Astronomy in the Department of Physics and Astronomy

Associate Professor 

Director of Astronomical Facilities

Office:  LSC 012

Telephone:  501.450.5907

FAX:  501.852.2286

E-Mail:  saustin@uca.edu

Education:  PhD., Physics, Arizona State University (1995)

Research:  Variable stars, spectroscopy, photometry, asteroid astrometry.

Recent Publications:

Late-Type Near-Contact Eclipsing Binary [HH97] FS Aur-79, Austin, S. J., Robertson, J. W., Tycner, C., Campbell T., and Honeycutt, R. K. 2007, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 133, Issue 5, pp. 1934-1946

An Eclipsing Near Contact Short Period Binary in the Field of FS Aur, Robertson, J. W., Austin, S. J., Campbell, T., Hoskins, J., 2004, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 5536

Member:

American Astronomical Society

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

American Association of Physics Teachers

International Dark-Sky Association

Southwest Association of Planetariums