Tyler Nordgren
{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix = Dr
| name = Tyler Eugene Nordgren
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date |1969|11|18}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = American
| fields = Astronomy
| workplaces = United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
Lowell Observatory
University of Redlands
| alma_mater = Reed College
Cornell University
| thesis_title = A Neutral Hydrogen Study of Close and Wide Galaxy Pairs
| thesis_url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997PhDT.........5N
| thesis_year = 1997
}}
Tyler Eugene Nordgren (November 18, 1969) is an astronomer and professor of physics at the University of Redlands.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren|url=https://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/undergraduate-studies/physics/meet-our-faculty/tyler-nordgren/|website=University of Redlands|accessdate=15 March 2017}}
Education
Nordgren earned a B.A. in physics from Reed College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in astronomy from Cornell University.
Research
Before joining the University of Redlands in 2001, Nordgren was an astronomer at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station and Lowell Observatory.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren|url=https://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/undergraduate-studies/physics/meet-our-faculty/tyler-nordgren/|website=University of Redlands|accessdate=15 March 2017}}
In 2004, with six other astronomers and artists, Nordgren helped develop MarsDials, functioning sundials that NASA's Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity rovers carried with them to Mars.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren|url=https://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/undergraduate-studies/physics/meet-our-faculty/tyler-nordgren/|website=University of Redlands|accessdate=15 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren Biography|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/biography/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=15 March 2017}}
Nordgren also designed the giant sundial that resides on the wall of Appleton Hall at the University of Redlands and is accurate within 10 minutes.{{cite web|title=North American Sundial Society|url=http://sundials.org/index.php/component/sundials/onedial/658|website=North American Sundial Society|accessdate=20 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Physics, up close and personal|url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/article/ZZ/20060702/NEWS/607029917|website=Redlands Daily Facts|date=7 May 2013|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
For the past five years, Nordgren has been traveling around the U.S. to educate the public about what eclipses are and how the opportunity to see the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 should not be missed.{{cite web|title=I Was Robbed of My Eclipse Experience. Don't Let That Happen To You|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/space/i-was-robbed-my-eclipse-experience-don-t-let-happen-n741126|website=NBC News|accessdate=3 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=NASA Reported: On August 21 US Citizens Will Experience Total Solar Eclipse For The First Time In 99 Years|url=http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/10784/20170322/nasa-reported-on-august-21-us-citizens-will-experience-total-solar-eclipse-for-the-first-time-in-99-years.htm|website=The Science Times|date=22 March 2017|accessdate=3 April 2017}} More of Nordgren's research on eclipses can be found in his most recent book Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets (Basic Books, 2016).{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren Books|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/books-1/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
Collaboration with U.S. National Park Service
Nordgren has been a member of the National Park Service Night Sky Team since 2007, working with the U.S. National Park Service to protect the night skies and promote astronomy education in U.S. national parks.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren|url=http://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/undergraduate-studies/physics/meet-our-faculty/tyler-nordgren/|website=University of Redlands|accessdate=20 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren Biography|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/biography/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
Nordgren has helped document the parks' night skies with photography that has been on display in galleries from New York City to Flagstaff, Arizona, and is on display in a number of national parks.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren Biography|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/biography/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}} The Acadia Night Sky Festival has featured many of his photographs.{{cite web|title=Acadia Night Sky Festival|url=http://www.acadianightskyfestival.com/Gallery/Gallery.aspx|website=Acadia Night Sky Festival|accessdate=20 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Acadia Night Sky Festival|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/exhibitions/acadia-night-sky-festival/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}} Nordgren has also developed a poster campaign in conjunction with the National Park Service to “See the Milky Way” in America’s parks where “Half the Park is After Dark.”{{cite web|title=Milky Way Posters|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/milky-way-posters/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
His 2010 book Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks (Praxis, 2010) was published as a way to spread the message of the importance of protecting the night sky.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren Books|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/books-1/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
Professional affiliations
Nordgren was elected to the board of directors of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) in 2011.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren Biography|url=http://www.tylernordgren.com/biography/|website=Space Art Travel|accessdate=20 March 2017}} He is also a member of the American Astronomical Society.{{cite web|title=Tyler Nordgren|url=http://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/undergraduate-studies/physics/meet-our-faculty/tyler-nordgren/|website=University of Redlands|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
Selected publications
- Nordgren, T. E., Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets, 2016.{{cite web|title=Book review: Sun Moon Earth by Tyler Nordgren|url=http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/daves-universe/archive/2016/11/04/book-review-sun-moon-earth-by-tyler-nordgren.aspx|website=Astronomy Magazine|accessdate=4 April 2017}} (Named "One of Amazon's Best Science Books of 2016"){{cite book|title=Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DWW27GW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1|via=Amazon|date = 13 September 2016| publisher=Basic Books |accessdate=4 April 2017}}
- Nordgren, T. E., Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks, 2010 (Springer).{{cite book|title=Stars Above, Earth Below A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks|url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781441916488|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781441916488|accessdate=4 April 2017|last1=Nordgren|first1=Tyler|date=21 May 2010}}
- Nordgren, T. E., Lane, B. F., Hindsley, R. B., and Kervella, P., "Calibration of the Barnes–Evans Relation Using Interferometric Observations of Cepheids", The Astronomical Journal, 123, 3380, 2002.{{cite journal|title=Calibration of the Barnes-Evans Relation Using Interferometric Observations of Cepheids|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=123|issue=6|pages=3380–3386|doi=10.1086/340567|year=2002|last1=Nordgren|first1=Tyler E.|last2=Lane|first2=B. F.|last3=Hindsley|first3=R. B.|last4=Kervella|first4=P.|bibcode=2002AJ....123.3380N|arxiv=astro-ph/0203130|s2cid=17862496}}
- Nordgren, T. E., Sudol, J. J., and Mozurkewich, D., "Comparison of Stellar Angular Diameters from the NPOI, the Mark III Optical Interferometer, and the Infrared Flux Method", The Astronomical Journal, 122, 2707, 2001.{{cite journal|title=Comparison of Stellar Angular Diameters from the NPOI, the Mark III Optical Interferometer, and the Infrared Flux Method|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=122|issue=5|pages=2707–2712|doi=10.1086/323546|year=2001|last1=Nordgren|first1=Tyler E.|last2=Sudol|first2=J. J.|last3=Mozurkewich|first3=D.|bibcode=2001AJ....122.2707N|doi-access=free}}
- Nordgren, T. E., and NPOI Collaboration, "Stellar Angular Diameters of Late–Type Giants and Supergiants Measured with the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer", The Astronomical Journal, 118, 3032, 1999.{{cite journal|title=Stellar Angular Diameters of Late-Type Giants and Supergiants Measured with the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=118|issue=6|pages=3032–3038|doi=10.1086/301114|year=1999|last1=Nordgren|first1=Tyler E.|last2=Germain|first2=M. E.|last3=Benson|first3=J. A.|last4=Mozurkewich|first4=D.|last5=Sudol|first5=J. J.|last6=Elias Ii|first6=N. M.|last7=Hajian|first7=Arsen R.|last8=White|first8=N. M.|last9=Hutter|first9=D. J.|last10=Johnston|first10=K. J.|last11=Gauss|first11=F. S.|last12=Armstrong|first12=J. T.|last13=Pauls|first13=T. A.|last14=Rickard|first14=L. J.|bibcode=1999AJ....118.3032N|doi-access=free}}
References
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External links
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- https://www.tylernordgren.com/: Space Art Travel Bureau
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