* Astronomy

A century of astronomy as seen through the Amherst College's Bassett Planetarium and Wilder Observatory

"Some people come to the Wilder Observatory, and they look at Saturn through this telescope, and they say, 'Well, that's not very impressive.' That's because they're used to seeing photos of Saturn from the Hubble space telescope or a satellite. But when I look through that lens, I think, 'Wow, this is me looking at Saturn!' There's just a few layers of glass between me and that planet, and I'm seeing it better than Galileo or Isaac Newton did. I might even be seeing it better than Edwin Hubble did" - Steve Sauter, the Coordinator of Education at the Amherst College Natural History Museum and Director of the Bassett Planetarium.

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