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 -
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-
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 Conunction 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."
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.
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.
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.
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?ref=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"
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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