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Biography
Dr. Violet Mager is as associate professor of Physics at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. In addition, she oversees the Friedman Observatory on campus.
Research Interests
Dr. Mager conducts research on galaxies. She spearheads student research using the Friedman Observatory’s 16 inch telescope.
Publications
“The Carnegie Chicago Hubble Program VI: Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances to M66 and M96 of the Leo I Group,” The Astrophysical Journal, 2019.
“Galaxy Structure in the Ultraviolet: The Dependence of Morphological Parameters on Rest-Frame Wavelength,” The Astrophysical Journal, September 5, 2018.
“VizieR Online Data Catalog: HST photometry of Cepheid candidates in M101,” 2015.
“The Metallicity Dependence of the Cepheid P-L Relation in M101,” The Astrophysical Journal, November 1, 2013.
“The Young Stellar Population of the Nearby Late-type Galaxy NGC1311,” The Astronomical Journal, November, 2010.
“A semi-automated analysis method of small sensory nerve fibers in human skin biopsies,” Journal of Neuroscience Methods, January 15 (1st Quarter/Winter), 2010.
“The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (The Leavitt Law) at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths. II. Second-Epoch LMC Data,” The Astrophysical Journal, April 20 (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2009.
“The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (The Leavitt Law) at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths: IV. Cepheids in IC 1613,” The Astrophysical Journal, April 20 (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2009.
“The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (The Leavitt Law) at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths. III. Cepheids in NGC 6822,” The Astrophysical Journal, March 1, 2009.
“Sharpening the Tip of the Red Giant Branch,” The Astrophysical Journal, January 1 (1st Quarter/Winter), 2009.
“Metallicity-corrected Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance to NGC 4258,” The Astrophysical Journal, December 20, 2008.
“A New Distance to the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/39) Based on the Type Ia Supernova 2007sr,” The Astronomical Journal, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2008.
“Star Clusters in the Nearby Late-Type Galaxy NGC 1311,” The Astronomical Journal, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2008.
“Dependence of Galaxy Structure on Rest-Frame Wavelength and Galaxy Type,” The Astrophysical Journal, April 10 (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2007.
“UBVR and Hubble Space Telescope Mid-Ultraviolet and Near-Infrared Surface Photometry and Radial Color Gradients of Late-Type, Irregular, and Peculiar Galaxies,” The Astrophysical Journal, September 10, 2005.
“HST MID-UV Imaging of Nearby Galaxies,” Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 2004.
“Observing Conditions at Mount Graham: Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope UBVR Sky Surface Brightness and Seeing Measurements from 1999 through 2003,” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, August, 2004.
“Star cluster formation and evolution in nearby starburst galaxies - I. Systematic uncertainties,” Monthly Notice of the Royal Astronomical Society, June, 2003.
“Ultraviolet-Optical Pixel Maps of Face-on Spiral Galaxies: Clues for Dynamics and Star Formation Histories,” The Astrophysical Journal, April 1 (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2003.
“A Hubble Space Telescope Survey of the Mid-Ultraviolet Morphology of Nearby Galaxies,” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, November, 2002.
“The Galactic Supersoft X-Ray Binary RX J0925.7-4758 (MR Velorum),” The Astronomical Journal, August, 2000.
“Magellanic Cloud X-Ray Sources. III. Completion of a ROSAT Survey,” The Astronomical Journal, February, 1999.
Education
- Ph.D., Astrophysics/Physics, Arizona State University
- M.S., Astrophysics/Physics, Arizona State University
- B.A., Physics, University of Colorado