Contact Information
Astronomy Department96 Foss Hill Drive
Van Vleck Observatory 101
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459
(860) 685-3669 (office)
(860) 685-2131 (fax)
sredfield@wesleyan.edu
Seth Redfield
Professor of Astronomy
Astronomy Department
Wesleyan University
Education:
Ph.D. Astrophysics, University of Colorado, 2003
B.M. Theoretical Studies, New England Conservatory of Music, 1998
B.S., Physics and Astrophysics, Tufts University, 1998
Research:
Exoplanets and their Atmospheres:
Understanding Distant Worlds
The Local Interstellar Medium:
The Gas and Dust Amongst the Stars
Edge-on Debris Disks:
Fortuitously Aligned Young Stars
Cool Star Atmospheres: The Dynamic
Surfaces of Stars
Quick Links:
The LIC Model Column Density
Calculator, an online tool to predict the HI column density
associated with the LIC in any direction (Redfield & Linsky
2000).
The LISM Kinematic
Calculator, an online tool to predict the radial and transverse
velocities of LISM clouds in any direction. Also calculates
which clouds are traversed by any given line of sight
(Redfield & Linsky 2008).