Plus look at all these amazing glass photographic plates of stars! Thanks to astronomer ★ dr amanda bauer ★ for sharing her time, knowledge and inspiring insight.

Terrific to celebrate women’s achievement at The Chicago Network’s #WIFL2023 with friends of the Women’s Leadership Center Studio Gang Yerkes Observatory Donna Zarcone Alaina Harkness ★ dr amanda bauer ★ Shubha Chakravarthy

Want to fight book bans? Here’s how: pen.org/action

The universe sat me next to the incredible human ★ dr amanda bauer ★ at lunch today and I think everyone should know what she’s up to Yerkes Observatory: rejuvenating a historic observatory, inspiring the artistry of Eighth Blackbird, supporting women in STEM & leadership…follow this ⭐️!

Scenes are Yerkes Observatory recently

In the summer of 1612, Galileo made a series of sunspot observations. ☀️ His illustrations were done at roughly the same time of day and show the movement of the spots across the sun. Have you ever seen sunspots through a solar telescope? 📹: The Galileo Project

'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'

Venus and the Moon putting on a nice show tonight. Mars is nearby to see too as the sky gets darker. Happy Solstice!

“Major announcement” — sounds exciting! NANOGrav is a project to detect gravitational waves (ripples in space due to disturbances from things like colliding black holes) by watching how dead-star cosmic metronomes are disturbed by their passing. More info: nanograv.org/science/overvi…

midday sky amid wildfire smoke. not good for lungs or our telescope. 👎🏻🔥💨 Yerkes Observatory

Are you ready to explore the depths of the universe? 🌌 On July 6th at 6 PM, ★ dr amanda bauer ★, Dr. Amy Steele (she/her), and Ulla-Britt Lundgren will come together to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. They’ll help us discover the secrets behind planet formation, galactic lifetimes, and more! Get

The final touches ✨ working closely with astronomer ★ dr amanda bauer ★ to create the engravings for the sides of my piece for @yerkesobservatory Here you can see an X-ray view of the topography of the sculpture as well as Einstein’s field equations explaining the warping of spacetime!

Yesterday, though, we heard the story of a woman who visited the great Yerkes Observatory (Yerkes Observatory , hey ★ dr amanda bauer ★ !) in the 1950s, who on a public observing night was shown the Crab through their big scope and pointed out that the central star was flickering (6/n)

I'll be speaking in Madison tomorrow (Tues, Oct 10) evening! "Yerkes Observatory: 125 Years of History and a Bright Future" Details: isthmus.com/events/yerkes-…

She started as a French major at the University of Cincinnati. Today, she oversees one of the most heralded observatories in the world! 🚀 Our very own Dr. Amanda Bauer's (★ dr amanda bauer ★) story is a testament to the transformative power of education and mentorship. Her journey

Look out for ★ dr amanda bauer ★ and the Yerkes Observatory team this January at the AAS meeting in New Orleans #AAS243!

"Unlike at most other observatories in the early 20th century, women working at Yerkes Observatory were able to earn graduate degrees. Here are some of their stories." Article by Kristine Palmieri in Physics Today doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5…

It's not every day you get to handle a 126-year-old telescope! Watch as Dr. Amanda Bauer (★ dr amanda bauer ★) gives a run-down of how to use the Great Refractor and the incredible balance that allows it to be moved by hand. 🎥: Grainger

We are honored to be featured in the April issue of National Geographic Magazine! Click to read what part of Yerkes Observatory they described as “almost ridiculously fanciful.” - nationalgeographic.com/culture/articl… #NatGeo #NationalGeographic #NatGeoMagazine #NatGeoTravel #NatGeoPhotos

#ThrowbackThursday takes us back to revisit 2009 with Dr. Amanda Bauer’s first encounter with a total solar eclipse. Embarking on an adventure to China, Dr. Bauer’s experience was captured in a mesmerizing video created by the University of Nottingham for their series, ‘60