Jason Eastman
Graduate Student 2005 - PresentDepartment of Astronomy
The Ohio State University
B.A., Boston University 2005
Astronomy and
Physics
M.S., The Ohio State University 2007
Astronomy
My main interests are in instrumentation and exoplanets. I am currently building DEMONEX (DEdicated MONitor of EXotransits) with Scott Gaudi in order to monitor all known transiting explanets for my PhD Thesis. It was installed in its permanent location at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita, AZ in April/May of 2008.
I have also recently published a paper with Paul Martini on the AGN fraction in high redshift galaxy clusters, which subsequently got a Chandra press release.
In the Summer of 2006, I stayed at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) to help commision the Large Binocular Camera (LBC) and realuminize one of the 8.4 meter primary mirrors (SX). In August of 2007, I helped aluminize the other mirror (DX).
In September of 2007, I tested and commissioned the MDM 4K.
As an undergraduate, I helped build the Perkins Re-Imaging SysteM (PRISM) instrument for the
72" Perkins Telescope in Flagstaff, Arizona. It is a multi-object optical
spectrometer, re-imager, and polarimeter. I also worked with Kenneth
Janes on the photometry of old open clusters.
In my spare time, I like to do astrophotography.
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Updated: June 16, 2008