Phil Plait

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Phil Plait is affiliated with the following schools: University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Sonoma State University

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Phil Plait

Physics

#238

World Rank

#446

Historical Rank

#115

USA Rank

Astronomy

#10

World Rank

#36

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According to Wikipedia, Philip Cary Plait , also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objects, as well as engaging in public outreach advocacy for NASA missions. He has written three books, Bad Astronomy, Death from the Skies, and Under Alien Skies. He has also appeared in several science documentaries, including How the Universe Works on the Discovery Channel. From August 2008 through 2009, he served as president of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Additionally, he wrote and hosted episodes of Crash Course Astronomy, which aired its last episode in 2016.

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Phil Plait's Published Works

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Published Works

The On-Orbit Performance of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (1998) (230)
The Disk and Environment of the Herbig Be Star HD 100546 (2001) (141)
Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Coronagraphic Imaging of the Herbig Ae Star AB Aurigae (1999) (135)
STIS Coronagraphic Imaging of the Herbig Ae Star: HD 163296 (2000) (111)
A Candidate Substellar Companion to HR 7329 (2000) (111)
An Infrared Coronagraphic Survey for Substellar Companions (2005) (90)
HST observations of the ring around SN 1987A (1995) (83)
Spatially Resolved STIS Spectroscopy of SN 1987A: Evidence for Shock Interaction with Circumstellar Gas (1997) (75)
The Nuclear Dynamics of M32. I. Data and Stellar Kinematics (2000) (46)
First Results from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph: Optical Spectra of Gliese 229B (1997) (35)
Imaging and Spectroscopy of Arcs around the Most Luminous X-Ray Cluster, RX J1347.5–1145 (1997) (30)
The evolution of the planetary nebula NGC 6826 (1990) (24)
Removing the Fringes from Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Slitless Spectra (2003) (23)
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" (2002) (23)
Coronagraphic Imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (2003) (20)
The nature of S Andromedae (SN 1885A) (1988) (13)
On-orbit optical performance of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (1998) (9)
Live Casting: Bringing Astronomy to the Masses in Real Time (2009) (6)
Death from the Skies (2008) (5)
It Takes an e-Village (2008) (4)
Book Review: Bad astronomy: misconceptions and misuses revealed from astrology to the moon landing (2002) (2)
Fringe Science: Creating a STIS CCD Fringe Flat Field (1997) (1)
The Face on Mars (2007) (1)
A Model for Removing Fringes from STIS Slitless Spectra (2000) (1)
Properties of extrasolar planets and their host stars The cases of HAT-P7 and KIC 8866102 (2012) (1)
STIS Dispersion Solution Calibration and Accuracy (1997) (1)
Fringe Correction for STIS Near-IR Long-Slit Spectra using Contemporaneous Tungsten Flat Fields (1997) (1)
Ultraviolet spectra of GRB': potential with STIS (2000) (1)
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Parallel Observations of the Planetary Nebula M94‐20 (1999) (1)
Pox Populi: A Commonsense Guide to Cosmic Nonsense (2004) (1)
Mode Selection Mechanism Repeatability (1997) (1)
Modeling the Universe: Professional Development for Teachers Designed by NASA's Universe Forum Education and Outreach Program (2005) (0)
Pro-Am Collaborations: The Global (née GLAST) Telescope Network (2004) (0)
Searching for Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in STIS Parallels (1998) (0)
2002 HST Calibration Workshop-October 17-18-Coronagraphic Imaging with HST and STIS-Grady, et al (2003) (0)
Closing in on the Hydrogen reionization edge signal at z<7.2 with deep STIS/CCD Parallels (2000) (0)
Determination of Density Profile for the Planetary Nebulae NGC 6826 and NGC 7662 (1989) (0)
Performance of the space telescope imaging spectrograph (2008) (0)
Strange New Worlds: Is Earth Special? (2019) (0)
In-flight Optical Performance of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (1997) (0)
Modeling the Universe: Professional Development for Teachers Designed by NASA's Structure and Evolution of the Universe E/PO Program (2004) (0)
STIS Slitless Spectroscopy of SN 1987A (1997) (0)
NASA's Swift Education and Public Outreach Program (2003) (0)
Those Strange News Stories out there... (2007) (0)
The SEU Educator Ambassador Program (2004) (0)
Intelligent Design, A Young Universe, Astrology, UFO'S, and More: A Guide for Those Involved with IYA on Tackling Pseudo-science (2008) (0)
Beyond the Event Horizon: Education with Black Holes (2006) (0)
Spotlight on ...: the face on Mars,... (2007) (0)
J an 1 99 8 Imaging and spectroscopy of arcs around the most luminous X-ray cluster RX J 1347 . 5-1145 1 (1998) (0)
Ju n 20 05 An Infrared Coronagraphic Survey for Substellar Companions (2005) (0)
The Circumstellar Disk of HD 163296: A Young Planetary System (1999) (0)
Dying Stars And The Birth Of The Elements: A Laboratory Exercise From Project Clea And Xmm-Newton (2006) (0)
The Educator Ambassador Program for NASA’s GLAST Mission (2006) (0)
High-energy classroom learning in astrophysics (2005) (0)
Authentic Student Investigations Using Real Data (2005) (0)
Helen Sawyer Hogg Memorial Lecture: The Art of Gentle Persuasion (2009) (0)
37 3 v 1 3 1 O ct 1 99 7 Spatially Resolved STIS Spectroscopy of SN 1987 A : Evidence for Shock Interaction with Circumstellar Gas 1 (2008) (0)
Coronagraphic Imaging with HST and STIS (2002) (0)
Imaging and Spectroscopy of Hot (Young) “Ultracool” Companions (2001) (0)
Space Mysteries: Making Science and Astronomy Learning Fun (2001) (0)
Under alien skies (2003) (0)
XMM-Newton Education and Public Outreach Program (2003) (0)
Eclipses: Crash Course Astronomy #5 (2016) (0)
Bringing the Heavens Down to Earth: How to Talk to Normal People About Science (2013) (0)

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