Welcome to Gaia! ::

Hi all. I'm Jon.

I'm a 23 year old senior in Astronomy at the University of Kansas (KU). I've been working on research involving the open cluster NGC 7142 and am hoping to get involved with the ULTRA telescope as soon as it's completed. I also teach an introductory astronomy lab and have done so for 2 years now.

I am very involved in public education in astronomy and occasionally will take my personal telescope (an 8" Celestron SCT) out on campus and show people various objects. I also maintain a blog, The Angry Astronomer, that frequently deals with Astronomy, although it also deals with other interests of mine, namely religion, politics, and science in general.

Aside from the science thing, I enjoy cooking and am damn good at it. I also do midieval recreation through the SCA, and participate in armored, full contact swordfighting.

Hello there!
Welcome to the guild!

I think it's wonderful that you a senior and I'm sure by the time you know it you will be graduating!
Awsome that you get to teach an Intro Astronomy course!

Cool!

I hope you enjoy the guild and hopefully see ya around the forums!

-Catz

I actually live near Sedalia, Mo...but nobody knows where that is sweatdrop

I have to admit, Astronomy=win just through the sheer awe some of the things about it can inspire.

I especially liked the COSMOS pictures. 6 Billion light years deep.

You sound like a cool person to hang out with. I'm going to the Renaisance Fair here to watch the armored combat. As for the sky, I'm a closet romantic so I think there's nothing more beautiful or misterious. There's definetly more to space than it meets the eye.