astronomy

Jackie Faherty

Jackie Faherty is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jackie Faherty rather than just read about it. In short: Dr. Jacqueline K.

Key takeaways

Jackie Faherty belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Jackie Faherty to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Jackie Faherty from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Dr. Jacqueline K. (Jackie) Faherty is an American astronomer specializing in infrared astronomy and the observation of nearby stars and brown dwarfs, and known for her public outreach in space science. She works at the American Museum of Natural History as an Associate Curator in the Department of Astrophysics working at the forefront of brown dwarf and exoplanet atmosphere detection and characterization, as an Associate Professor at the Richard Gilder Graduate School, and as a senior education manager in the Department of Education. Together with Drs. Kelle Cruz and Emily Rice, Faherty co-leads the Brown Dwarfs in New York City (BDNYC) research group, which has studied brown dwarfs since 2010.

Education and career Faherty is a 2001 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She entered college intending to major in business, but switched to physics after being inspired by the movie Contact and by Jodie Foster's role in it as a space scientist. She went to Stony Brook University for graduate study in physics and astronomy, earning a master's degree there in 2006 and completing her Ph.D. in 2010. Her thesis advisors were Adam Burgasser of the University of California, San Diego, Michael Shara of the American Museum of Natural History, and Frederick M. Walter of Stony Brook. Before joining the American Museum of Natural History staff, she did postdoctoral research as a National Science Foundation Fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory of Chile from 2011 to 2013, and as a Hubble Fellow in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC from 2013 to 2016.

Recognition The American Astronomical Society (AAS) gave Faherty their 2020 Vera Rubin Early Career Award, "in recognition of Dr. Faherty’s work on the kinematics of very faint stars in the Milky Way as well as her leadership in developing unique ways to engage the public and professional science teams with ... the precise measurement of celestial objects’ positions and motions on the sky". Faherty was elected to the 2022 class of AAS Fellows, "for outstanding accomplishments in the study of brown dwarfs and directly imaged exoplanets; a dedication to public outreach; and service as an advocate, role model, and mentor to astronomers from underrepresented groups".

References

External links Home page Jackie Faherty publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jackie Faherty

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jackie Faherty claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jackie Faherty before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jackie Faherty ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jackie Faherty

In research: Jackie Faherty appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jackie Faherty in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jackie Faherty is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American astronomers, American women astronomers, Fellows of the American Astronomical Society, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jackie Faherty outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Jackie Faherty in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Jackie Faherty means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Jackie Faherty out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Jackie Faherty in simple terms?

Dr. Jacqueline K.

Why does Jackie Faherty matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jackie Faherty?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Jackie Faherty.