# Facilities

**Source**: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/facilities
**Parent**: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-program

## **Clay Telescope**

The Clay Telescope is located on the roof of the Science Center. It is a 16" (0.4 m) [DFM](http://www.dfmengineering.com/index1.html) engineered telescope. The telescope is fitted with a DFM filter wheel with a set of Bessel filters ([UBVRI](http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/UBVRI_bessell_filters.pdf) and [H-alpha](http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/H-alpha_efficiency_curve.jpg)) and an Apogee Alta U47 camera. The observatory also has a SBig SGS spectrograph. The telescope is used for teaching and research opportunities.

<http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/claytelescope.html>

## 

## **The Loomis-Michael Observatory**

The Loomis-Michael Observatory is located in the Science Center at Harvard University. It is managed by the Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe (STAHR), the Harvard undergraduate astronomy club, and is open to all friends and affiliates of Harvard. It houses a 10-inch refractor telescope and is used primarily for educational and recreational purposes.

<http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~stahr/?page_id=542>

## **Astro Lab**

The Astronomy Lab is located in Room 804 on the 8th floor of the Science Center. There is a small computer lab with 2 Macs and 4 PCs for data analysis. The computers have programs that include but are not limited to: IDL, IRAF, MaximDL, Microsoft Office, The Sky and the non-linear regression plotting program, NLReg.

<http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/astrolab.html>

## **Observing the Sun**

Many classes take advantage our 'mini' solar observatory and make daytime observations of the Sun. Observations can be made with the small Celestron telescope using appropriate filters or using the rooftop heliostat. A camera can be attached to the telescope or used to image spectra lines.\
\
<http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/astrolab.html#heliostat>

## Undergraduate Links

- [Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships](http://uraf.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do)
- [STAHR](https://sites.harvard.edu/stahr/), Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe
- [Harvard College Handbook](http://handbook.fas.harvard.edu/book/welcome), FAS summary of important deadlines in the undergraduate year
- [Astrobites](https://astrobites.org/), Astrobites is a daily literature journal summarizing new astrophysical research posted to [astroph](http:/arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph). Astrobites is written by graduate students for undergraduates.
- [Math Department Course Offerings](http://math.harvard.edu/~jjchen/Math_Courses_2019-2020.pdf.)
- [Academic Resource Center](https://academicresourcecenter.harvard.edu/home), the ARC supports Harvard’s students in developing reading strategies, time management skills, and metacognitive approaches to learning
- [Harvard Science Education Office](https://lifesciences.fas.harvard.edu)
- [AstroSoc](https://www.facebook.com/harvardastrosoc/) - undergraduate concentrators club (email list: <https://groups.google.com/g/harvard-astrosoc/about>)
- [Astro email list](https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/astro) - includes emails about the concentration, research opportunities, department events and activities
- [Harvard Observing Project (HOP)](http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/hop.html)