J. Chuck Horst

POSITION

Adjunct Professor

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: jhorst@mail.sdsu.edu
Office: PA123

Mailing Address:
5500 Campanile Drive
PA210
San Diego, CA 92182-1221
United States

Phone: (619) 594-1405
Fax:

OFFICE HOURS

Fridays 8:00AM - 11:00AM; PA123

BIRTH

13 July 1957, Youngstown, OH

EDUCATION

B.S., Physics & Mathematics (dbl major), Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, 1979
M.S., Astronomy, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 2014

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Type IIn SNe
Lyman Break Galaxies
Observing and data reduction procedures

OBSERVING EXPERIENCE

Six runs Palomar Observatory, Hale 200", DBSP & TripleSpec
Six runs Keck Observatory, Keck I&II 10M, DEIMOS & LRIS
Approximately forty runs Mount Laguna Observatory, MLO 40", CCD2005

NCAT PROGRAM

Chuck is currently developing and conducting an optional seminar series geared to the upper division and graduate students within the Astronomy department here at SDSU. This Non Compulsory Astronomy Talks (NCAT) series is designed to help the students get off to a productive start by providing assistance with computer setup, software installation, and additional training on observing techniques and principals.

Contact Chuck Horst if you are interested in participating in the NCAT program. Visit the NCAT page.

OTHER INTERESTS

Hiking
Model trains
Palomar observatory history
Vintage Macintosh high fidelity audio equipment

The information on this page represents that of J. Chuck Horst and not necessarily that of San Diego State University.