Extragalactic Astrophysics

Rémy Indebetouw, Kelsey Johnson, Steve Majewski, Bob O’Connell, Ricky Patterson, Craig Sarazin, Bill Saslaw, Trinh Thuan, Mark Whittle, Peter Arnold (Phys.), Pham Q. Hung (Phys.) NRAO: Jim Braatz, Alan Bridle, Jim Condon, Bill Cotton, John Hibbard, Dave Hogg, Ken Kellermann, Fred Lo, Jeff Mangum, Brian Mason, Mort Roberts, Juan Uson, Paul Vanden Bout

  • Star Formation and Interstellar Medium
  • Galaxy Evolution and Interaction
  • Galaxy Clusters and Groups
  • AGN and Black Holes
  • Cosmology and Large Scale Structure
    		• HCG 07
    HCG 7    		 I Zwicky 18
    I Zwicky 18    		 Hydra A
    Hydra A


    Galactic Astrophysics

    John Hawley, Phil Arras, Roger Chevalier, Larry Fredrick, Phil Ianna, Rémy Indebetouw, Zhi-Yun Li, Steve Majewski, Ed Murphy, Ricky Patterson, Bob Rood, Craig Sarazin, Mike Skrutskie, Charlie Tolbert, Bill Roberts, Jr. (Applied Math), NRAO: Crystal Brogan, Butler Burton, Ed Fomalont, Phil Jewell, Harvey Liszt, Jeff Mangum, Scott Ransom, Al Wootten, Qi-feng Yin

  • Galactic Structure
  • Star Formation and Accretion Disks
  • Interstellar Medium, Molecular Clouds and Chemistry
  • Stellar Evolution
  • Supernovae and their Remnants
  • Compact Objects
  • Astrometry
    		• M16
    M16    		 Sgr tidal stream
    Tidal Streams    		 Pulsars in Globular Cluster Terzan 5
    Terzan 5 Pulsars


    Planetary and Space Physics

    Phil Arras, Greg Black, Bob Johnson (Eng. Phys.), Ken Seidelmann, Anne Verbiscer, Tim Bastian (NRAO), Alan Howard (Env. Sci.), Stephen Macko (Env. Sci.)

  • Small Bodies and Minor Planets
  • Giant Planet Moons and Rings
  • Physics of Dust and Surfaces
  • Space Missions and Engineering
  • Planetary Atmospheres
    		• Two-Faced Iapetus
    Two-Faced Iapetus    		 Graffiti Artist Enceladus
    Graffit Artist Enceladus    		 Sputtering on Dione
    Sputtering on Dione


    Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics

    John Hawley, Phil Arras, Roger Chevalier, Bob Johnson (Eng. Phys.), Zhi-Yun Li, Craig Sarazin, Bill Saslaw

    Protostellar Evolution
    Star Formation    		 Accretion Disks
    Accretion Disks    		 Supernovae
    Supernovae    		 Cosmology
    Cosmology    		 Galaxy Clusters
    Galaxy Clusters
  • Virginia Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics


    • Observational Astronomy

    Greg Black, Larry Fredrick, Phil Ianna, Rémy Indebetouw, Bob Johnson (Eng. Phys.), Kelsey Johnson, Steve Majewski, Ed Murphy, Bob O’Connell, Ricky Patterson, Bob Rood, Craig Sarazin, Mike Skrutskie, Trinh Thuan, Anne Verbiscer, Mark Whittle, NRAO: Tim Bastian, Jim Braatz, Alan Bridle, Crystal Brogan, Butler Burton, Jim Condon, Bill Cotton, Ed Fomalont, John Hibbard, Dave Hogg, Phil Jewell, Ken Kellermann, Harvey Liszt, Fred Lo, Jeff Mangum, Brian Mason, Scott Ransom, Mort Roberts, Juan Uson, Paul Vanden Bout, Al Wootten, Qi-feng Yin

    LBT
    LBT    		 Magellan
    Magellan    		 MMT
    MMT    		 APO 3.5-m
    APO    		 Fan Mountain 40-inch and 31-inch
    Fan Mt.
  • University of Virginia and partner Observatories


    • Instrumentation Development

    Larry Fredrick, Rémy Indebetouw, Steve Majewski, David McDavid, Matt Nelson, Ricky Patterson, Ken Seidelmann, Mike Skrutskie, John Wilson, Jeffrey Hesler (Eng.),. NRAO: Rich Bradley, Rick Fisher, Tony Kerr, Jeff Mangum, Brian Mason, Shing-Kuo Pan, Marian Pospieszalski, John Webber, Al Wootten

    APOGEE
    APOGEE    		 TripleSpec
    TripleSpec    		 LMIRcam
    LMIRcam    		 FanCam
    FanCam    		 InGaAs
    IR Detectors
  • Virginial Astronomical Instrumentation Lab


    • National Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Fred Lo (Director, NRAO), Tim Bastian, Rich Bradley, Alan Bridle, Crystal Brogan, Butler Burton, Jim Condon, Bill Cotton, Rick Fisher, Ed Fomalont, John Hibbard, Dave Hogg, Gareth Hunt, Rémy Indebetouw (joint appointment), Phil Jewell, Kelsey Johnson (joint appointment), Ken Kellermann, Tony Kerr, Harvey Liszt, Jeff Mangum, Brian Mason, Pat Murphy, Shing-Kuo Pan, Marian Pospieszalski, Scott Ransom, Mort Roberts, Juan Uson, Paul Vanden Bout, John Webber, Al Wootten, Qi-feng Yin

    GBT Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI
    GBT    		 ALMA Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI and ESO
    ALMA    		 VLA Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI
    VLA

    The National Headquarters of the NRAO and the North American ALMA Science Center are located in Stone Hall on UVa grounds, a short walk from the Astronomy Building and the NRAO Technology Center is also located in Charlottesville. There is close collaboration with NRAO staff on research and instrumentation development. All NRAO scientific staff have Adjunct Faculty appointments in the Astronomy Department, we share colloquia and lunch talk series, and graduate students often pursue research under the supervision of NRAO staff. NRAO’s Green Bank Observatory is located in the National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia, only 2 hours drive from UVa, and is used regularly by UVa personnel.