Faculty with Related Research<\/h2>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tJohn Clarke<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor Emeritus<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n planetary atmospheres, UV astrophysics, FUV instruments for remote observations<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tPhilip Muirhead<\/h6>\n\t\t
Associate Professor;
\r\nDirector, Perkins Telescope Observatory<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/td>\nResearch Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n exoplanets, low-mass stars, instrumentation<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Research Facilities<\/h2>\n
Our resources include:<\/p>\n
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- the Optics Calibration Facility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- the Science Instrument Facility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- the Electronics Design Facility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- various shared facilities<\/a><\/strong> available through collaboration with the BU Photonics Center<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Department of Astronomy includes several groups actively designing and building new instruments for ground and space-based observatories and space physics experiments. Faculty with Related Research Research Interests: planetary atmospheres, UV astrophysics, FUV instruments for remote observations Research Interests: exoplanets, low-mass stars, instrumentation Research Facilities Our resources include: the Optics Calibration Facility the Science […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7810,"featured_media":0,"parent":8676,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9053"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11761,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9053\/revisions\/11761"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- the Science Instrument Facility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- the Optics Calibration Facility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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