The best imagery and illustrations from the Summer 2020 issue of Colgate Magazine.
Starry Night. High above Burke and Jane Pinchin halls, the Milky Way glitters. Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila (the eagle in Greek and Roman mythology), prominently stands out on the far right. Toward the middle of this photograph, Deneb can be seen. It is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus (the swan), and it’s approximately 2,600 light years from Earth (whereas Altair is only 16.7 light years from Earth). Deneb — with a radius of approximately 200 times that of the sun — is a blue supergiant, which means it has exhausted hydrogen fuel in its core and is beginning the final stages of its “life.” According to Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Jeff Bary, “It may likely end in a spectacular supernova explosion.” Both Altair and Deneb are part of a well-known asterism (an easily recognizable pattern of stars) called the Summer Triangle. The third point of the triangle is Vega, which is out of frame at the top of the photograph. Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Colgate’s early 20th-century essential workers: men laboring at the University heating plant. Taken by Edward H. Stone — a Hamilton photographer who captured much of the University’s and town’s history for 50 years — this photograph is dated circa 1907. Photo courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives.
