The home page of Jeffrey A. Newman
Welcome! I'm an assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh.
I do research on cosmology and the evolution of galaxies, working on the
DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, DEEP3,
CANDELS,
AEGIS, and the proposed
LSST and
BigBOSS projects.
Useful information
The Color of the Milky Way
- In January 2012, Tim Licquia and I presented a new determination of the color of the Milky Way Galaxy we live in. The answer can be expressed in haiku form:
Look at new spring snow -
See the River of Heaven
An hour after dawn.
For more information see:
- The University of Pittsburgh's press release, including images of Milky Way analogs: galaxies that should resemble the one we live in, but as seen from outside.
- A video of the press conference this work was described in, at the American Astronomical Society's winter meeting in Austin, Texas.
- The slides from my talk about this work (PDF; Powerpoint format is available here).
Contact Information
Electronic mail address
janewman AT pitt.edu
U.S. Mail
Jeffrey Newman
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Physics and Astronomy
401-C Allen Hall
3941 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone
(412) 592-3853
