Jarita Holbrook

Jarita C. Holbrook
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Education
Known for
Awards
  • Jury Prize The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival for Black Suns
Scientific career
FieldsCultural Astronomy, History of Astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics
Institutions
ThesisAn Examination of the Composition and Structural Features of GL 2136 and Orion Bn-Kl Single Versus Cluster Star Formation (1997)
Doctoral advisorDavid M. Rank

Jarita Charmian Holbrook is an American astronomer and associate professor of physics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) where she is principal investigator of the Astronomy & Society group.[1] Holbrook's work examines the relationship between humans and the night sky, and she has produced scientific publications on cultural astronomy, starburst galaxies, and star formation regions.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Jarita Holbrook". University of the Western Cape Astrophysics. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  2. ^ Holbrook, J. C.; Temi, P. (1998-03-20). "An Analysis of the Infrared Reflection Nebula and Circumstellar Environment of GL 2136". The Astrophysical Journal. 496 (1): 280–291. Bibcode:1998ApJ...496..280H. doi:10.1086/305369. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 123365563.
  3. ^ Holbrook, Jarita; Heap, Sara; Malumuth, Eliot; Shore, Steven; Waller, Bill (1994), Mass-Transfer Induced Activity in Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 109–110, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511564789.021, ISBN 9780511564789
  4. ^ Kastner, Joel H.; Weintraub, David A.; Aspin, C. (April 1992). "The Juggler - A three-lobed near-infrared reflection nebula toward CRL 2136 = OH 17.6 + 0.2". The Astrophysical Journal. 389: 357. Bibcode:1992ApJ...389..357K. doi:10.1086/171210. ISSN 0004-637X.