Austin Peay State University physics student builds Spectrometer for Observatory
March 29, 2012
Clarksville, TN – In the middle of the night, a little sliver of light shines from the doorway of the observatory in the remote farmland of the Austin Peay State University Environmental Education Center.
Inside, maybe with a cup of coffee or a soda to keep her awake, is APSU physics student Katie Boedges, waiting for the Cat’s Eye Nebula to appear in the night sky.
“It rises at 1:30am in the morning, so I’m usually going to be there all night long,” she said. [Read more]
