RANDY L. PHELPS

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My major research interest involves the use of star clusters as "laboratories" for the investigation of numerous astrophysical questions.  Despite the fact that star clusters in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy (the so-called "open clusters") are important for understanding a wide variety of astrophysical questions, they have largely been ignored in modern astrophysical investigations.  My work is intended, in part, to fulfill a niche by furthering our understanding of the Galaxy's population of open clusters. 

General Information:

For general information on open clusters, please see the Open Cluster Public Outreach page (note: this link is not yet established).

My Research Projects:

For professional information on these research projects, please click on the links below. 

OpenClusters:
The Palomar-Las Campanas Observatory-NOAO (PLCON) Open Cluster Survey
Star Formation:
The Rosette Molecular Cloud
The Rho Ophiuchi Star Forming Region (note: this link is not yet established)

I have also worked on the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, a project whose primary goal is the determination of the Hubble constant to an accuracy of 10%.  For more information on that project, please see the H0 Key Project web page.

Student Research Projects:

Student Research.  Numerous undergraduate students have worked on various research projects.   For more information, please click on the link. 

Useful Research Links:

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Last Updated 14 June, 2002.