Emeritus Faculty | R. Kent Honeycutt
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Case-Western Reserve University, 1968
Contact Information:
Astronomy Department
Indiana University
Swain West 309
727 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-6916
Fax: (812) 855-8725
Email: honey [at] astro.indiana.edu
Biographical Information
Professor Honeycutt is the John W. Hill Professor of Astronomy at Indiana University Bloomington. He joined the IU Astronomy faculty in 1968 and served as a visiting astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff during 1974-5, 1978, and 1987. Professor Honeycutt received an A.B. in Physics and Mathematics from King College in 1962, an M.S. in Physics from Vanderbilt University in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Case Western Reserve University in 1968. He has served as the director of IU's Goethe Link Observatories since 1980, and has served twice as the Chair of the Astronomy Department.
Research Interests
Selected Publications
- M Dwarf Variability and Periodicities in Praesepe
Hamper, R., Honeycutt, R. K. 2018, AJ, 155, 97. - Orbital Light Curves of UU Aquarii in Stunted Outburst
Robertson, J. W., Honeycutt, R. K., Henden, A. A., Campbell, R. T. 2018, AJ, 155, 61.
