Julianne Dalcanton
Encyclopedia
Julianne Dalcanton is an American astronomer.
She is Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington
, and researcher for Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Her main work is on the area of galaxy formation and evolution. She is currently leading the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) program on the Hubble Space Telescope
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She became worldwide known by discovering the comet
C/1999 F2, which is named after her. She is also a contributor to the physics blog
Cosmic Variance
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Dalcanton is married with two children.
She is Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, and researcher for Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Her main work is on the area of galaxy formation and evolution. She is currently leading the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) program on the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...
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She became worldwide known by discovering the comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
C/1999 F2, which is named after her. She is also a contributor to the physics blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
Cosmic Variance
Cosmic Variance (blog)
Cosmic Variance is a collaborative weblog discussing physics, astrophysics, and other topics, written by , Mark Trodden, Sean Carroll, , Julianne Dalcanton, , and . It is the successor to Carroll's earlier blog , which began in early 2004 and ran through much of 2005...
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Dalcanton is married with two children.
External links
- University of Washington Profile
- Video discussion/conversation with Dalcanton and Jennifer Ouellette on Bloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...
- The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey (ANGST)