Home of Physics and Astronomy on the Idaho Palouse Newsletter Issue No. 4
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Editor: J.R. Hiller
URL: https://www.uidaho.edu/sci/physics/news/physics-newsletter
Message from the Chair With the pandemic in recession, many activities have returned. First up was an international workshop for the computational Einstein Toolkit for solving the general relativistic equations for gravity, especially for black hole mergers and gravitational waves. More about that later in the newsletter. Next was a Star Party for our new telescope. The 20-inch aperture may not be the second largest in Idaho (as incorrectly reported in the previous newsletter), but it is still quite impressive and one of the largest. This main scope and several smaller ones were available for viewing during the party at the dome. The second night did get smoked out (like being rained out but drier and harder to breathe) after a heavily attended first. Many thanks to the College of Science staff for making things run and to Facilities for sprucing up the dome!
Observatory dome during the Star Party. This was in September. Later in February, from the same location but only a smart phone, Kaylee Maret and Sam Callos were able to capture an aurora display.