Steve Kawaler's Home Page

(here is what I look like.)
(another image is here; I'm the one on the right)
(still another is here; I'm the one in the middle)

Third Contact in Aruba!
February 26, 1998, 2:12PM
Photo © 1998; S. & L. Kawaler

Saturn, January 12, 2003,
Questar + Quickcam

Lunar Eclipse,
May 15, 2003

Third Contact Brandon, Manitoba
February 26, 1979, 10:46AM
Photo © 1979; S. Kawaler

Teaching

Astro 250: Astronomy Bizarre (Spring 2008)

Astro 120: The Sky and the Solar System (Spring 2008)

Astro 342: Solar System Astronomy (Fall 2006)

Astro 150: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology (Spring 2005)

Astro 580: Stellar Interiors (Spring 2004)

Astro 405/505: Astrophysics
(Fall 2002)

Other Astro courses at ISU

Research

My research into the interiors of stars frequently involves the Whole Earth Telescope. The Whole Earth Telescope website contains links to the study of the seismology of pulsating stars

for some fun highlights, see the following links to WET in the popular press

If you really want to see them, my official curriculum vita has links to research papers that describe my various research interests, etc.
I am a professor of astrophysics in the Astronomy Program which is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University
Some relevant HTML presentations
- Images from the 2005 Fick Observatory Calendar
- Images from the 2004 Fick Observatory Calendar
- Images from the 2003 Fick Observatory Calendar
- Images from the 2002 Fick Observatory Calendar
- A brief intro to Astrophysics at Iowa State
- The Whole Earth Telescope from a public lecture on tecnology and astronomy
- 10 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope - a public talk

Links I use a lot

Mac links

News and Weather Links

ISU News Central
Today's news at ISU (old news page)
The New York Times
The Guardian- World News
The Des Moines Register
Ames section of DM Register
The Ames Daily Tribune
The Iowa State Daily
Weather:
- Yahoo weather - bit slow, but comprehensive
- Direct from the National Weather Service
- Weather Underground
- "Live" Doppler Radar from KCCI

Fun stuff

Iowa Music has links to music from 'native' Iowa musicians - terrific variety and talent here in the 'great flyover.'
PublicRadioFan - Nationwide real-time public radio listing
It's great to be back on the bicycle...
- BikeIowa- website with tons of info on riding in Iowa
- RAGBRAI
- Finish of 2007 RAGBRAI in Bellevue, IA
- finish of RAGBRAI 2006 in Muscatine, IA.
- Finish of my first RAGBRAI: 2005 in McGregor, IA
- My ride
- and my new, offbeat bike
Project Steve ; see also the article in the Chronicle
The USA Phonebook
The New York Yankees 2000 (and 1999 and 1998 and 1996...) World Series Champions!,
2003 American League Champs, and 2006 (and 1998-2005) AL East Champs...
ESPN's Baseball site
Major League Baseball
Baseball Live!
The Iowa Cubs
- 2004 Champions, Central Division, PCL
- 2001 Champions, Central Division, PCL
- 1998 Midwest Division Champs, American Conference,
  Pacific Coast League!
Iowa State Cyclones Baseball! (RIP - program cancelled in idiotic move by ISU AD)
Des Moines
Des Moines Cityview - alternative newspaper
Stuff to do in Des Moines this week