Prof Young and Oliver Jones '27 visit McDonald Observatory

Prof Young and Oliver Jones ’27 recently spent 10 days at McDonald Observatory in west Texas collecting data using the 2.7m telescope. They went there to study low mass galaxies, in particular galaxies that are rich in gas, but have not formed many stars out of this gas.

Two people standing in front of a telescope.
Prof Young and Oliver Jones ’27 standing in front of the 2.7m Harlen J. Smith Telescope.

 

A selfie with two people in the foreground, and a a handful of telescope domes in the background.
Oliver Jones ’27 and Prof Young looking out over the telescope domes at McDonald Observatory