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Show BYU's Off-Campus Observatory Aids Scientists Wednesday, November 4, 1981, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page31 astronomy Peak more than 2,000 feet above the valley floor Brigham Young Univer. a Both the “muchb ter place to teach students about the Stars On someof those clear nights, BYU scientisis McNamara spends several WeeKS a year at undoubtedly will have to he Chilean observatory bundle up. Once they open the weatherproof sity scientists arequietly While the observatory dome, theywill be workcarrying on astronomical may be opened to the ing at the outdoor research away from some of the hindrances they face on the school’s main campus. The university's newly completed observatory on West Mountainis purPosely remote, above most of the “‘skypollution” of Utah County's urbanareas, explains Dr D. Harold McNamara, a professor of physics and astronomy He says that dust and light pollution make starwatching in Provo difficult. The sky over they city is seven times brighter than the sky above West Mountain There, darkness helps makefaint, distant stars visible. McNamara comments that the new observatory ‘‘represents a quantum jump in our ability to do effective Stowell will represent District Five, which encompasses all of Levan and a portion of south Nephi The Nephi native graduated from Juab High School in 1971. He served a mission for the world to he do com ments. Climate condipublic in the future, it's temperature. Heating the tions are ideal, there are unlikely that many inside causes unwanted perhaps 20 major citizens will take the changes in the delicately telescopes located at the trouble to travel up the aligned optical instru- edge of Chile's high winding dirt road to the ments, and heat waves Atacama desert peak, particularly in the streaming skyward from In addition to Chile dark. Their needs will the opening in the dome McNamara spent time probably be better served interfere with star im- last year in Bulgaria by the observatory on ages, explained Mike Austria Italy resident Washington State campus, which has been Joner, and equipped with a new14- astronomer(and a recent California BYU master's degree Washington D.C inch reflecting telescope Astronomers, he points and also is close to the recipient) panetarium, McNamara Despite the capabilities out, are forced to go of the new observatory, it where the observatories Notes, He says he is excited will still be necessary for favorable weather condiabout the research pos- BYU astronomers to tions and opportunities sibilities of the new observe elsewhere, Mc- are. BYUscientists, for observatory, with its Namara points out example, have had the relatively small but ver- Members of the obser- Opportunities to work satile 24¢inch reflecting vatory staff engage in a with data gathered by telescope outfitted for variety of reserach(often NASA's orbiting ulphotoelectric, photo- with outside funding), traviolet telescope. Some metry, photography: frequently traveling to university research has and spectroscopy. ‘Once California's Mt. Wilson combined NASA data information we get rolling along, we and Palomar obser- with expect to use it about vatories; Kitt Peak in gathered through the onevery clear night of the Arizona; and Cerro campusobservatory. University astroTololo in Chile. year,” he said Richard C. Stowell Appointed to Board NEPHI — Richard C. Stowell, Levan, has been Selected as the new school board memberby the Jiab School District Board of Education. Stowell was chosen by the board at its last meeting to replace Lawrence D. Brough, who recently resigned. Brough Has beencalled to serve an LDS mission in California. The new board member was appointedtofill the unexpired portion of Brough’s term. That term ofoffice will expire in December 1982. Chile is the best place in the astronomy nomers are engaged in research m subjects such as the change in larger telescope at the microwave tower on Mountain several years ago. Building such y. a3 West new BYU observat well as for other im provements that would makeit an even more im of the galaxy toward the portant research facility inner eclipsing binary He notes that the un stars the distribution of iversity has already ‘ous help Glaxies, and ages of starr 8 clusters from American Telephone and Telegraph McNamara said he in the formof that firm's hopes money can be ob permission to use the tained in the future for a road it built to its chemical composition of Stars form the outer par a road now would cost more than a million dol lars McNamara es timates The BYL scientist is knev n worldwide in astronomical circles, not for his research alone but also because he is the editor of one of the world’s most prestigious McNamara's leve for astronomical journals Publications of the his work is obviews in his Astronomical Society of excitement about the new the Pacific Dr. Kisaball observatery and ue Hansen professor of enthusiasm for physics and astronomy at knowledge his field BYL is associate editor brings him. of the journal, which was “It's so much fun that founded in 1888 and draws wejust thoroughly ony scholarly contributions whatwe're doing. 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He attended the Linda Marie cane from University of Utah phar- Ronald Lee Garrett. macutical school for one _ B, Smith from Sandra year. vip rani Carter from Mark Heholdsthe controlling Carter. share in the Stowell- ole Naney Alyce Kopec from TerLeavitt Insurance Agency ry Walter Kopee. in Nephi which he owns Eisie MareHansen rom Ken: and manages. He is the neth V. Hans Levan LDS Ward Elder’s Mary Jane Porter from Kelly Quorum president. He is Porter. = Debbie Jo Swenson from Kay a member of the Paul Swenson, Chamber of Commerce Martha Kay Bumside from board of directors for the Randy Lee Burnsi Nephi Chapter and serves Joyce L gesitiyfrom Clifford as secretary on that S. Sprague. rom Gary board, He is a member of M. DeanL.Blanchard Bi the Juab County Fair TeresaToBullock from Randy Board andis a memberof J. Bullock. Linda Tolman Slade from the 4-H Advisory Council. 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