![On one of the viewing decks at MLO, Astronomy graduate student Josh Bardwell calibrates an EV scope to the luminous Orion constellation, using a handheld laser to point out the Orion Nebula within it.](https://astronomy.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sdsu-1920x1080-p2-1024x576.jpg)
On one of the viewing decks at MLO, Astronomy graduate student Josh Bardwell calibrates an EV scope to the luminous Orion constellation, using a handheld laser to point out the Orion Nebula within it.
Tucked among the towering pines east of San Diego is SDSU’s Mount Laguna Observatory. It’s a learning lab for budding astronomers — and bonus, in the summer it opens to the public with a Saturday night visitor program.
Read the story in the Spring 2024 web edition of SDSU Magazine.