On December 4 the Sherzer Observatory erected a new radio telescope onto its roof.
Most telescopes help people see things visually.
A radio telescope is used to look at radio waves created by celestial objects. It then prints out the information in the form of data and graphs. Heather Tarvis, President of the Astronomy Club, says that this has been a project for about three years now because of the time it has taken to get money and parts. According to Tarvis the dish, along with some money, was donated, while most of the money for the telescope came from Student Government. The Astronomy Club had to design a mount and then wait for the Physical Plant to give the club a pipe to put the mount on.