Kelley M. Hess
Contact Info
Department of Astronomy
University of Cape Town
Private Bag X3
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa
Office: RW James Building (Upper Campus)
Email: hess[at]ast.uct.ac.za
Research!
I am a SARChi Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Claude Carignan
A copy of my CV can be found here (updated 19 Sept 2012).
More here soon (very soon, I hope). All this is under construction, so I leave you with a pretty composite picture of NGC4656, and it's UV bright tidal dwarf galaxy companion, NGC4656UV. Paper is forthcoming. Image credit to partner-in-crime and first author, Mr. Andrew Schechtman-Rook.
Departmental Profile
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town is the largest university-based astronomy group in the country and has strong ties (and joint positions) with the South African Astronomical Observatory and the South African Square Kilometre Array office.
The department primarily comprises observational (optical, near-infrared and radio) astronomers, with international leaders in the fields of large-scale structure of galaxies, dark matter in galaxies, low surface brightness galaxies, the uncovering of galaxies hidden by the Milky Way, the extra-galactic distance scale, and cataclysmic variable stars.
The department is also closely associated with a number of other groups within various UCT departments, such as the cosmology group of the applied mathematics department, the astro-particle group of the physics department, and members of the electrical engineering department who are involved in space science and radio telescope technology development.
For more information see the Annual MNASSA Report.
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town is the largest university-based astronomy group in the country and has strong ties (and joint positions) with the South African Astronomical Observatory and the South African Square Kilometre Array office.
The department primarily comprises observational (optical, near-infrared and radio) astronomers, with international leaders in the fields of large-scale structure of galaxies, dark matter in galaxies, low surface brightness galaxies, the uncovering of galaxies hidden by the Milky Way, the extra-galactic distance scale, and cataclysmic variable stars.
The department is also closely associated with a number of other groups within various UCT departments, such as the cosmology group of the applied mathematics department, the astro-particle group of the physics department, and members of the electrical engineering department who are involved in space science and radio telescope technology development.
For more information see the Annual MNASSA Report.