Ohio University Astronomy Departments

Most universities have an astronomy program, either as a separate department or as part of a physics department. University astronomy departments provide many academic resources, and often include a planetarium and/or an observatory. Some university astronomy departments serve as a focal point for astronomy activity in a community, and can be a valuable resource of astronomy education.

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Department of Astronomy
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7215
(216) 368-3728

Home of the CWRU Nassau Station Robotic Telescope.


The Ohio State University
Department of Astronomy

Patrick Osmer, Chair
174 W. 18th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1106
Tel: (614) 292 1773

   The OSU Department of Astronomy has 15 full-time faculty in Astronomy plus 5 joint faculty with Physics, usually 4-5 postdoctoral researchers, and 15-20 graduate students. The Imaging Sciences Laboratory has a staff of ten people, and is concerned with building astronomical instruments in support of the department's research efforts. OSU is a member of two observatory consortiums: The MDM Observatory at Kitt Peak in Arizona (2.4-m and 1.3-m telescopes), and the Large Binocular Telescope (2x8.4-m mirrors) under construction on Emerald Peak atop Mt. Graham in southeastern Arizona. We also operate small telescopes and a planetarium on the OSU Main Campus in Columbus, and hold public lecture programs at the Perkins Observatory.


Youngstown State University
 Department of Physics & Astronomy
 Warren Young, Chair
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555-3616
Tel: (330) 742-3616

   The YSU Department of Physics and Astronomy offers three degree programs: an AB with a major in Physics, a BS with a major in Physics, and a BS with a combined major in Physics and Astronomy. It also offers Physics courses for the BS in Education degree with certification in Physics.
   Courses are taught by eight full-time faculty members, not graduate students. The faculty feels that Physics and Astronomy are learned not only in classes and instructional laboratories, but also in research laboratories, so students become involved in research early in their careers, usually as early as their sophomore year. Students are involved in research in the Atomic Beam Laboratory, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, The Center for Photon Induced Studies, Non-Linear Optics, and the Ward Beecher Planetarium.  Most students are paid for their work; some work in the laboratory as part of their scholarship program. Many of our students obtain summer research  appointments or research quarter appointments at government or university laboratories.