Philip Livingston Jr. High School, Albany, NY, graduated
1953
Secondary Education: Albany High School, Albany, NY, graduated 1956
Undergraduate Education: 1956-60, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
A.B. in Astronomy 1960, University of Michigan
Graduate Education:
1960-61, University of Michigan
1961-62, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany
1962-64, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Ph.D. in Astronomy 1964, University of California, Los
Angeles
Dissertation Advisor: Lawrence H. Aller
APPOINTMENTS
1958-1959, Research Assistant, University of Michigan
1959-1960, Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan
Summer 1960, Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Michigan
Summer 1961, Astronomer, United States Naval Observatory
1964-1968, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois
1968-1976, Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois
1976-2003, Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois
1995- , Campus Honors Faculty
2003- , Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, University of Illinois
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Rackham First Year Fellowship 1960-61, University of Michigan.
National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellowship 1961-62,
University of Michigan (declined to accept following).
Fulbright Grant 1961-62, for study at Christian Albrechts
Universität, Kiel, Germany.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Predoctoral Traineeship
1962-64, University of California, Los Angeles.
Medal, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, for
services (invited paper, Liège International Astrophysical
Colloquium) 1972.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 1972-73, for
research on planetary nebulae, at the University of Illinois and for
consultation at western universities and observatories.
Associate in the University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study, Fall
1987.
Medal, Institute of Astronomy, University of Mexico, on behalf of
International Astronomical Union Symposium 131 for research in the field of
planetary nebulae, 1987.
Fellow, Great Lakes Planetarium Association, 1995.
Visiting Foreign Researcher at Tohoku University,Japan, under the
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Japanese Government, August
1997.
Named to Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Astronomy 121, Spring
1999.
Named to Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Astronomy 100, Fall 2001.
Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Teacher of Freshman Award, Spring, 2001.
King Broadrick-Allen Award for Excellence in Honors Teaching,
Spring, 2001.
Honorary President, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
2002.
American Association of Publishers Outstanding Professional and
Scholarly Title in Physics and Astronomy for 2001 to Extreme Stars: At the Edge of Creation,
Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Named to Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Astronomy 100, Spring
2002.
Service award from Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, September
2002.
Dr. James Kaler Day, Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference,
Menasha, WI, October 2002.
Delta Sigma Omicron Distinguished Teaching Award, April 2003.
Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement, University of
Illinois, May 2003.
Named to Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Astronomy 100, Spring
2003.
Named to Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Astronomy 122, Spring
2003.
Honorary of GLPA (Great Lakes Planetarium Association, Lifetime
Membership).
Named to Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, Astronomy 100, Fall 2006.
American Astronomical Society 2008 Education Prize.
Named to List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Astronomy 100, Fall 2007.
Named to List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Astronomy 122 Honors,
Fall 2007.
Named to List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Astronomy 122 Section H
(Honors), Fall 2009.
Named to List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Astronomy 122 Section H2
(Honors), Fall 2009.
Profiled in Astronomy Magazine, March, 2010, vol. 38, no. 3, p. 10.
RESEARCH GRANTS
National Science Foundation Research Grants, as follow:
1. "Hydrogen and Helium Spectra in Gaseous Nebulae," GP 4928, Sept.
1, 1965 to Aug. 31, 1967, extended to Aug. 31, 1968, for $33,200.
2. "Hydrogen and Helium Spectra in Gaseous Nebulae," GP
7816, Sept. 1, 1967 to Aug. 31, 1969, extended to Feb. 28, 1971, for
$40,600.
3. "The Spectra of Planetary Nebulae," GP 22957, Dec.
1, 1970 to Nov. 30, 1971, for $10,000.
4. "The Spectra of Planetary Nebulae," GP 22957,
renewal of above to Feb. 28, 1974, extended to Aug. 31, 1974, for
$22,600.
5. "The Spectra of Planetary Nebulae," MPS 73-05270,
Sept. 1, 1974 to March 31, 1977 for $43,400, includes two
extensions.
6. "The Spectra of Planetary Nebulae," AST76-20840, Jan
1, 1977 to Jan. 1, 1979 for $31,700.
7. "The Composition and Evolution of Planetary
Nebulae," AST78-236647, Jan 1, 1979 for two years,
$47,600.
8. "The Evolution of Planetary Nebulae," AST80-23233, Jan 1, 1981
to Dec. 31, 1982, for $65,000.
9. "The Evolution of Planetary Nebulae and Their
Central Stars," extension of above for 2 years to June 30, 1985, for
$108,700.
10. "The Evolution of Planetary Nebulae and their Central Stars,"
Apr. 15, 1985 to Oct. 15, 1988, for $204,900.
11. "The Evolution of Planetary Nebulae and their
Central Stars," Oct. 1, 1988 to March 30, 1992, for $230,000.
12. "The Evolution of Planetary Nebulae and their
Central Stars," Mar. 15, 1992 to August 31, 1995, for
$200,000.
Total actual National Science Foundation awards:
$1,037,700.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration grants for work on the
International Ultraviolet Explorer.
1. "Central Stars of Large Planetary Nebulae," (with W.
A. Feibelman) 1981, $4,000.
2. "Central Stars of Large Planetary Nebulae," (with W.
A. Feibelman) 1982, $12,200.
3. "Central Stars of Large Planetary Nebulae," (with W.
A. Feibelman) 1983, $17,900.
4. "Southern Planetary Nebulae," (with R. A. Shaw and W. A.
Feibelman) 1986, $11,000.
5. "Winds from Planetary Nuclei," (with J. H. Lutz and
C. L. Imhoff) 1988, $12,074.
6. "CNO Abundance Enrichments in Planetary Nebulae,"
under auspices of the Astrophysics Data Program (with
R. A. Shaw, and R. Dufour), 1990-1993, $14,999.
Total actual NASA awards: $72,173.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP/BOARDS
Astronomical League, Secretary, Northeast Region, 1955-56
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union, Member Commission 38, Interstellar
Matter and Planetary Nebulae
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Board of Editors, 1989-1993
Board of Directors, 2001-2003, 2004-2006
Chair, Awards Committee, 2003
Chair, Publications Committee, 2001-7
Vice President, 2005-2006
President Elect, 2006-2007
President, 2007-2009
Past President, 2009-2011
Advisory Board, Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL,
2006-
COMMITTEES
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
International Ultraviolet Explorer Review Panel, NASA, 1980.
Users' Committee, International Ultraviolet Explorer,
1984-1986.
Chairman, Scientific Organizing Committee, IAU Symposium No. 131 on
Planetary Nebulae, Mexico City, 1987.
Scientific Organizing Committee, IAU Colloquium No. 76 on the
Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars, Bloomington, Indiana, 1988.
Member, Working Group on Planetary Nebulae, International
Astronomical Union Commission 38, 1985-1997.
Astrophysics Data Program Review Panel, NASA, 1989.
Board of Editors, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 1989-1993.
Scientific Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union
Symposium on Planetary Nebulae, Innsbruck, Austria, 1992.
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Review Panel, NASA, 1992.
Hubble Space Telescope Review Panel, NASA, 1992.
Long Term Astrophysics Review Panel, NASA, 1995.
Scientific Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union
Symposium on Planetary Nebulae, Groningen, Holland, 1996.
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Review Panel, NASA, 1997.
National Advisory Board, The Jackson State Researcher, Jackson
State University, Jackson, MS, 1999 - 2015
American Astronomical Society Chambliss Writing Award Committee, 2010-
2012.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Independent Study Committee, 1985-87; Chairman, 1986-87.
LAS Academic Standards Committee, 1990-92. Combined with LAS
Admissions Committee, 1992. Chairman, 1992-93.
Chairman of the Headship Evaluation Committee for Chemical Engineering,
1991.
Board of Directors, Natural History Museum, University of Illinois,
1991-93.
LAS Courses and Curricula Committee, 1993-94.
UIUC Senator from Astronomy Department, 1994-1998
Senate Committee on Student Discipline, Subcommittee on
Undergraduate Student Conduct, 1993-96
LAS General Education Council, 1997-1998
General Education Board, 1997-2000
ICES Review Committee, 1998-2003
Department of Astronomy Executive Committee, 2000-2003
SCIENTIFIC SERVICE
Regular referee for:
Astronomical Journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysical Journal
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
INVITED SPEAKER, SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Retirement Symposium for I.S. Bowen, Pasadena, California, June 1964.
H II Region Symposium, Charlottesville, VA, Dec. 1967.
Eighteenth Liège Astrophysical Colloquium (Planetary Nebulae),
June 1972, Liège Belgium.
International Astronomical Union Symposium 76 (Planetary Nebulae), June
1977, Ithaca, New York.
International Astronomical Union Symposium 103 (Planetary Nebulae),
August 1982, London, England.
Kitt Peak Workshop on the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, Tucson,
Arizona, January 1983.
International Astronomical Union Symposium 131 (Planetary Nebulae),
October 1987.
Twenty-Fifth Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, First annual
Astronomy Update, Champaign, IL, October 1989.
Twenty-Sixth Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Indianapolis, IN, October 1990.
Twenty-Seventh Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Youngstown, OH, October 1991.
Twenty-Eighth Great Lakes Planetarium Association/Great Plains
Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy Update, St. Louis, Mo, October
1992.
Twenty-Ninth Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Dayton, OH, October, 1993.
Thirtieth Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Wheeling, WV, October, 1994.
American Institute of Physics, Ohio Section, Youngstown State
University, Youngstown, Ohio, May 1995.
Thirty-First Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Grand Rapids, MI, October, 1995.
International Astronomical Union Symposium 180 (Planetary Nebulae),
August, 1996, Poster Review.
Thirty-Second Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference,
Astronomy Update, Minneapolis, MN, October, 1996.
Thirty-Third Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Cleveland, OH, October, 1997.
Forty-First Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference,Astronomy
Update, Grand Rapids, MI, October, 2005.
Forty-Second Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Merillville, IN, October, 2006.
Triple Conjunction Conference, Forty-Third Great Lakes Planetarium
Association Conference/Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society/Southeast
Planetarium Association, Astronomy Update, Wheeling, WV, October, 2007.
Forty-Fourth Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, Astronomy
Update, Milwaukee, WI, October, 2008.
Forty-Seventh Great Lakes Planetarium Association Conference, "Cosmic
Mysteries," Champaign, IL, October, 2011.
PUBLIC EVENTS/LECTURES
REGULAR APPEARANCES
Lecturer, Astro-Science Workshop (year-long Saturday morning course for
high school students), Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL; one or two lectures
per year from 1966 through 1999.
Frequent local talks to service clubs: Rotary, Kiwanis, Exchange Club,
American Business Clubs.
University of Illinois Astronomical Society, Fall Opening Lecture, "A
Tour of the Night Sky," 2000? - 2016.
PRODUCED WORKS
The Stargazer, an educational planetarium show, produced by the
Great Lakes Planetarium Association and the Minneapolis Planetarium,
premiered Minneapolis Planetarium August 2002, opened Staerkel Planetarium,
Parkland College, Champaign, IL, September 2002. Helped produce and
appeared in.
The Stargazer, digitized full dome version realized by Ken Murphy,
Southwest Minnesota State University, October 2016
NAMED/HONORARY LECTURESHIPS
Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Rochester Museum of Science,
Rochester, NY, March, 1995.
Class of 1960 Scholars Lecturer, Williams College, Williamstown, MA,
"Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy," April, 1998.
Armand Spitz Memorial Lecturer, Thirty-Fifth Great Lakes
Planetarium Association Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, October 1999.
Sears Lecturer, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, "Spectroscopy," May,
2000.
Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, CA, "Stars," Benjamin Dean Book
Signings Series, May, 2001.
Sears Lecturer, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, "Spectroscopy," March,
2002.
William M. Bullitt Memorial Lecturer, University of Louisville,
Louisville, KY, "The Life and Death of Stars," April, 2003.
Margaret Noble Address, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society Convention,
Bowie, MD, May 2003.
T. L. Mounts Lectureship, NCAUR Ag Lab, Bradley University Dept. of
Chemistry, Kiwanis Club of Peoria, Peoria, IL, "A Tour of the Planets,"
"The Birth and Death of Stars," "Wonders of the Hubble," November, 2003.
INVITED LECTURES
Principia College, Elsah, IL, "The Moon," 1968.
Knox College, Illinois Academy of Sciences, "Stellar Evolution," 1980.
Halley Comet tour to Chile as astronomer with Sobek Expeditions;
public instruction of tour group with daytime lectures and nighttime
observing, March 1986.
McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis, MO, initiated public lecture series,
"Halley's Comet and Voyager at Uranus," Sept. 1986.
Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, science convocation, "Planetary
Nebulae," September 1988.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, initiated public
lecture series, "Birth and Death of Stars," October 1988.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, Voyager II
Neptune flyby, narration of live spacecraft images, Aug. 1989.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series. "The Milky Way," May 1990.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science Lecture Series. "Galaxies," March 1991.
AAS Shapley Lecturer, Chaffee Planetarium/Aquinas College/Grand
Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI, April 1991.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series. "Voyages of Discovery with Hubble and Magellan,"
Feb., 1992.
AAS Shapley Lecturer, Department of Physics, Texas Christian University,
Fort Worth, TX, April 1992.
AAS Shapley Lecturer, Department of Physics and Earth Science, Mercer
University/Macon Science Center, Macon, GA, October 1992.
University of Illinois LAS Alumni Association, Staerkel
Planetarium, Champaign, IL, November 1992, "The Universe from Your
Back Yard."
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series. "Into the Depths of the Universe," May, 1993.
Cernan Earth and Space Center, Triton College, River Grove, IL, "New
Developments in Astronomy," June, 1993.
Peoria Astronomical Society, Peoria, IL, "From the Moon to the
Universe: New Developments in Astronomy," September, 1993.
Northwest Suburban Astronomers, "The Sun," May, 1994.
Apollo Rendezvous, Dayton, Ohio, "New Developments in Astronomy," June,
1994.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series. "Catastrophe" October 1994.
Midwest Space Development Society, Chicago, October, 1995
Illinois-Ohio State Glass Conference, University of Illinois,
"Voyages of Discovery: New Views of the Planets," October, 1995.
AAS Shapley Lecturer, Department of Physics, Depauw University,
Greencastle, Indiana, October 1995.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series. "Into the Sky: The New Generation of
Telescopes," December, 1995.
Northwest Suburban Astronomers, Schaumburg, IL, "Our Surprising
Origins: A View Through the Hubble Space Telescope," February, 1996.
AAS Shapley Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, April, 1996.
Astronomical League/ALPO National Convention, Rockford, IL,
"Planetaries to Planets," July, 1996.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series. "Curious Science: An Astronomer Looks at
Astrology and UFOs," December, 1996.
Twin City Amateur Astronomers, Bloomington, IL, "Astronomy: the Year in
Review," February, 1997
Student Branch, American Institute of Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineers, "Planetary Explorations," March, 1997.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific National Convention, "Stellar
Evolution and You," June, 1997.
Tenth Anniversary Lecturer, Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College,
Champaign, IL, "Ten Years of Stargazing," October, 1997.
Indiana Astronomical Society, Goethe Link Observatory, "The Birth of
Stars: Where We Came From," October, 1997.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "Was There Really a Big Bang?" March, 1998.
"Ovations" Special Events Series, Springfield Technical Community
College, Springfield, Massachusetts. "Origins: Where We Came From,"
April, 1998.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific National Convention, "Origins:
Where We Came From," June, 1998.
Astronomical League National Convention, French Lick, IN, "Extreme
Stars: On the Edge of Creation and Destruction," July, 1998.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "Pluto: Planet or What?" February, 1999.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "One Thousand Years of Astronomy" December, 1999.
Bradley University, Peoria, IL, featured speaker, "1000 Years of
Astronomy," November, 2001.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "Supernovae: Up from the Ashes" December, 2001.
University of Illinois Alumni Association, Staerkel Planetarium,
Champaign, IL, "Stars Brought to Earth," March, 2002.
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI, "1000 Years of
Astronomy," April, 2002.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, "1000 Years of
Astronomy," May, 2002.
University of Illinois Alumni Association, Louisville, KY, "Origins,"
May, 2002.
University of Illinois LAS Alumni Association, St. Louis, MO, "The
Stars Brought Down to Earth," June, 2002.
Big Ten Programmer's Conference, Urbana, IL, "Our World, Our Universe,"
July, 2002.
Indiana Astronomical Society, Goethe Link Observatory, "Nebulae,"
July, 2002.
Kankakee Area Stargazers, Strickler Planetarium, Olivet Nazarene
University, Bourbonnais, IL, "Nebulae," October, 2002.
Illinois Section, American Association of Physics Teachers, Millikin
University, Decatur, IL, "Recent Advances in Observational Astronomy,"
October, 2002.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "Planets, Planets, Planets," November, 2002.
NIAGfest 2003/GREATCON 2003 Convention, Camp Crosley, IN, "Nebulae,"
April, 2003.
Elderhostel, set of four lectures, University of Illinois Continuing
Education, August, 2003.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "The Once and Future Mars," December, 2003.
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture, Foothill College, Los Altos
Hills, CA, "Extreme Stars: The Strangest Critters in the Stellar
Zoo," March, 2004.
Opening Remarks, Illinois Science Olympiad final ceremony, University
of Illinois, April 2004.
Bloomington-Normal Koda Roamers camera club, Bloomington, IL, "Day
Into Night," November 2004.
Champaign-Urbana Camera Club, University of Illinois, "Day Into
Night," November 2004.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "Day Into Night," February, 2005.
Cherry Springs Star Party, Cherry Springs State Park, PA, "To Know
the Stars," June, 2005.
INSAP V ("Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena" V), Adler
Planetarium, Chicago, IL, Keynote Speaker, "Our Complex Universe: A
Human Understanding Through Art," June, 2005.
Macomb Alumni Association, Macomb, IL, "Wonders of the Sky," October,
2005.
Ninth Letter Publication Party, celebrating the release of the
Fall/Winter 2005 issue, reading, "Day into Night," December 2005.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, INSAP V reprise, "Our Complex Universe: A Human
Understanding Through Art," February, 2006.
Eastern Illinois University Dept. of Physics and College of Science,
Charleston, IL, "The Lives and Deaths of Stars and What it Means to You,"
March, 2006.
University of Illinois Astronomical Society,
Urbana-Champaign, IL, "The Night Sky," annual fall lecture, 1996-
2012.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "Touching the Sky: How the Cosmos Interacts
Directly with the Earth," December, 2006.
Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, "World of
Science" Lecture Series, "From Pluto to Planets: What Other Stars are
Telling Us," December, 2007.
WICD TV, Ch. 15, Champaign, IL, "Roundtable," 1/2 hour interview, Apollo
landings, July 1989.
WILL radio, Urbana, IL, "Focus 580," 1 hour talk/interview, Voyager at
Neptune, July 1989.
WCIA TV, Ch. 3, Champaign, IL, "Newscope," on the lunar eclipse,
Aug. 16, 1989.
WICD TV, Ch. 15, Champaign, IL, "Twin Cities Today," Voyager II Neptune
flyby, Aug. 17, 1989.
WCIA TV, Ch. 3, Champaign, IL, "Newscope," Voyager II Neptune
flyby, Aug. 24, 1989.
WICD TV, Ch. 15, Champaign, IL. 6 P.M. news, Voyager II Neptune
Flyby, Aug. 24, 1989.
WITY radio, Danville, IL, Voyager II Neptune flyby, Aug. 24, 1989.
WDWS radio, Champaign, IL, "Penny for Your Thoughts," Hubble Space
Telescope, April 25, 1990.
WILL radio, Urbana, IL, January 1991, Focus 580, Current Topics.
WDWS radio, Champaign, IL, April 1991, Mark Dudek Show, Current
Topics.
WICD TV, Champaign, IL, June 1991, news, on conjunction of planets
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, April 1992, Focus 580, on stars.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, April 1992, Mark Dudek Show, on stars.
WFHR, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, April 1992, on stars.
KOA, Denver, CO, May 1992, After Midnight, The Strange Universe.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, August 1992, general astronomy.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, December 1992, general astronomy.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, May 1993, general astronomy.
WSOY, Decatur, IL, August 1993, Perseid meteor shower.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, August 1993, Perseid meteor shower
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, September 1993, general astronomy.
WCIA TV, Champaign, IL, December 1993, news, on Hubble Space Telescope.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, December 1993, general astronomy.
WDWS AM, Champaign, IL, news, Hubble Space Telescope.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, May 1993, general astronomy.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, May, 1994, solar eclipse.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, Penny for your Thoughts, May 1993, interview
on textbook.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, July 1993, interview on comet crash.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, July 1993, comet crash.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, November 1994, general astronomy.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, 1995 (two appearances on general
astronomy).
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, March 1996, general astronomy
WCIA TV, Champaign, IL, April 1996, Comet Hyakutake
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, February 1997, Centennial
Celebration.
WDWS AM, Champaign, IL, February 1997, asteroid collisions.
WDAN, Danville, IL, February 1997, the Observatory centennial.
WSOY, Decatur, IL, March 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp.
WIXY, Champaign, IL, April 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp.
WTAX, Springfield, IL, April 1997, solar coronal mass ejection.
WSOY, Decatur, IL, April 1997, solar coronal mass ejection.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, 1998, general astronomy.
WILL AM, Urbana IL, Focus 580, July 1998, general astronomy.
WGN, Chicago, IL Extension 720 (Milt Rosenberg), December, 1998,
stars.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, January 1999, general astronomy.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, January 1999, selected astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, June 1999, selected astronomy interview.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, August 1999, general astronomy.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, August 1999, selected astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, September 1999, astronomy interview.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, November 1999, astronomy interview.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, December 1999, astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, January 2000, astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, February 2000, leap year and calendars.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, May 2000, astronomy interview.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, August 2000, astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, August 2000, setting arctic Sun.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, December 2000, planets.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, January 2001, Little Book of Stars.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, January 2001 Little Book of
Stars.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, March 2001, astronomy interview.
Voice of America, March 2001, vernal equinox.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, March 2001, vernal equinox.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, May 2001, circumpolar sun.
WBBM, Baltimore, MD, Hironymous & Co., August 2001, "Little Book
of Stars."
WMUK, Kalamazoo, MI, November 2001, astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, December 2001, winter solstice.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, April 2002, astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, May 2002, midnight Sun.
KVMR, Nevada City, CA, September 2002, "The Hundred Greatest Stars."
WDWS, Champaign, IL, October 2002, Kuiper Belt and other topics.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, November 2002, SETI program.
BBC, United Kingdom, December 2002, "The Hundred Greatest Stars."
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, December 2002, astronomy interview.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, January 2003, arctic sunrise.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, February 2003, space program.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, May 2003, midnight Sun and other phenomena.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, May 2003, spring skies.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, June 2003, summer solstice.
WILL AM. Urbana IL, August 2003, interview, Mars.
WLPO, LaSalle, IL, August 2003, interview, Perseids.
WCIA TV, Champaign, IL, August 2003, Mars.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, September 2003, autumn skies.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, December 2003, winter skies.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, December 2003, winter solstice and Christmas.
WICD TV, Champaign, IL, December 2005, leap second.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, August 2006, summer skies.
Sporting News Radio (Los Angeles, nationally syndicated), August
2006, Pluto.
KVMR, Nevada City, CA, September 2006, "Extreme Stars."
KRFP, Moscow, Idaho, November 2006, eating disorders.
KBRW, Barrow, Alaska, January 2007, Comet McNaught.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, January 2007, stars, winter sky.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, March 2007, Cambridge Encyclopedia of
Stars.
WDWS, Champaign, IL, Gary O'Brien show, June 2007, Krannert Summer
Solstice Celebration.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, June 2007, summer sky.
Illinois Radio Network, November 2007, winter skies.
WICD-TV, Champaign, IL, February 2008, eclipse of the Moon.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, February 2008, winter and spring
skies.
WICD-TV, Champaign, IL, July 2009, 40th anniversary of Moon landing.
WAND-TV, Champaign, IL, July 2009, 40th anniversary of Moon landing.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, September 2009, "Heaven's Touch."
KVMR, Nevada City, CA, February 2010, "Heaven's Touch."
Life's Little Mysteries
(http://www/lifeslittlemysteries.com) and Space.com (http://www.space.com), January
2011, "Betelgeuse as supernova" at
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/will-betelgeuse-really-become-second-sun-
1260/
Life's Little Mysteries
(http://www/lifeslittlemysteries.com), March, 2011, "Double Sun" at
"http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/chinese-two-suns-video-
unexplained-1427/
WSPL, Streator, IL, July 2011, "Pluto's moons."
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, December 2011, "Autumn Skies."
KVMR, Nevada City, CA, February 2012, "The Sun."
WCIA-TV, Champaign, IL, February 2013, asteroid 2012 DA14.
WILL AM, Urbana, IL, Focus 580, "First Magnitude."
TEACHER EDUCATION
Teacher's Workshop, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, June 1997.
Near and Far Sciences, State of Illinois, Teacher's Workshop,
Staerkel Planetarium, February 1998.
Near and Far Sciences, State of Illinois, Teacher's Workshop,
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, January 1999.
Near and Far Sciences, State of Illinois, Teacher's Workshop,
Staerkel Planetarium, February 1999.
Near and Far Sciences, State of Illinois, Teacher's Workshop,
Staerkel Planetarium, February 2000.
Near and Far Sciences, State of Illinois, Teacher's Workshop,
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, February, 2001.
Space Science Symposium, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, January,
2002.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Cubmaster, Chief Shemauger Council, Urbana, IL, 1972-1973.
Coach, umpire, Girl's Softball, Urbana, IL, 1974-1976.
Board of Directors, Champaign County Swim Club, 1976.
Amateur Athletic Union Swim Official, 1975-1978.
Grants Coordinator, National Academy of Arts, Champaign, IL, 1982-1986.
Stage hand, National Academy of Arts, Krannert Center, Urbana, IL 1982-
1986.
Board of Directors (Executive Committee), Champaign-Urbana Symphony,
1988-95; President-Elect 1990-92; President, 1992- 94; Past President,
1994-95.
Board of Directors, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, 2007-2012.
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, narrator
and part producer for the Champaign-Urbana Symphony's Children's Concerts,
space theme, March, 1995.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, pre-
concert lecture for the Kronos Quartet "Sunrings," "Visions of Sound and
Light," April, 2004.
Local Organizing Committee, Fifth INSAP Conference (The Conferences over
The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena), Adler Planetarium,
Chicago, IL, June 2005.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, pre-
concert lecture for the Champaign-Urbana Symphony's "Reach for the Stars"
Concert, featuring Holst's "The Planets," February. 12, 2006.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Narrator
for the Champaign-Urbana Symphony's "Out of this World" Concert, featuring
Holst's "The Planets," February 19, 2006.
Summer Solstice Celebration, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,
June 21, 2007: co-producer; video display; narrator.
Summer Solstice Celebration, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,
June 20, 2008: co-producer; video display; narrator.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, video display of planets for
Sinfonia da Camera concert, "Music of the Spheres," February 16, 2013.
VARIOUS
Organized Miller Lecture, William Kosmann, Voyager Neptune Encounter,
Feb. 1990.
Collector and contributor of fireball reports for the Sudden Events
Alert Network of the Smithsonian Institution.
Consultant for Time-Life Books, Voyage through the
Universe:,"The Far Planets", "The Sun", "The New Astronomy",
"Cosmic Mysteries," "Between the Stars," "Star Atlas."
Principal Consultant for Time-Life Books, Voyage through the
Universe:, "Stars."
Consultant for the National Center for Science Education, Inc., which
provides resources for news media, 1988-present.
Advisory Board, New Opportunities Educational Network (NEON), New
York, planning and production of Public Television children's science
series, "Wufniks," 1991-94.
Reviewer for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston for a variety of middle
school science books.
Consultant on the star maps for the ninth (2010) edition of the
National Geogragraphic Atlas of the World.
Guest panelist on "Says You!," National Public Radio, May 2014.
Invited papers and articles are indicated by an asterisk (*)
1. "Stellar Rotation and Luminosity Classification," J. B. Kaler,
Zeitschrift für Astrophysik, 56, 150, 1962.
2. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. I. The Double Ring
Planetary NGC 7009," L. H. Aller and J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical
Journal,139, 1074, 1964.
3. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. II. The Moderate
Excitation Planetaries NGC 6572 and IC 4997," L. H. Aller and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 140, 621, 1964.
4. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. III. The Low
Excitation Ring Planetary IC 418," L. H. Aller and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 140, 936, 1964.
*5. "The Spectra of Hydrogen and Helium in Two Selected Planetary
Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 76, 231, 1964.
6. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. IV. The Orion
Nebula," L. H. Aller, J. B. Kaler, and I.S. Bowen, Astrophysical
Journal, 141, 912, 1965.
7. "Hydrogen and Helium Spectra of Gaseous Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 143, 722, 1966.
8. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. VI. The Non-Thermal
Radio Source Planetary NGC 3242," S. J. Czyzak, L. H. Aller, J. B. Kaler, and
D. J. Faulkner, Astrophysical Journal, 143, 327, 1966.
9. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. VII. The Ring
Planetary NGC 7662," L. H. Aller, J. B. Kaler, and I. S. Bowen,
Astrophysical Journal, 144, 291, 1966.
10. "The Wavelength Dependence of the Characteristic Curve,"
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, J. B. Kaler,
78, 537, 1966.
11. "Radial Velocities in the Orion Nebula," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 148, 925, 1967.
12. "The Efficiency of the Bowen Fluorescent Mechanism," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 149, 383, 1967.
13. "Radio Recombination Lines and Anomalous Balmer Line Intensities,"
J. B. Kaler and P. Lee, Astrophysical Journal, 150, 715, 1967.
14. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. VIII. The Irregular
Planetary Nebula NGC 2440," L. H. Aller, S. J. Czyzak, and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 151, 187, 1968.
15. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. X. The Small High
Excitation Planetary Nebula IC 2165," J. B. Kaler, S. J. Czyzak, and L. H.
Aller, Astrophysical Journal, 153, 43, 1968.
16. "Electron Temperatures of Gaseous Nebulae from Balmer Decrements,"
J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Letters, 1, 227, 1968.
17. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. XI. The Planetary
NGC 6543," S. J. Czyzak, L. H. Aller, and J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical
Journal, 154, 543, 1968.
*18. "Optical Measurements of Electron Temperatures in H II Regions," J.
B. Kaler, Interstellar Ionized Hydrogen, ed. Y. Terzian, p. 459, 1968
(New York: Benjamin).
19. "Faint Emission Lines of Gaseous Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and L. H.
Aller, Astrophysical Journal, 157, 1231, 1969.
20. "Chemical Abundances and the Parameters of Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 160, 887, 1970.
21. "The Distances and Distribution of Planetary Nebulae," J. H. Cahn
and J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series No. 189,
22, 319, 1971.
22. "The Continuous Spectrum of Neutral Helium from Gaseous Nebulae," J.
B. Kaler, P. Lee, and L. H. Aller, Astrophysical Journal, 163,
141, 1971.
23. "Line Intensities in NGC 7027," J. B. Kaler, S. J. Czyzak, and L. H.
Aller, Astrophysical Journal, 169, 199, 1971.
24. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. XIX. The Moderate
Excitation Planetary NGC 6826," S. J. Czyzak, L. H. Aller, and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 168, 405, 1971.
25. "Excitation of Nebular Spectrum Lines," Astrophysical
Journal, J. B. Kaler, 173, 601, 1972.
*26. "The Optical Spectra of Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, invited
introductory lecture, 18th Liège International Astrophysical
Colloquium, Mémoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de
Liège, ser. 6, vol. 5, p. 33, 1973.
27. "Neon and Argon Abundances in Planetary Nebulae," ibid., p.
301.
28. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. XXII. The Irregular
Ring Nebula NGC 6445," L. H. Aller, S. J. Czyzak, E. Craine, and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 182, 509, 1973.
29. "High Helium Abundances in Two Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 188, L15, 1974.
30. "Planetary Nebulae with Multiple Shells," Astronomical
Journal, J. B. Kaler, 79, 594, 1974.
31. "Spectrophotometric Studies of Gaseous Nebulae. XXIII. The Planetary
Nebula NGC 6803," P. Lee, L. H. Aller, J. B. Kaler, and S. J. Czyzak,
Astrophysical Journal, 192, 159, 1974.
32. "The Expansion and Possible Structure of the Planetary Nebula NGC
2440," J. B. Kaler and L. H. Aller, Publications of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific, 86, 635, 1974.
33. "The Peculiar Object He2-467," J. H. Lutz, T. E. Lutz, J. B. Kaler,
D. E. Osterbrock, and S. A. Gregory, Astrophysical Journal,
203, 481, 1976.
34. "A Spectrographic Survey of 21 Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, L.
H. Aller, and S. J. Czyzak, Astrophysical Journal, 203, 636,
1976.
35. "The Spectrum of NGC 7027," J. B. Kaler, L. H. Aller, S. J. Czyzak,
and H. W. Epps, Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 31, 163,
1976.
36. "A Catalog of Emission Line Intensities Observed in Planetary and
Diffuse Nebulae," Astrophysical Journal Supplement, J. B. Kaler,
31, 516,
1976.
37. "Continuum Observations and the Electron Temperature of NGC 7027,"
J. B.Kaler, Astrophysical Letters, 17, 163, 1976.
38. "Photoelectric Filter Photometry of Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 210, 113, 1976.
39. "The Exciting Stars of Low-Excitation Planetary and Diffuse
Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 210, 843, 1976.
40. "The [0 III] Lines as a Quantitative Indicator of Nebular Central
Star Temperature," J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 220,
887, 1978.
*41. "The Abundances of He, N, Ne, Ar, and Cl," J. B. Kaler, Int. Ast.
Union. Symposium No. 7 Planetary Nebulae, p. 235 (Dordrecht: Reidel),
1978.
42. "Galactic Abundances of Neon, Argon and Chlorine Derived from
Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 225,
527, 1978.
43. "The Enrichment of Helium in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 226, 947, 1978.
44. "On the Enhancement of Helium and Nitrogen in Planetary Nebulae," J.
B. Kaler, I. Iben, Jr., and S.A. Becker, Astrophysical Journal,
224, L63, 1978.
45. "The Enrichment of Nitrogen and Helium in Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 228, 163, 1979.
46. "Observations of Peripheral Regions of the Orion Nebula," J. B.
Kaler, D.J. Lien, and M.L. Peck, Astrophysical Journal, 234,
909, 1979.
47. "An Optical Light Curve for Nova Cygni 1978," J. S. Gallagher, J. B.
Kaler, E. C. Olson, W. Hartkopf, and D. A. Hunter, Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 92, 46, 1980.
48. "Stellar Mass and the Evolution of Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 237, 491, 1980.
49. "He2-467: A Yellow Symbiotic Star," J. B. Kaler and J. H. Lutz,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 92,
81, 1980.
50. "The Oxygen Enrichment of the Galaxy," Astrophysical Journal,
J. B. Kaler, 239, 78, 1980.
51. "Neutral Oxygen and Nitrogen Lines in Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 239, 592, 1980.
*52. "Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Nature, 285, 439,
1980.
53. "AG Draconis," J. B. Kaler, IAU Circular No. 3540, Nov. 17,
1980.
54. "[S II] in Nebular Spectra and Relative Sulfur to Oxygen Ratios," J.
B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 244, 54, 1981.
55. "The R Aquarii Nebula," J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal,
245, 568, 1981.
56. "Carbon in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical
Journal, 249, 201, 1981.
57. "Two Contrasting Abell Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and W.
Hartkopf, Astrophysical Journal, 249, 602, 1981.
58. "Large High-Excitation Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 250, L31, 1981.
59. "Red/Blue Intensity Ratios in Expanding Planetary Nebulae," J. R.
Doughty and J. B. Kaler, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 94, 43, 1982.
60. "The Peculiar Galaxy Abell 76," D. L. Talent, J. B. Kaler, J. S.
Gallagher, and D. A. Hunter, Astrophysical Journal, 260, 488,
1982.
61. "The Absolute H-Beta Flux From NGC 7027," R.A. Shaw and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 261, 510, 1982.
62. "On the Evolution of those Planetary Nebulae that Experience a Final
Helium Shell Flash," I. Iben, J. B. Kaler, J. W. Truran, and A. Renzini,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 264, 605, 1983.
63. "A Photometric Survey of Compact Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 264, 594, 1983.
64. "The Binary Central Star of the Planetary Nebula LT-5," W. A.
Feibelman and J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 269, 592,
1983.
65. "The Evolution of Large Planetary Nebulae and their Central Stars,"
J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 271, 188, 1983.
*66. "Elemental Abundances in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Planetary Nebulae, IAU Symposium No. 103, D. Flower, ed. (Dordrecht:
Reidel) p. 245, 1983.
67. "Misclassified and Misidentified Planetary Nebulae and Nuclei," J.
H. Lutz and J. B. Kaler, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 95, 739, 1983.
68. "Ultraviolet Activity in EG Andromedae," J. B. Kaler and J. Hickey,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 95,
759, 1983.
69. "The OVI Nucleus of the Planetary M3-30," J. B. Kaler and R. A.
Shaw, Astrophysical Journal, 278, 195, 1984.
70. "Differential Photometry and Absolute Spectrophotometry of CH
Cygni," J. B. Kaler, S. J. Kenyon, and J. P. Hickey, Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 95, 1006, 1983.
71. "The Central Star of Abell 78," J. B. Kaler and W. Feibelman,
Astrophysical Journal, 282, 719, 1984.
72. "The Relation between Radius and Expansion Velocity in Planetary
Nebulae," Y.-H. Chu, K. B. Kwitter, J. B. Kaler, and G. H. Jacoby,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 96,
598, 1984.
73. "Wind-Distances for Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, J.-E. Mo, and
S. R. Pottasch, Astrophysical Journal, 288, 305, 1985.
74. "Spectrophotometry of Twelve Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 290, 531, 1985.
*75. "Planetary Nebulae and Their Central Stars," J. B. Kaler, in
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 23, 89, 1985.
76. "Apparent Magnitudes of Luminous Planetary Nuclei, I. Method and
Application," R. A. Shaw and J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal,
295, 537, 1985.
77. "The Nature of Weinberger-12," J. B. Kaler and W.
A.Feibelman,Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
97, 660, 1985.
78. "Dust Distances to Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and J. H.Lutz,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 97,
700, 1985.
79. "Ultraviolet Spectra of the Central Stars of Large Planetary
Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and W. A. Feibelman, Astrophysical Journal,
297, 724, 1985.
80. "Extended Light Curves for Nova Cygni 1978," J. B. Kaler,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific," 98,
243, 1985.
*81. "Hot Stars: Breaking through the Wall," J. B. Kaler, Nature,
320, 394, 1986.
*82. "Planetary Nebulae and the Death of Stars," J. B. Kaler, The
American Scientist, 74, 244, 1986.
83. "Electron Temperatures in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 308, 322, 1986.
84. "C+2 Electron Temperatures in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal, 308, 337, 1986.
85. "Limited Analysis of Two ESO Planetary Nebulae and an ESO Galaxy,"
J. B. Kaler and K. B. Kwitter, Publications of the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific, 98, 1291, 1986.
86. "The Light Variation of AG Draconis in its Quiet State," J. B.
Kaler, Astronomical Journal, 94, 437, 1987.
87. "Photometry of the 1980 Outburst of AG Draconis," J. B. Kaler, C.
A.Stoehr, W. I. Hartkopf, R. A. Shaw, K. Hufford, E. C. Olson, A. Shankar, J.
P. Hickey, and K. B. Kwitter, Astronomical Journal, 94, 452,
1987.
88."Spectrophotometry of the Compact Planetary Nebulae NGC 6879 and NGC
6881," J. B. Kaler, P. Pratap, and K. Kwitter, Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 99, 952, 1987.
89. "The Complex Wind of the Central Star of Planetary Nebula Abell 78,"
J. B. Kaler, W. A. Feibelman, and H. Henrichs, Astrophysical Journal,
324, 528, 1988.
90. "Extreme Carbon Enrichment in a Planetary Nebula," J. B. Kaler,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 100,
620, 1988.
91. "The Highly Enriched Planetary Nebula BV-1," J. B. Kaler, Y.-H. Chu,
and G. H. Jacoby, Astronomical Journal, 96, 1407, 1988.
92. "Apparent Magnitudes of Luminous Planetary Nebula Nuclei. II. A
Survey of Southern Hemisphere Planetaries," R. A. Shaw and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 69, 495, 1989.
*93."Magnitudes, Spectra, and Temperatures of Planetary Nuclei," J. B.
Kaler, Planetary Nebulae, Int. Ast. Union Symposium No. 131, S.
Torres-Peimbert, ed. (Dordrecht: Reidel) p. 229, 1989.
94."A Case Study of a WC Planetary Nebula Nucleus: Henize 2-99," J. B.
Kaler, R. A. Shaw, W. A. Feibelman, and J. H. Lutz, Astrophysical Journal
Supplement Series, 70, 213, 1989.
95."Electron Densities in Planetary Nebulae," L. Stanghellini and J. B.
Kaler, Astrophysical Journal, 343, 811, 1989.
96. "Central Star Temperatures of Optically Thick Planetary Nebulae and
a Distance-Independent Test of Dredge-Up Theory," J. B. Kaler and G. H.
Jacoby, Astrophysical Journal, 345, 871, 1989.
97. "Magnitudes of Central Stars in Optically Thick Planetary Nebulae,"
G.H.Jacoby and J. B. Kaler, Astronomical Journal, 98, 1662,
1989.
98. "He2 104: A Link Between Symbiotic Stars and Planetary Nebulae?"
J.H. Lutz, J. B. Kaler, R.A. Shaw, H.E. Schwarz, and C. Aspin,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 101,
966, 1989.
99."Large Planetary Nebulae and Their Implications for the Late Stages
of Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler, R.A. Shaw, and K. B. Kwitter,
Astrophysical Journal, 359, 392, 1990.
100. "The Relation Between Chemical Enrichment and Core Mass in
Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and G. H. Jacoby, Astrophysical
Journal, 362, 491, 1990.
101. "PB 6 and its Central Star," J. B. Kaler, R.A. Shaw, W.A.
Feibelman, and C. L. Imhoff Publications of the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific, 103, 67, 1991.
102. "Central Star Temperatures of Low Excitation Planetary Nebulae," J.
B. Kaler and G.H. Jacoby, Astrophysical Journal, 372, 215,
1991.
103. "A Spectroscopic Study of the Three Symbiotic Stars He2-171, Ap1-9,
and Ap1-11, J. B. Kaler, J. Hayes, D. Bell, Nd L. Stanghellini,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 103,
561, 1991.
104. "Core Masses and Abundances of Low-Excitation Planetary Nebulae in
the Magellanic Clouds," J. B. Kaler and G. Jacoby, Astrophysical
Journal, 382, 134, 1991.
105. "The Distribution of HCO+ Around the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027," L.
Likkel, L. Snyder, J. Kaler, ESO/CTIO Workshop on Mass Loss on the AGB and
Beyond, La Serena, Chile, 1992.
106. "A Catalogue of Absolute Fluxes and Distances of Planetary
Nebulae," J. H. Cahn, J. B. Kaler, and L. Stanghellini, Astronomy and
Astrophysics Supplement Series, 94, 399, 1992.
*107. "Nebulae, Planetary, Energetics and Radiation," J. B. Kaler,
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, ed: S. P. Maran, Van
Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1992, p. 473.
*108. "Nebulae, Planetary, Origin and Evolution," I. Iben, Jr., and J. B,
Kaler, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, ed: S. P. Maran,
Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1992, p. 477.
109. "Diffuse X-Ray Emission from the Dumbbell Nebula? Y.-H. Chu, K. B.
Kwitter, and J. B. Kaler, Astronomical Journal, 106, 650, 1993.
110. "Spectrophotometry of 15 Planetary Nebulae and a Possible
Symbiotic Star," J. B. Kaler, D. Bell, J. Hayes, and L. Stanghellini,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 105,
599, 1993.
111. "Improved Observations of Faint Planetary Nebulae in the Magellanic
Clouds," G. H. Jacoby and J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal,
417, 209, 1993.
112. "NGC 2371: A High Excitation Planetary Nebula with an O VI
Nucleus," J. B. Kaler, L. Stanghellini, and R. A. Shaw, Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 279, 529, 1993.
113. "Narrow Emission Line O VI Planetary Nebula Nuclei," L.
Stangehllini, J. B. Kaler, and R. A. Shaw, Astronomy and Astrophysics,
291, 604, 1994.
114. "Broad Emission Line O VI Planetary Nebula Nuclei," L.
Stangehllini, J. B. Kaler, R. A. Shaw, and S. di Serego Alighieri,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 302, 211, 1995.
*115. "Abundances in Local Group Planetary Nebulae, in Highlights of
Astronomy, IAU, I. Appenzeller, ed., vol. 10, p. 480, 1995.
116. "Variability of IUE Spectra of the Pulsating Nucleus of the
Planetary Nebula K1-16," W. A. Feibelman, J. B, Kaler, H. A. Bond, and A. D.
Grauer, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
107, 914, 1995.
117."[N II] and [O III] Electron Temperatures in Planetary Nebulae," F.
C. McKenna, F. P. Keenan, J. B. Kaler, A. W. Wickstead, K. L. Bell, and K. M.
Aggarwal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
108, 610, 1996.
118. "Spectrophotometry of Planetary Nebulae. III. IIDS Observations
of Compact Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, K. B. Kwitter, R. A. Shaw, and L. Browning,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 108,
980, 1996.
119. "An Electronic Emission-Line Catalog for Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler, R. A. Shaw, and L. Browning, Publications of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific, 109, 289, 1997.
*120. "Gaseous Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, The Encyclopedia of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics Publ., 2001, p. 957.
*121. "Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, The Encyclopedia of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics Publ., 2001, p. 2066.
122. "The Enigmatic X-ray Point Sources at the Central Stars of NGC 6543
and NGC 7293," M. A. Guerrero, Y-H. Chu, R. A. Gruendl, R. M. Williams, and
J. B. Kaler, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 553 L55, 2001.
123. "CHANDRA Reveals the X-Ray Glint in the Cat's Eye," Y-H. Chu,
M. A. Guerrero, R. A. Gruendl, R. M. Williams, and J. B. Kaler,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 553 L69, 2001.
*124. "Lawrence Hugh Aller," Obituary, J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 35, 1453, 2003.
*125. "Kenneth M. Yoss," Obituary, J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the
American Astronomical Society, 44, 016, 2012.
ABSTRACTS
1."A Homemade Planetarium," J. B. Kaler, Proceedings of the
Astronomical League General Convention, Washington, D. C, Carnegie
Institution, p. 53, 1953.
2. "Recombination Spectra of Hydrogen and Helium in Gaseous Nebulae,"
J. B. Kaler, Astronomical Journal, 69, 545, 1964.
3. "The Spectrum of the Non-Thermal Planetary Nebula NGC 3242," S. J.
Czyzak, J. B. Kaler, D. J. Faulkner, and L. H. Aller, Astronomical
Journal, 70, 672, 1965.
4. "The Expansion of the Orion Nebula," J. B. Kaler, Astronomical
Journal, 70, 680, 1965.
5. "Central Star Temperatures of Planetary Nebulae by Stoy's Method,"
J. B. Kaler, Astronomical Journal, 72, 305, 1967.
6. "A Comparison of Calculated and Observed Extinctions for Planetary
Nebulae," J. H. Cahn and J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society, 1, 184, 1969.
7. "Oxygen and Helium Abundances in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Bulletin of the A.A.S., 2, 202, 1970.
8. "Extinctions and Electron Temperatures of Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler and J. H. Cahn, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 2, 202, 1970.
9. "The Spectrum of NGC 7027," J. B. Kaler, S. J. Czyzak, and L. H.
Aller, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 5, 12, 1973.
10. "The Physical Conditions in NGC 7027," J. B. Kaler, L. H. Aller, S.
J. Czyzak, and H. W. Eps, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 7, 243, 1975.
11. "Central Star Temperatures of Emission Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Bulletin of the A.A.S., 7, 557, 1976.
12. "AG Draconis, 1975-1977," J.H. Lutz, T.E. Lutz, and J. B. Kaler,
Bulletin of the A.A.S., 9, 642, 1977.
13. "The Enrichment of Helium and Nitrogen in Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 10, 399, 1978.
14. "Galactic Oxygen Abundances from Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
Bulletin of the A.A.S., 11, 469, 1979.
15. "X-ray Detection and Starspot Model for AG Draconis," N. A.
Oliverson, C. M. Anderson, J. P. Cassinelli, W. T. Sanders, and J. B. Kaler,
Bulletin of the A.A.S., 12, 819, 1980.
16. "Apparent Magnitudes of PN Nuclei," R.A. Shaw and J. B. Kaler, in
Planetary Nebulae, I.A.U. Symposium No. 103, ed. D. Flower (Dordrecht:
Reidel), p. 532.
17. "Ultraviolet Spectra of the Nuclei of Large Planetary Nebulae," J.
B. Kaler and W. A. Feibelman, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 15, 931,
1983.
18. "The Distribution of Planetary Nuclei in the log L-log T Plane," R.
A. Shaw, J. W. Truran, and J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the A.A.S.,
16, 530, 1984.
19. "A Multicolor Light Curve for the Symbiotic Star AG Draconis," J. B.
Kaler, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 18, 683, 1986.
20. "He2-36: Planetary Nebula with a Jet?" J. Lutz, B. Balick, J. B.
Kaler, R. Shaw, S. Heathcote, and W. Weller, Bulletin of the A.A.S.,
18, 951, 1987.
21. "The Morphology and Physical Characteristics of A14," J. H. Lutz and
J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 19, 1090, 1987.
22. "Photometry of Southern-Hemisphere Planetary Nebulae," R.A. Shaw and
J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 19, 1090, 1987.
23. "A Method to Estimate Central Star Temperatures in Optically Thick
Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and G. H. Jacoby, Bulletin of the
A.A.S., 20, 1051, 1988.
24. "Electron Densities in Planetary Nebulae," L. Stanghellini and J. B.
Kaler, Int. Ast. Union Symposium 131, Planetary Nebulae, S. Torres-
Peimbert, ed. (Dordrecht:Kluwer), p. 220, 1989.
25. "A Case Study of a WC Nucleus," J. B. Kaler, R.A. Shaw, and W.A.
Feibelman, ibid. p, 313.
26. "Stalled Winds: Interactions between Nebulae and Stellar Winds," J.
B. Kaler, W. A. Feibelman, R. A. Shaw, and H. Henrichs, ibid. p, 456.
27. "The N/O-Core Mass Relationship in Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler,
R. A. Shaw, and K. B. Kwitter, IAU Colloquium 106, Evolution of Peculiar
Red Giant Stars, ed. H. R. Johnson and B. Zuckerman, (Cambridge:Cambridge
University Press), p. 235, 1989.
28. "He2-104: A Link Between Planetary Nebulae and Symbiotic Stars?" J.
H. Lutz, J. B. Kaler, R. A. Shaw, H. E. Schwarz, and C. Aspin, Bulletin of
the A.A.S., 21, 746, 1989.
29. "New Ultraviolet and Optical Observations of He2-36," J.H. Lutz, J.
B. Kaler, R. A. Shaw, C. L. Imhoff, S. Heathcote, and W. Weller, Bulletin
of the A.A.S., 21, 1200, 1989.
30. "Nitrogen Enrichment and Core Mass in Planetary Nebulae," J. B.
Kaler and G. H. Jacoby, Bulletin of the A.A.S., 21, 1200, 1989.
31. "Temperature Relations Among Planetary Nebula Central Stars and
Abundance-Core Mass Relations in the Magellanic Clouds,"Bulletin of the
A.A.S., 22, 1249, 1990.
32. "An Electronic Catalogue of Emission Line Fluxes of Planetary
Nebulae," R. A. Shaw, J. B. Kaler, and L. Browning, late paper, 185th Meeting
of the AAS, January, 1995.
33. "Through the Eye of Stardial," J. B. Kaler, 33rd Annual GLPA
Conference, October, 1998.
34. "Stardial: Students Doing Real Science," M. Svec and J. B. Kaler,
National Science Teachers Association Convention, Boston, 1999.
35. "Chandra Reveals X-ray Glint in the Cat's Eye," Y.-H. Chu, M. A,
Guerrero, R. A. Gruendl, and J. B. Kaler, Bulletin of the A.A.S.,
32, 1397, 2000.
POPULAR AND EDUCATIONAL WORKS
Invited papers and articles are indicated by an asterisk (*).
*1. "Planetary Nebulae and Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler,
Mercury, 10, 114, 1981.
2. "Bubbles from Dying Stars," J. B. Kaler, Sky and Telescope,
63, 129, 1982.
3. "The Astrophysical Zoo: AG Draconis," J. B. Kaler, Mercury,
11, 83, 1982.
4. "R Aquarii: An Extraordinary Variable Star," J. B. Kaler, Sky
and Telescope, 64, 141, 1982.
"The Spectral Sequence," J. B. Kaler, a series of ten articles on
stellar spectral types published by Sky and Telescope:
5. I. "Origins of the Spectral Sequence," 71, 129, Feb. 1986.
6. II. "The M Stars: Supergiants to Dwarfs," 71, 450, May
1986.
7. III. "The K Stars: Orange Giants and Dwarfs," 72, 130,
August 1986.
8. IV. "Cousins of Our Sun: The G Stars," 72, 450, Nov. 1986.
9. V. "The Temperate F Stars," 73, 131, Feb. 1987.
10. VI. "White Sirian Stars: Class A," 73, 491, May 1987.
11. VII. "The B Stars: Beacons of the Skies" 74, 147,
August 1987.
12. VIII. "The Spectacular O Stars," 74, 465, Nov. 1987.
13. IX. "Extraordinary Spectral Types," 75, 149, Feb. 1988.
14. X. "Journeys on the HR Diagram," 75, 483, May 1988.
*15. "Le Stelle più Calde" (The Hottest Stars), J. B. Kaler,
l'Astronomia (Italy), 10, 8, Jan. 1988.
16. "The Spectra of the Stars," J. B. Kaler, captioned slide set for
teachers produced from "Stars and Their Spectra," (see BOOKS, no. 3)
for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1989.
*17. "Le Stelle più Fredde" (The Coolest Stars), J. B. Kaler,
l' Astronomia, 11, 6, December 1989.
*18. "Stellar Evolution Along the Southern Milky Way," J. B. Kaler,
Proc. of the 25th Annual GLPA (Great Lakes Planetarium Association)
Conference, p. 12, 1990.
*20. "Le Stelle più Grandi," J. B. Kaler, (The Largest Stars),
l'Astronomia, 12, 4, March 1990.
15a. "Realm of the Hottest Stars," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy,
18, February 1990, p. 22 (English version of No. 15)
17a. "The Coolest Stars," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, 18, May
1990. p. 20 (English version of No. 17).
20a. "The Largest Stars in the Galaxy," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy,
18, October 1990, p. 30 (English version of No. 20).
*21. "Le Stelle più Luminose," (The Brightest Stars), J. B.
Kaler, l'Astronomia, 12, 3, October 1990.
21a. "The Brightest Stars in the Galaxy," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy,
19, May, 1991, p. 30 (English version of No. 22.)
*22. "Le Stelle più Piccole," (The Smallest Stars), J. B. Kaler,
l'Astronomia, 13, 4, January 1991.
22a. "The Smallest Stars in the Universe," J, B. Kaler,
Astronomy, 19,November, 1991, p. 30 (English version of No. 22)
*23. "1990 Astronomy Update," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 26th Annual GLPA Conference p. 6, 1991.
*24. "Planetary Nebulae in Other Galaxies," J. B. Kaler,
Stardate, 19, 4, 1991.
*25. "Le Stelle più Deboli" (The Faintest Stars)," J. B. Kaler,
l'Astronomia, 13, 16, May, 1991.
25a. "The Faintest Stars in the Galaxy," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy,
19, August, 1991, p. 26 (English version of No. 25).
*26. "1991 Astronomy Update," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 27th Annual GLPA Conference p. 1, 1992.
*27. "Watching the Death of a Star," J. B. Kaler, Scientific
American, 266 (May), 134, 1992.
*28. "Le Stelle più Strane," (The Strangest Stars), J. B. Kaler,
l'Astronomia, 14, 12, June, 1992.
*29. "Giant Star," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology, seventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 8, 90-91,
1992.
*30. "Astronomy Update 1992," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 28th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 20, 1993.
*31. "Spectral Type," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Astronomy, second ed., J. Weil, ed. p. 390, 1993.
*32. "Color Index," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Astronomy, second ed. J. Weil, ed., p. 84, 1993.
*33. "Hypergiants," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, 22, 32, March,
1994.
28a. "Stellar Oddballs," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, 22, 51,
September, 1994. (English version of No. 28).
*34. "Le Stelle più Giovani" ("The Youngest Stars"), J. B. Kaler,
l'Astronomia, 142, 16, April, 1994.
*35. "Astronomy Update 1993," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 29th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 5, 1994.
*36. "Astronomy Update 1994," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 30th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 11, 1995.
*37. "Astronomy Update 1995," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 31st Annual GLPA Conference, p. 26, 1996.
38. "Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler, captioned slide set for teachers
produced from "Stars" (see BOOKS, no. 4) and "Astronomy!" (see
BOOKS, no. 5) for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1996.
*39. "Extreme Stars: At the Edge of Stellar Behavior," J. B. Kaler,
Astronomy, 25, 54(January), 1997.
*40. "Astronomy Update 1996," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 32nd Annual GLPA Conference, p. 23, 1997.
*41. "Le Stelle più Antiche" ("The Oldest Stars"), J. B. Kaler,
l'Astronomia, 19, 34, May, 1997.
*42."Ask Astro," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, 25, 86 (July),
1997.
*44. "Foreword" to "Through the Eyes of Hubble," a book by R. Naeye, J.
B. Kaler, Kalmbach Books, 1997.
*45."From Planetaries to Planets," a transcription, in Astrocon'96
Proceedings, J. B. Kaler, Astronomical League, p. 77, 1996.
46. "Elements of the Universe. The Teacher's Guide," S. Kennedy and J.
B. Kaler, Jensan Educational Products, 1997; rev. 2001.
46a. "Elements of the Universe. The Study Guide," S. Kennedy and J. B.
Kaler, Jensan Educational Products, 1998.
*47. "Astronomy Update 1997," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 33rd Annual GLPA Conference, p. 28, 1998.
*48."Birth and Maturity," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy Now, 12,
45 (June), 1998.
*49. "Now You See It.... Now You Don't... Astronomy in Review," J. B.
Kaler, Skywatch '99, p. 20, Sky Publishing Corp., 1998.
*50. "Double and Variable Stars," in The Universe Revealed, J. B.
Kaler, Mitchell Beazley, Reed Consumer Books Ltd., London, 1998, pp. 104-109.
*51."Eyewitness to Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler, Sky and
Telescope, 97, 40 (March), 1999.
*52. "Astronomy Update 1998," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 34th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 19, 1999.
*53."Planetary Nebulae," J. B. Kaler and B. Balick, captioned slide set
for teachers produced for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1999.
*54. "Astronomy Update 1999," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 35th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 5, 2000.
*55."Three Astronomies: 1999 Armand N. Spitz Lecture." J. B. Kaler,
Proc. of the 35th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 12, 2000.
*55a."Three Astronomies: 1999 Armand N. Spitz Lecture." J. B. Kaler,
The Planetarian, 12 (March), p. 5, 2000 (republication).
*56."De Schatkamer van de Sterren" (A Treasury of Stars), J. B. Kaler,
Zenit, 27 (January), p. 4, 2000.
*57. "Beyond the Rainbow," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, 28, 38
(September), 2000.
*58."Stars in the Cellar: Classes Lost and Found," Sky and
Telescope, 100, 38 (September), 2000.
59. "What is 29 Doradus?," J. R. Dickel, J. B. Kaler, A. C. Calder, R.
F. Webbink, E. Olszewski, D. Welch, E. C. Olson, N. L. Romero, and D. F.
Bright, Mercury, 29, 38 (September/October), 2000.
*60. "Astronomy Update 2000," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 36th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 4, 2001.
*62. "Star," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, ninth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 17, 338-347, 2002.
*63. "Dwarf Star,", "Red Dwarf Star," Subgiant Star," Supergiant Star"
(a suite of short articles), J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, ninth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York: 5, 710-
711; 15, 272; 17, 586; 17, 704-705, 2002.
*64. "Spectral Type," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, ninth second ed. McGraw-Hill, New York,
17, 215-217, 2002 (revision of No. 31).
*65. "Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, ninth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 17, 415-
422, 2002.
*66. "Astronomy Update 2001," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 37th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 1, 2002.
*67. "Lighting the Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Newsletter, Lowestoft and
Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Jan/April, 2002.
67a. "Lighting the Nebulae," J. B. Kaler, Mercury, 31, 17
(July/August), 2002.
*68. A suite of 69 entries on spectroscopy for Philip's Astronomy
Encyclopedia, ed. P. Moore, Philip's, Octopus Publishing Group, London,
2002.
*69. "Three White Stars," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Sept./Dec. 2002.
*70. "Riding the Unicorn," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/April 2003.
*71. "Stellaire Families" (Stellar Families), J. B. Kaler,
Zenit, 30 (March), p. 105, 2003.
*72. "The Admirable Bull" (with photo),
J. B. Kaler, Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional
Astronomers, May/August 2003.
*73. "Astronomy Update 2002," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 38th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 1, 2003.
*74. "Access Science Q&A," McGraw-Hill Companies, Questions and
Answers, http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/QA/:
1. Size of Sun (2003).
*75. "Watering the Goat," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/April 2004.
*76. "Astronomy Update 2003," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 39th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 12, 2004.
*77. "Spring's Diamond," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
May/August 2004.
*78. "Heroic Stars," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
August/December 2004.
79. "Through Taurus to the Anticenter," J. B. Kaler, Sky and
Telescope, 109, No. 2, 91 (February), 2005.
*80. "Hunting Orion," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
January/April 2005.
*81. "Astronomy Update 2004," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 40th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 10, 2005.
*82. "The Navigator," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
May/August 2005.
*83. "The Royal Sky," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
August/December 2005.
*84. "Day Into Night," J. B. Kaler, Ninth Letter, vol. 1 No. 2,
Fall Winter, 2005.
*85. "Astronomy Update 2005," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 41st Annual GLPA Conference, p. 12, 2006.
*86. "Going to the Dogs," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
January/June 2006.
*87. "Meet the Neighbors," J. B. Kaler, Astronomy, 34, No.
4, 46 (April), 2006.
*88. "A
Minute with Jim Kaler," interview on the outer Solar System posted on the
U of I home page (http://illinois.edu) for
the week beginning Feb. 24, 2006, and archived at
http://illinois.edu/pc/article/72/467/page=17/list=list. Reprinted in
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
August/December 2006.
89. "The State of the Universe...What We Think We Know and What We
Don't," J. B. Kaler, in State of the Universe 2007: New Images,
Discoveries, and Events, M. Ratcliffe, ed., Springer/Praxis, Chichester,
2007.
*90. "Astronomy Update 2006," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 41st Annual GLPA Conference, p. 1, 2007.
*91. "Dwarf Star," "Giant Star," "Subgiant Star," "Supergiant Star," a
suite of short articles, J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology, tenth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, in press, 2007,
revision of #29 and #63.
*92. "Color Index," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology, tenth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, in press, 2007,
revision of #32.
*93. "Spectral Type," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology, tenth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, in press, 2007,
revision of #64.
*94. "Star," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, tenth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, in press, 2007, revision of
#62.
*95. "Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, tenth ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, in press, 2007,
revision of #65.
*96. "The Bunny and the Bird," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
January/June 2007.
*97. "What I'm Reading," Jim Kaler, "BBC Sky at Night," February 2007, p.
103.
*98. "Chasing the Fox," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
August/December 2007.
*99. "The Amateur Spark," D. Levy and J. B. Kaler, in Science
Education Under the Stars: Amateur Astronomers Engaged in Education and
Public Outreach, ed: M. G. Gibbs, M, Berendsen, and M. Storksdieck, San
Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007.
*100. "The State of the Universe...New Steps in Expanding Our Knowledge,"
J. B. Kaler, in State of the Universe 2008: Images, Discoveries, and
Events, Chapter 3, p. 90, M. Ratcliffe, ed., Springer/Praxis, Chichester,
2008.
*101. "Astronomy Update 2007," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 43rd Annual GLPA Conference, p. 1, 2008.
102. "Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP): Creating Linkages and
Partnerships in the Astronomy/SpaceScience Community, J. B. Kaler, J. G.
Manning, S. Gurton, M. G. Gibbs, M. Berendsen, A. Hurst, V. White, and P.
Nelson, Proc. of the 43rd Annual GLPA Conference, p. 174, 2008.
*103. "Triangle Trio," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/July 2008.
*104."The Star of the Week," Astronomy Beat, Number 3, August 13, 2008,
Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
*105. "Tea With the Scorpion," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec
2008.
*106. "The Lizard and the Lynx," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/July 2009.
*107. "Astronomy Update 2008," J. B.
Kaler, Proc. of the 44th Annual GLPA Conference, p. 16, 2009.
*87a. "Meet the Stars Next Door," J. B. Kaler, republication of "Meet the
Neighbors," in The Milky Way Magazine, special edition of
Astronomy, 2009, p. 12.
*108. "Hot Crab Sandwich," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec
2009.
*109. "Heaven's Touch," Astronomy Beat, Number 37, November 30,
2009, Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
*110. "Riding the Chariot," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/July 2010.
*111. "Draggin' the Dragon," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec
2010.
*116. Foreword to From YAS to LYRA: A Brief History, by Ron
Larter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, 2010.
*117. "The Armored Box," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec
2011.
*118. "Cosmic Mysteries," Proceedings of the 47th Annual GLPA
Conference, p.21, 2011.
*119. "Dwarf Star," "Giant Star," "Red Dwarf Star," a suite of short
articles, J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
, eleventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012, see #91.
*120. "Color Index," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology, eleventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012, revision of
#92.
*121. "Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, eleventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New
York, 2012.
*122. "Walking with Lions," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/July 2012.
*123. "Spectral Type," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, eleventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012,
revision of #93.
*124. "Star," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and
Technology, eleventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012, revision of #94.
*125. "Stellar Evolution," J. B. Kaler, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, eleventh ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2012,
revision of #95.
*127. "Unwinding the Serpent," J. B.
Kaler, Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Aug/Dec 2012.
*128. "Twins," J. B. Kaler, Newsletter,
Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Jan/July 2013.
*112a. "Our Complex Universe: A Human Understanding through Art," in
Engaging the Heavens: Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena V,
Proceedings of a conference held at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois,
2005, ASP Conference Series vol. 468, San Francisco, ed. M. Bolt and S. Case,
p. 3, 2012.
*129. "The King," J. B. Kaler, Newsletter,
Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec 2013.
*130 "The Harp," J. B. Kaler, Newsletter,
Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Jan/July 2014.
*131. "Spectral Classifications of Stars," Discoveries in Modern
Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology, Macmillan Reference USA,
2014.
*132. "Stellar Distances and Cepheid Variables," Discoveries in Modern
Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology, Macmillan Reference USA,
2014.
*133 "Under the Handle," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec
2014.
*134 "Bearly North," J. B. Kaler,
Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers,
Jan/July 2015.
10. "Extreme Stars: At the Edge of
Creation," J. B. Kaler, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.
(American Association of Publishers Outstanding Professional and Scholarly
Title in Physics and Astronomy for 2001.)
16. "Heaven's Touch: From Killer Stars to the
Seeds of Life, How We Are Connected to the Universe," J. B. Kaler, Princeton
University Press, Princeton, 2009. (Times Higher Education Book of the Week,
September 2009.)
1. "Sterne," German translation of
"Stars," Spectrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg,1993.
2. "Stars," Japanese translation of
"Stars," Tuttle-Mori.
3. "Sterne und Ihre Spektren," German
translation of "Stars and Their Spectra: An Introduction to the Spectral
Sequence," Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 1994.
4. "Sterren," Dutch translation of
"Stars," Nature and Techniek, Maastricht/Brussel, 1994.
5. "Stelle," Italian translation of
"Stars," Zanichelli, Bologna, 1995.
6. "Les Etoiles," French translation of
"Stars," Pour la Science, 1997.
7. "Kosmische Wolken," German translation
of "Cosmic Clouds, Spectrum Akademsischer Verlag, 1998.
8. "Kosmische Wolken," Dutch translation of
"Cosmic Clouds," Segment, 1998.
9. "Il Libricino delle Stelle," Italian
translation of "The Little Book of Stars," l'Astronomia, Milano, 2001.
10. "Honderd Unieke Sterren," Dutch
translation of "The Hundred Greatest Stars," Veen Magazines B. V., Diemen,
2005.
1. "Giants in the Sky: The Fate of the Sun," excerpt from "Stars",
Mercury, 22, 34, March/April, 1993.
2. "Physical Science," P. G. Hewitt and J. B. Kaler, HarperCollins
Custom Books (includes five chapters drawn from "Astronomy"), 1994.
3. "Drie Unieke Alfasterren," excerpt from "Honderd Unieke Sterren"
(Dutch translation of "The Hundred Greatest Stars"), Zenit, 33
(January), p. 26, 2006.
4. "Stars," T. A. Fleming, ed., University Readers, 2011, uses 209 pages
and 48 illustrations from "Stars" (Scientific American Library).
BOOK REVIEWS
1. "The Search for the Nebulae," by Kenneth Glyn Jones, Neale Watson
Academic Publ., N.Y., 1985, J. B. Kaler, Journal of the Astronautical
Sciences, vol. 24, p. 283, 1976.
2. "Planetary Nebulae: A Study of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution,"
by Stuart R. Pottasch, Astrophys. and Sp. Sci. Lib., vol. 107, Reidel,
Dordrecht. J. B. Kaler, in American Scientist, vol. 73, p. 77, 1985.
3. "Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics," vol. I, Basic Stellar
Observations and Data," by E. Böhm-Vitense, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, J. B. Kaler, in Sky and Telescope, vol. 79, p. 505, May
1990.
4. "Physical Sciences," Heath and Company, J. B. Kaler, in Bookwatch
Reviews, 1991.
5. "Images of the Universe," Carole Stott, ed., J. B. Kaler, in New
Scientist.
WEB SITES
1. "Astronomy: A Brief Edition,"
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/AstroBrief/
2. "Skylights," (with the Star of the
Week), http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/skylights.html
3. "Stars: Portraits of Stars and their
Constellations" (Stars of the Week),
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/sow.html, includes cognate sites on
constellations, star names, and stars with orbiting planets.
1. Scout Report Selection (Internet Scout Project, University of
Wisconsin) for the week of September 18, 1998 for "Skylights" and "Stars."
2. Space Careers "Space Site of the Week" for the week of March 7, 1999
for "Skylights."
3. Star Award from Griffith Observatory for the week of March 14, 1999
for "Stars" ("Stars of the Week.")
4. Webivore (a division of The Learning Company) Featured Site for
"Skylights" and "Stars," 1999.
ASTRONOMICAL/EARTH PHOTOGRAPHY
1. Moon and Venus in the Evening Sky, two-page spread in The
Universe Revealed, Mitchell Beazley, Reed Consumer Books Ltd., London,
1998, pp. 152-153.
2. Thirty constellation photographs in My First Pocket Guide:
Constellations, National Geographic Society, 2000.
3. Eridanus in
Astronomy Picture of the Day for 7 August, 2000
(http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000807.html).
4. The
Glory in Astronomy Picture of the Day for 17 April, 2002
(http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020417.html).
5. Cygnus, part of X-ray astronomy display at the Air and
Space Gallery at the California Science Center, 2002.
6. Spectacular Sun Pillar in
Earth Science Picture of the Day for December 11, 2002
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2002/12/spectacular-sun-pillar.html).
6a. Sun Pillar, in PM Perspektive (Germany), Jan. 2003. p.
60.
7. Frozen in Time (icicle) in Earth Science Picture of the Day for
December 31, 2002
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2002/12/frozen-in-time.html).
8. Striking Subsun in Earth Science Picture of the Day for January
10, 2003
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2003/01/striking-subsun.html).
9. Subsun and Halo in
Earth Science Picture of the Day for March 4, 2003
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2003/03/subsun-and-halo.html).
4a. The Glory in "Mathematics in Nature," by J. A. Adam,
Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2003, Plate 8.
10. Brilliant Subsun in Earth Science Picture of the Day for May 11,
2005
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2005/05/brilliant-subsun.html).
11. Sundog and Parhelic Circle in Earth Science Picture of the Day for
April 25, 2006
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2006/04/sundog-and-parhelic-circle.html).
12. "Cygnus" (labelled photo), Eau
Claire WI Leader-Telegram, August 26, 2006.
7a. "Icicle," Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
News, posted October 21, 2007.
13. Midnight Sun in Earth Science Picture of the Day for November 7,
2007
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2007/11/midnight-sun-at-deadhorse-alaska.html)
14. Five images of Sunrise, Sun/Moon on water, for Australian
Broadcasting Corp., Encounter radio program, illustrations for Web
broadcast of God of
the Deep
(http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2008/2260443.htm)
15. Atlantic Sunrise in Earth Science Picture of the Day for October
2, 2008
(http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2008/10/ocean-sunrise.html)
16. North Pacific off the Aleutian Coast in Joys of
the Window Seat collection, one of 325 (variously 260-270), New York
Times on line, April 29, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/02/travel/joys-window-seat.html?re
f=travel
17. "Cancer" (photo), cover image for doctoral dissertation by M. J.
Titular, University of Leiden, Netherlands, 2010, "Prediction of small cell
lung cancer in the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome"
18. Double rainbow, Cover of Newsletter, Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth
Regional Astronomers, Aug/Dec 2013.
TEACHING RECORD
COURSES TAUGHT
1. one-semester elementary astronomy.
2. two-semester elementary astronomy.
3. one-semester specialty course on aspects of the sky.
4. general astronomy for scientists and engineers.
5. introductory astrophysics (undergraduate).
6. stellar atmospheres (graduate).
7. gaseous nebulae and the interstellar medium (graduate).
8. observational astronomy (undergrad-grad.).
9. extramural, non-credit adult classes in general astronomy and in
the planetary system.
10. extension courses in general astronomy at Chanute Air Force
Base, late 1960s.
11. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) course, "Sun and
Stars," 2010-2012.
DISSERTATION STUDENTS
1. William E. Greig, "Population Discrimination among Planetary
Nebulae," 1967.
2. Paul D. Lee, "Level Populations of Hydrogen and Helium in Gaseous
Nebulae," 1968.
3. Julie H. Lutz, "Interstellar Dust and Distances to Planetary
Nebulae," 1971.
4. Carolyn L. Matthews, " Study of Small Diffuse Nebulae," 1975.
5. John R. Doughty, "Internal Dust in Planetary Nebulae," 1976.
6. Richard A. Shaw, "The Evolution of Planetary Nebula Nuclei," 1985.
7. Letizia Stanghellini, "Hot Planetary Nebula Nuclei and Related
Objects, 1995.
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