Radiation Safety
- USI Radiation License to the NRC
- Procedures for Safely Opening Packages Containing Radioactive Material
- Operating Procedures for the Safe Use of Radioactive Isotopes
- Emergency Procedures
- Student Training Certification and Disposition
- Semi-Annual Radioisotope Inventory (April)
- Semi-Annual Radioisotope Inventory (October)
- Radiation Safety Training (PDF)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Astronomy
Astronomy Resources
The Evansville Astronomical Society's (EAS)
The EAS is the not affiliated with USI, but is the local amateur astronomer's club. They meet at, and maintain, the observatory in Lynnville Park (see directions above). Their meetings are open to the public and are scheduled for the third Friday of each month, 7:30 pm (rain or shine).
The Soho Orbiting Solar Observatory
A satellite in permanent orbit around the sun, taking pictures at a variety of wavelengths and collecting information on the solar wind. You can make movies of the sun's rotation here.
NASA
This is where all those amazing Hubble photographs are. As a taxpayer, they belong to you. Also, Hubble telescope picture gallery
Astronomy Images
Three figures for use with studying solar system formation:
- Sizes of the planets to scale
- Planetary orbits as seen from a point over the sun's north pole
- The solar system, viewed from its edge
A high resolution image of the sun's absorption spectrum
Astronomy image archive:
- Tour of sizes, 1
- Tour of sizes, 2
- Tour of sizes, 3
- Tour of sizes, 4
- Tour of sizes, 5
- The moon and the andromeda galaxy
- Absorption spectrum of the sun, small
- Absorption spectrum of Arcturus
- Absorption spectrum of Procyon
- Pillars of Creation
- Brown Dwarf
- Main Sequence Lifetimes
- Dimming of light
- Fuels for stellar nuclear furnaces
- Big Bang Isotopic Abundances
- Hubble Ultra Deep Field
- Distant Supernova
- Jupiter
- Milky Way small
Some photographs of celestial objects taken by Dr. Pickett:
