Clarinetist Christine Fell to Perform with Pianist Radmila Repczynski

Jul 23 | 7 p.m.
Summer school music faculty Fell and Repczynski perform classical works by British composers on clarinet and piano More...

Read About the Amazing Harkness Teaching Philosophy

Collaborative learning shapes everything at Exeter, from classes to athletics More...

Learn How Exeter's New Financial Aid Initiative Affects You

"Can I Get Financial Aid?" can help answer your specific questions More...

Then and Now: Chinese Art from 1710 to 2007 and Contemporary Digital Images

Jul 8 - Jul 30 | Reception: Thursday, July 10, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Works courtesy of China 2000 Fine Art, New York and Photographer Douglas Prince More...

July 18, 2008

Lion's Eye Favorite: Students Travel to Kitt Peak for Andromeda Research

Three seniors check out the 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, with Dr. Garmany, NOAO astronomer

It's an astronomer's dream come true: using the powerful telescopes of Kitt Peak National Observatory to research sky phenomena. This fall, three avid Exeter seniors traveled to famed Kitt Peak, located in Arizona and part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), to start work on a digital pictorial atlas of the Andromeda Galaxy (called M-31 by astronomers).

Each year the Astronomy Research Based Science Education (RBSE) program reviews research proposals from high schools around the country, and awards time on Kitt Peak's powerful telescopes to the best. Grace du Pont, Kavanaugh McEachern and Michael Carley – all seniors who have taken Astronomy I and II while at