-- Dr. Anatoly Miroshnichenko,
Professor and Director of Three College Observatory
Three College Observatory (TCO) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T), and Guilford College (GC). Built in 1979, it is located 10 kilometers (6 mi) south of Graham.
The observatory's primary instrument is a 32 in (81 cm) Ritchey-Chrétien reflecting telescope attached to an equatorial mount, making it the largest telescope in North Carolina and one of the largest in the southeast. For the first 30 years, TCO was predominantly used for public viewing of planets, stars, and galaxies, which quickly became very popular due to its central location in the state.
In 2011, the UNCG Department of Physics and Astronomy acquired a high-quality spectrograph and started a long-term research program. Since then, the observatory has taken over 10,000 stellar spectra of over 500 stars on more than 1250 nights. Analysis of these data has been reported in 35 papers, of which
31 peer-reviewed publications, as well as at 2 – 3 regional and international
conferences every year since 2013.
Presentation at 7:30p.m. in the Omnisphere. Business meeting in the GSC lower level dining area afterward.
Prof. Miroshnichenko is a native of Lenningrad, Russia. He received a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the Pulkovo Observatory in October 1992 and a Doctor of Science degree (which is higher than Ph.D.) from the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences in April 2008. Since July 2005, he has been a professor at UNCG, where he teaches Survey of Astronomy (Solar System and The Universe), Introductory Astrophysics, and Senior Physics Seminar, as well as serving as the director of Three College Observatory.
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