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Colin Aspin

Associate Specialist

Ph.D., Glasgow University, Scotland,1981
caa at ifa.hawaii.edu
  • Eruptive variable stars
  • Herbig-Haro energy sources (HHens)
  • Multiplicity of pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars
  • Brown dwarfs and giant exo-planet detection
  • Star formation in clusters
  • Circumstellar disks around PMS and main-sequence stars
  • Polarization studies of PMS objects
  • Manager, UH 2.2-meter telescope

Colin Aspin

Selected Publications

V1647 Orionis: One Year Into Quiescence
C. Aspin, T.L. Beck and B. Reipurth
The Astronomical Journal, 135, 423 (2008)

V733 Cep (Persson's Star): A New FU Orionis Object in Cepheus
B. Reipurth, C. Aspin, T.L. Beck, C. Brogan, M.S. Connelley and G.H. Herbig
The Astronomical Journal, 133, 1000 (2007)

High Spectral Resolution Near-IR Observations of ESO-Halpha 279A and B
C. Aspin and T.R. Greene
The Astronomical Journal, 133, 568 (2007)

The 1966-1967 Outburst of V1647 Orionis and the Appearance of McNeil's
Nebula

C. Aspin, C. Barbieri, F. Boschi, F. Di Mille, F. Rampazzi, B. Reipurth, and M. Tsvetkov
The Astronomical Journal, 132, 1298 (2006)

An Outbursting Protostar of the FU Orionis Type in the Cygnus OB7 Molecular Cloud
T. A. Movsessian, T. Khanzadyan, C. Aspin, T. Y. Magakian, T. Beck, A. Moiseev, M. D. Smith, and E. H. Nikogossian
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 455, 1001 (2006)

Multiple Outflows and Protostars near IC 348 and the Flying Ghost Nebula
J. Walawender, J. Bally, H. Kirk, D. Johnstone, B. Reipurth, and C. Aspin
The Astronomical Journal, 132, 467 (2006)

The FU Orionis Binary System and the Formation of Close Binaries
B. Reipurth and C. Aspin
The Astrophysical Journal, 608, L65 (2004)

IRAS 05436-0007 and the Emergence of MCNeil's Nebula
B. Reipurth and C. Aspin
The Astrophysical Journal, 606, L119 (2004)

Deep Imaging Surveys of Star-Forming Clouds II. A New Giant Herbig-Haro Flow in L1451
J. Walawender, J. Bally, B. Reipurth, and C. Aspin
The Astronomical Journal, 127, 2809 (2004)

Deep Imaging Surveys of Star-forming Clouds. I. New Herbig-Haro Flows in NGC 2264
B. Reipurth, K. C. Yu, G. Moriarty-Schieven, J. Bally, C. Aspin, and S. Heathcote
The Astronomical Journal, 127, 1069 (2004)

The Three-Dimensional Structure of HH 32 from GMOS IFU Spectroscopy
T. L. Beck, A. Riera, A. C. Raga, and C. Aspin
The Astronomical Journal, 127, 408 (2004)

Two Embedded Young Stellar Objects in NGC 2264 with FU Orionis Characteristics
C. Aspin and B. Reipurth
The Astronomical Journal, 126, 2936 (2003)

The Evolutionary State of Stars in the NGC 1333S Star Formation Region
C. Aspin
The Astronomical Journal, 125, 1480 (2003)

 

 

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