The new semester begins with Prof. Jay Pasachoff, Visiting Prof. Marek Demianski, and Lecturer Dr. Kevin Flaherty teaching the courses. Prof. Michael Allison, Director Emeritus of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is joining the department as a non-resident Research Associate and Associate of the Hopkins Observatory and will occasionally… Continue reading »
The Astronomy department will be hosting open Zoom hours this Friday (April 30th) from 1-3pm to discuss the Astronomy and Astrophysics majors and to answer any questions that you might have. You are welcome to come for any part of the 1-3pm time. Click here for the Zoom link. Continue reading »
The Physics and Astronomy departments will have a Zoom colloquium on Friday, February 19th at 3:15pm to discuss summer research options. If you are interested, please read this, see us here on Feb 19th! After the meeting, and after you have had a chance to talk to… Continue reading »
This past weekend, Amina Diop ’21 won the Beth Brown Memorial Prize at the meeting this past weekend of the National Society of Black Physicists for her poster, titled “Vertical Structure of Turbulence around DM Tau.” The Beth Brown Memorial Prize is given in honor of the life and career… Continue reading »
“Anomalies and fluctuations of near-surface air temperature at Tianhuangping (Zhejiang), China, produced by the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century under cloudy skies” by Marcos A. Peñaloza-Murillo, Michael T. Roman & Jay M. Pasachoff has been accepted in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Continue reading »
The work of both Caleb Fassett ’02 (NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center) and Katy Stack Morgan ’08 (a Deputy Project Manager; JPL-Caltech/NASA) is discussed in this article about NASA’s Perseverance mission, now en route to Mars for arrival in early 2021. … Continue reading »
The following astronomy faculty are offering major advising between now and August 13. People’s preferred times to meet are listed–in all cases, you should send an email with a few suggested times (EDT) that would work for you. Kevin Flaherty (Tuesday/Wednesday) Anne Jaskot… Continue reading »
Jay Pasachoff photos, 15 July 2020 Nikon D600, f/3.5-4.5 28-85 Nikkor zoom lens Comet NEOWISE (discovered by NASA’s Near Earth Object Wide Field Survey Explorer), C/2020 F3… Continue reading »
Because of COVID-19 lockdowns unable to travel into the zone of annularity, where a 0.3% annulus of everyday sun remained around the lunar silhouette at maximum, Prof. Pasachoff monitored the eclipse progress from Williamstown on the Web. He had made suggestions to several observers in Oman and India for observing… Continue reading »
In line with messages from Williams College President Maud Mandel, American Astronomical Society President Megan Donahue, the American Physical Society, and many others, we stand in support of our black students, friends, and colleagues in these challenging times. Prof Jay Pasachoff, Prof Anne Jaskot, Dr. Kevin Flaherty Protests, Justice,… Continue reading »
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