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ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COSMOS
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UToledo astronomers are engaged with the most advanced terrestrial observatories and space-based telescopes in the world, supporting the ground-breaking research objectives of the global astronomical community and exciting future generations of stargazers in the process.
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UToledo ranked among the top ten institutions worldwide in successful proposals for the first cycle of observing time on the James Webb Space Telescope, positioning its astronomers among the first to access cutting-edge data. Rupali Chandar, Ph.D., professor of astronomy, is at the forefront as principal investigator of two observation programs on Webb and a core member of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) international collaborative research program.
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Micrometeor mitigation and exclusive data access periods are among the questions weighed by the James Webb Space Telescope Users Committee chaired by J.D. Smith, Ph.D., professor and director of the Ritter Astrophysical Research Center.
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Research into the class of brown dwarfs discovered by Michael Cushing, Ph.D., astronomy professor and director of the Ritter Planetarium, and his colleagues is heating up with data collected in his first-cycle observation program on the James Webb.
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Anne Medling, Ph.D., assistant professor of astronomy, studies the role of black holes in galaxy evolution. Her latest work is supported by a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and a Cottrell Scholar Award.
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Student observing teams, including undergrads as early as their freshman year, spend clear nights in UToledo’s Ritter Observatory, whose 1-meter Ritchey-Chretien reflecting telescope was recently refurbished.
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