Victoria Blanton joined WVU’s 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience to test the telescope’s suitability outside classrooms.
She compared observations with published measurements. She measured neutral hydrogen, derived column densities, and checked literature values for the same sightlines. Agreement means the instrument is doing its job. Disagreement means either the sky is odd or the telescope is, and it is worth knowing which.
The poster The talk (video) Supplemental materials
Use this comparison to check your spectra while working through the Observing module.