I am Harlan J. Smith Centennial Professor of Astronomy (Emeritus) at the University of Texas at Austin, and former chairman of the U.T. Department of Astronomy. I am also an Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the University of Vermont. The Astronomy Department of the University of Texas hosted a retirement party for me, "Priors, Quaternions, and Residuals, Oh My".
You can see an enlarged version of my family portrait (Left to Right: Mark, Sue, myself, Tom) by clicking on the thumbnail portrait.
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Here are some Selected Papers.
Here is a link to my Atlas
of Surfaces
of Section for the Restricted Problem of Three Bodies, which
was out of print but is now
available on the web.
I was the Principal Investigator for the Hubble Space Telescope
Astrometry
Science Team. The Astrometry Science Team advised NASA on
developing the HST Fine
Guidance Sensors as astronomical instruments, and since launch has used
them in scientific investigations.
To learn more about Harlan Smith, click here.
To see the brochure that U.T. issued to inaugurate the Smith
Professorship,
click here.
The brochure
was put out a long time ago, so it is dated (my beard is gray,
and my kids are grown up...see picture above). It describes what we
planned
to do with the Hubble at that time (before the Challenger disaster
and before major changes in the HST program). It also includes
some personal information about Harlan Smith.
A number of folks have asked about our farm in Fayston,Vermont,
to which Sue and I have retired. I have put up some pictures
for your enjoyment.
Here is a link to the 1995
New York Howlerfest Home Page. The Howlerfest took place on
July 28, 1995 at the Museum of Natural History in New York. See
the professors of the University of Ediacara! See the action at
the Panda's Thumb!
Here is a link to my goodies
page.
All materials at this website Copyright (C) 1994 – by William H. Jefferys. All rights reserved. This page was last modified on 110826.
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