University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Astronomy.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign astronomy slides, circa 1976.
The collection includes micro slides from the Astronomy department concerning constellations, pre-telescopic astronomy, observatories, Alder Planetarium, astronomers, telescopes & equipment, the solar system, stars & stellar evolution, cosmology, milky way, external galaxies, and unclassified.
Instruction in astronomy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign commenced in 1892 as an offering of the Mathematics Department. In August 1921, the Board of Trustees authorized that the Division of Astronomy in the Department of Mathematics be organized as a separate Department of Astronomy. In 1957, the Department began a program of cooperative investigation with the United States Office of Naval Research and, in 1962, the radio telescope site at Vermilion River Observatory was completed. The courses offered range from descriptive astronomy to aeronomy, with B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees offered.
Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Astronomy.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Constellations.
Cosmology
Galaxies
Stars -- Evolution
Telescopes
Milky Way
Solar system.
Slides (photographs). aat
AIP-ICOS
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Archives. 1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA