FSU Circus of Physics

FSU Circus of Physics is the open house of the FSU Physics Department. Our next event will be Feb 2, 2019. Feel free to ask questions! Come and join us!

The FSU Flying Circus of Physics is a biennial open house outreach event. It is designed to generate interest in science for school-age children and their families through hands-on demonstrations and experiments, planetarium shows, and other fun (and educational) activities. Anyone and everyone is invited to attend and there is no cost to join us for any and all of the activities. This page is her

03/11/2023

The FSU Physics Open House is back! Don't miss it. Saturday, March 25.

01/30/2020

Last night, the first "remote observation" from the FSU Observatory was achieved by our graduate student Melissa Shahbandeh. That is, an observation done entirely through the internet, without anyone present at the observatory. The image obtained is of supernova SN2020ue (bright blue dot near the bottom) and its host galaxy NGC4636 (fuzzy red thing near the top). The explosion of 1 star outshined the entire galaxy! They are roughly 50 million light years away from us. That means this supernova exploded roughly when the dinosaurs went extinct on Earth!

11/19/2019

FSU observatory gives students a new perspective on astronomy - Florida State University News From a terrace along Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State University students can now get an up-close view of planets, stars and other astronomical objects that are normally too faint to see with the human eye. These awesome views are possible thanks to the new modern astronomical observatory constr...

09/23/2019

To test our new telescope, we turned to some of our favorite objects in the night sky. This is the Saturn Nebula in short 45s exposures in BVR filters. It is a planetary nebula, a star that is shedding copious amount of mass in its outer shell. If you look closely, you can see the red jet structure on its sides.

09/16/2019

Did you know that Florida State University has a brand new astronomical observatory? The FSU Observatory is located on top of Doak S. Campbell Stadium, home of Florida State Seminoles Football. It is pictured here pointing at the Florida State Capitol Building. Keep an eye out for the white dome as you head down Stadium Dr. The FSU Observatory is made possible by FSU Office of the President, FSU College of Arts & Sciences, FSU Physics Department and FSU students. Thank you!