There's a new supernova in town! On August 24, astronomers using the Palomar Transient Factory in California noticed a new dot of light in the galaxy M101. We're studying it at the RIT Observatory -- read the latest update on our work. The image below is a 300-second R-band image taken through clouds at the RIT Observatory on the night of Aug 25, 2011.

• Astronomy at RIT
• Weather and events
• Clear Sky Clock weather prediction for Rochester
• NOAA weather page for Buffalo/Rochester area Thanks to the NOAA!
• JPL's Space Calendar
• Map to the Observatory
• Facilities
• We are one of the sites in the Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• RIT offers astronomy courses
  • at the undergraduate level, in the Astronomy minor
  • at the graduate level, in the Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D. program
• Past observing sessions at RIT
  including observations of WZ Sge during summer 2001, V603 Aql during summer 2003, SN 2011fe in the fall of 2011, and educational events, too
• Astronomical Images
• The Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Sciences
  is Rochester's amateur astronomy club, and it's a great one. They meet each month on the RIT Campus, in room A300 of Building 8.
• Other Interesting/Useful Web Sites

Michael Richmond
Department of Physics
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-2538
mwrsps@rit.edu