantum workforce

Join us this Friday, October 29 at 4pm CT for physics seminar, "Multi-dimensional heterostructures prepared by recent epitaxy techniques for quantum materials and device research," Dr. Jinkyoung Yoo, Los Alamos National Lab. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99851807106?pwd=QUxNbDV5aTZsc25Odyt2VS9QQTlqQT09

Congratulations, SIUC Physics Professor Sivakumar! Dr. Sivakumar is part of the µBites team of Carbondale, Illinois, which has been selected as Phase 1 winners in the Deep Space Food Challenge, an international competition where NASA offers prize purse awards to U.S. teams and recognition to international teams. Teams are invited to create novel and game-changing food technologies or systems that require minimal inputs and maximize safe, nutritious, and palatable food outputs for long-duration space missions, and which have potential to benefit people on Earth.

Winners — Deep Space Food Challenge Congratulations to our Phase 1 US & International Winners!NASA will award 18 US Teams $25,000 each and formally recognize the top 10 scoring International Teams. All winners are invited to participate in TBA Phase 2 competition. New teams and Phase 1 Participants may apply during TBA Phase 2 open re...