Thomas G. Barnes III
Senior Research Scientist (retired), McDonald Observatory |
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Address: McDonald Observatory 2515 Speedway, MS C1402 Austin TX 78712 512-471-1301 E-Mail: tgb@astro.as.utexas.edu Research Interests: observational aspects of variable stars; photometry and radial velocity
studies of Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1970 M.A., University of Toronto, 1968 B.S., University of Rochester, 1966 Astronomy Courses Taught: AST 309L: Extraterrestrial Life (UT) AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (UT) Ast 1623: Solar System Astronomy (ACC) |
I came to the University of Texas in 1970 as the W.J. McDonald Postdoctoral
Fellow and have served McDonald Observatory in various capacities since then. My research
interests are pulsating variable stars, particularly Cepheids and RR Lyrae
variables, and their application to Galactic and extragalactic distance scales.
I use the telescopes at McDonald and elsewhere to obtain radial velocities, abundances,
and photometric properties of these stars.
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