Binary Speckle Course Starts May 28

DoubleSTARS™ Fall 2025 Application Open

Click here for the DoubleSTARS program flyer Click here to learn more about DoubleSTARS You can now apply for the Boyce-Astro Fall 2025 DoubleSTARS™ seminar and research project. See the attached flyer for the details and application link. Students who apply before...

Boyce-Astro Lecture – The Weird and Wonderful World of Exoplanet Data

Cornell University Department of Astronomy Ph. D. Student August 16th 2025 10:00am PST To attend, register here

BAROspection – Intro to Spectroscopy Seminar

In this seminar we will cover introductory and historically significant astronomical & spectroscopy topics. We will not only learn the basics of spectroscopy, we will also use the Boyce Astro BARO telescope to obtain spectra. Then we will analyze the spectra using...

Boyce-Astro Students become First Place Awards Winners

Anisha and Dhruv were honored to receive one of the First Place Awards in Physics & Astronomy, as well as recognition as top 20 overall out of approximately 400 projects, at the recently concluded 2025 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF). Their...

Boyce Astro 2025 Class Schedule Updated

Our annual class and seminar calendar was updated and is now available on the Boyce-Astro website. Courses span a wide range of topics in observational astronomy, including binary stars, photometry, and spectroscopy. Start dates are subject to change, so we recommend...

Intro to Spectroscopy Course adds BARO Observatory Observations in August

After a successful prototype last summer, our spectroscopy course is back—now enhanced with new tools and observational opportunities. We’ve added spectroscopy capabilities at the BARO Observatory, allowing participants to gather real spectra and analyze them as part...

BEAR + Binary Speckle: An Integrated Learning Experience Starts Soon

The BEAR program integrates with the Binary Speckle course into a two-day, on-site experience at Mount Wilson Observatory. Students apply their remote training in this historic setting, working in real-time observation sessions of very close binaries. Daytime...

BEAR Program Featured in Mount Wilson Newsletter – On Their Website Too!

Read the article about our experience on page 3 of the MWO Reflections magazine.Our BEAR program (Boyce-Astro Experience in Astronomy Research experience) was recently featured in the Mount Wilson Institute newsletter. It’s one of only three astronomy courses listed...

Boyce-Astro 2025 Seminar Calendar Now Live

Our annual class and seminar calendar is now available on the Boyce-Astro website. Courses span a wide range of topics in observational astronomy, including binary stars, photometry, and spectroscopy. Start dates are subject to change, so we recommend joining the Wait...

IntroSTARS™ Continues to Roll On – Free and Self-paced

IntroSTARS™ continues to be the Boyce-Astro prerequisite course for all our seminars and classes. Hundreds of students have taken the self-paced introduction to some basic astrophysics. Students need to pass IntroSTARS™ Final Quiz before taking his or her first...

Binary Speckle Course Starts May 28

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