GWCS Astrophysics - An out of this world experience
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2009 13:18
Friday, March 20 th , GW's Astrophysics class went to Greenbank, West Virginia, home of the the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to perform a weekend-long experiment concerning the measurement of galactic rotational curve. Led by GW's own astrophysicist, Dr. Caroline Cox, students spent the weekend operating the 40-foot telescope to determine how mass is distributed in the Milky Way.
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