Student Showcase

• ASTR 4700 study of Period Changes in RR Lyrae stars in M107 (Fall 2022 & Spring 2023):
  • Poster presentation by Hannah Means (PDF, 10.4 Mb),
  • Bowman Family Undergraduate Research Award presentation by Symons (PDF, 1.9 Mb).
• ASTR 3090 class (Fall 2022): Astrophotography: Science and Art (exhibit at BGSU ArtsX "Experiment").
• Maia Williams (Spring & Summer 2021, H4840 & H4990): 'Space Science and Social Media: Automating Science Communication on Twitter' (Written project and Twitter bot).
• Shaun Sager (Spring 2021, A4700): Messier Objects observed at the BGSU Observatory (PDF, 13.6 Mb).
• Annie Valantine (Spring 2021, A2700): Finding the Limiting Magnitude of your Sky (html).
• Shaun Sager (Fall 2018, A2700):
  • Railroads and Constellations: A blend of two hobbies (PDF, 2.7 Mb),
  • The Scale of Planets (PDF, 1.9 Mb) and its Description (PDF, 184 kb),
  • The Scale of Stars (PDF, 5 Mb) and a Star-Scales Poster (PDF, 467 kb),
  • Note: The surface features of stars and exoplanets shown here are artists conceptions; none can be resolved well with the best telescopes currently in use.
• Paige Isovitsch (Fall 2017): Digital Technology in Astronomy (Interview) (YouTube video for VTC 2680).
• Adam Lahey & Doug Dimick (Spring 2017): Improving the Photometric Calibration of the Enigmatic Star KIC 8462852 2017, JAAVSO, 45, 202.
• Adam Lahey (Spring 2016): CCD Photometry of KIC : Comet or Civilization? (PDF, 0.9 Mb, A4700).
• Jack Warfield (Spring 2016, A2700):
  • Do Stars Vary? (MP4, 81 Mb),
  • Star Death (MP4, 318 Mb),
  • RR Lyrae Pulsation: Brightness (GIF, 0.5 Mb), or Brightness, Temperature and Size (MP4, 29 Mb)
  • Measuring Stellar Compositions (GIF, 0.12 Mb)
• Lindsay Lesh (Spring 2014): Variable Stars in M30 = NGC 7099 (PDF, 2.9 Mb, A4700).
• Keith McBride (Spring 2014): More Variable Stars in M13 = NGC 6205 (PDF, 1.0 Mb, A4700).
• Andrew Kelley (Fall 2013, Spring 2014): Variable Stars in M13 = NGC 6205 (PDF, 1.1 Mb, A4700)].
• Paul Husband (Summer 2013) "Colors of c-type RR Lyrae Stars and Interstellar Reddening", contributed to conference talk in arXiv.
• Mike Wehrung (Fall 2012): Time-series Photometry of the Symbiotic Nova NSV 11749 and New Variable Stars in Aquila (IBVS #6071).
• Mike Wehrung (Summer 2012): Long Period Variable Stars in M5 (PDF, 4.2 Mb, SetGo; also conference poster arXiv)
• Ryan Emch (Summer 2012): Using RR Lyrae Stars to Determine Interstellar Reddening (PDF, 1Mb, A4700)
• Andrew Kuhlman (Spring 2012): NGC 5904 (M5) Variable Stars with PROMPT (PDF, 4.7 Mb, A4700)
• Wayne Oswald (Fall'11+Spring'12): LPVs in NGC 6171 and NGC 6553 (PDF, 1.9 Mb, A4700)
• John Dando (Fall 2011): 2MASS Data for Globular Clusters with LPVs, (PDF, 912 kb, A4700)
• Ryan Rothrock (Fall 2010): Long Period Variable Star Research, (PDF,476 kb, A4700)
• Chris Brodkin (Summer 2011): Variable Stars in NGC 5904, (PDF, 1.5 Mb, CURS)
• Matt Maurer (Summer 2011): LPVs in NGC 6838 (electronic copy not available, SetGo)
• A.J. Helfen (Summer 2010): A Comparison of Photometric Techniques on NGC 6624 (PDF, 992 Kb, SetGo)
• Dan Roth (Summer/Fall 2009): Long Period Variable Stars in NGC 5927 (PDF, 600 Kb, SetGo) plus contributions to a poster at the 215th AAS.
• John Dando, Charlie Dorn, AJ Helfen, Ryan Rothrock, Jeff Stevenson (Summer/Fall 2009): Long Period Variable Stars in NGC 6624 (JPG, 1.2 Mb, CURS).
• Shannon Smith (Spring 2008): effects of light pollution.
• Craig Seagraves (Fall 2006): lunar photography with BGSU's 8-inch telescope.
• Curtis Bunner (Fall 2005 & Spring 2006): RR Lyrae V-I Reddening research (poster at BGSU Undergraduate Research Symposium and related talk at 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research).
• Katie Guldenschuh (Spring 2005 Honors Project): RR Lyrae Reddening (poster at BGSU Undergraduate Research Symposium).
• Craig Seagraves (Spring 2005): Mars Page (and a quiz on Martian Geography for use in Astr 212).
• Gloria Doller (Spring 2003): Moon Hoax Page and Asteroid Interamnia (704).
• Jason Luthy (Fall 2002): Tracking the Asteroid Davida (511).
• Neil Beery (Fall 2002): Telescope Image Quality.
• Brandon Suman (ca. Spring 2001): BGSU Astronomy promotion video (QuickTime, 4.8 Mb)