Astronomy Department Overview

Astronomy is the study of celestial objects like moons, planets, stars, solar systems, nebulae, galaxies, and galactic clusters. While traditionally astronomers looked through telescopes, today they are likely to be at a computer guiding ground-based and space-based instruments and observe the universe with not just the light we see, but in all regions of the electromagnetic spectrum including radio waves, infrared and ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays and gamma rays.

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Joseph RheeJoseph Rhee

Office Location: S233A

Phone: (562) 463-7566

 

Andrew Lerman

Astronomy Courses

View a list of courses offered by the Astronomy department.

Observatory Nights

Come see the planets, stars, and galaxies at the Gordon D. Crowell Astrophysical Observatory.