Hubble Space Telescope

• Mirror Diameter: 2.4 meter

• Location: Low Earth Orbit

• Observing Projects:
  • Stellar kinematics near the nucleus of M32: the central black hole confirmed?
        1995, Cycle 5, GO-5847, PI, 9 orbits.
  • The nuclear disk in the E4 radio galaxy NGC 7052: evidence for a central black hole?
        1995/96, Cycle 5, GO-5848, PI, 17 orbits.
  • Black holes in kinematically decoupled cores: a study of IC 1459
        1996/97, Cycle 6, GO-6537, CoI, 8 orbits.
  • Nuclear brightness profiles of merger remnants: do mergers form ellipticals?
        1997/8, Cycle 7, GO-7268, PI, 14 orbits.
  • Nuclear structure & merger-starburst relation in the ultraluminous IRAS galaxy NGC 6240
         1999, Cycle 7, GO-6430, PI, 4 orbits.
  • Nuclear structure & merger-starburst relation in the ultraluminous IRAS galaxy NGC 6240: II. Kinematics
         1999, Cycle 8, GO-8261, PI, 10 orbits.
  • Nuclear kinematics of the dense globular cluster M15
        1999, Cycle 8, GO-8262, PI, 25 orbits.
  • Black holes and gas disks in a complete sample of radio-loud ellipticals: II. Kinematics
        1999, Cycle 8, GO-8236, CoI, 38 orbits.
  • The black hole versus bulge mass relationship in spiral galaxies
        1999, Cycle 8, GO-8228, CoI, 54 orbits.
  • Merger-driven evolution of galactic nuclei: observations of the Toomre sequence
        2000, Cycle 9, GO-8669, PI, 43 orbits.
  • Imaging of brightest cluster galaxies: the high end of the black hole mass distribution
        2000, Cycle 9, GO-8683, PI, 111 snapshot targets.
  • A Census of Nuclear Star Clusters in Late-Type Spiral Galaxies
        2000, Cycle 9, GO-8599, CoI, 113 snapshot targets.
  • A Census of Nuclear Star Clusters in Late-Type Spiral Galaxies: II - Spectroscopy and Stellar Populations
        2001, Cycle 10, GO-9070, CoI, 40 snapshot targets.
  • Kinematics of emission-line gas disks in radio-quiet galaxies
        2001, Cycle 10, GO-9163, CoI, 8 orbits.
  • Searching for Primeval Galaxies: the promising case of SBS 1415+437
         2002, Cycle 11, GO-9361, CoI, 18 orbits.
  • A NICMOS Study of Merging Nuclei in the Toomre Sequence: Finding Order Amid Chaos
         2002, Cycle 11, GO-9402, CoI, 11 orbits.
  • Systemic and Internal Proper Motions of the Magellanic Clouds from Astrometry with ACS
         2002, Cycle 11, GO-9462, CoI, 54 snapshot targets.
  • Do the Most Powerful Radio Galaxies Host the Most Massive Black Holes ?
         2002, Cycle 11, GO-9495, CoI, 15 orbits.
  • ACS, NICMOS, and STIS Observations of Three Ongoing Mergers
         2003, Cycle 12, GO-9735, CoI, 30 orbits.
  • The Ages of Nuclear Star Clusters in Early-type Spiral Galaxies
         2003, Cycle 12, GO-9783, CoI, 16 orbits.
  • Systemic and Internal Proper Motions of the Magellanic Clouds from Astrometry with ACS: II. Second Epoch Images
         2004, Cycle 13, GO-10130, CoI, 40 snapshot targets.
  • Black Holes in Globular Clusters
         2004, Cycle 13, GTO-10335, CoI, 8 orbits.
  • A Proper Motion Search for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters
         2004, Cycle 13, GO-10401, CoI, 7 orbits.
  • Star Formation Driven Outflows in Actively Star Forming Edge-on Spiral Galaxies
         2004, Cycle 13, GO-10416, CoI, 16 orbits.
  • Merger-Induced Populations in Early-Type Galaxy Cores
         2004, Cycle 13, GO-10435, CoI, 8 orbits.
  • NGC 4449: a Testbed for Starbursts in the Low- and High-Redshift Universe
         2005, Cycle 14, GO-10585, CoI, 9 orbits.
  • The Rosetta Stone without a Distance: Hunting for Cepheids in the Primordial Galaxy I Zw 18
         2005, Cycle 14, GO-10586, CoI, 24 orbits.

• Archival Projects:
  • Understanding Intermediate-luminosity X-ray Objects and their Environments
         2002, Cycle 11, AR-9545, CoI.
  • Archival Study of Merger-Induced Populations in Early-Type Galaxy Cores
         2004, Cycle 13, AR-10306, CoI.

• Theory Projects:
  • Stellar Dynamical Models for HST Proper Motion Datasets
         2003, Cycle 12, AR-9952, PI.
  • Origin of the Globular Cluster Fundamental Plane
         2003, Cycle 12, AR-10323, CoI.

Keck I Telescope

• Mirror Diameter: 10 meter

• Location: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA

• Observing Projects:
  • The nature and origin of nucleated dwarf elliptical galaxies
        1998, CoI, 4 nights.

William Herschel Telescope

• Mirror Diameter: 4.2 meter

• Location: Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

• Observing Projects:
  • Line profiles of normal galaxies with a central black hole
        1992, PI, 3 nights.
  • Line profiles as probes of central black holes in M31 and M32
        1992, PI, 2 nights.

Canada France Hawaii Telescope

• Mirror Diameter: 3.6 meter

• Location: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA

• Observing Projects:
  • Weak Lensing observations of the clusters of the CNOC1 redshift survey
         2000, CoI, 3 nights.

Bok Telescope

• Mirror Diameter: 2.3 meter

• Location: Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA

• Observing Projects:
  • The Nuclear Star Clusters of late-type Spirals - Probing Bulge Evolution
         1999, CoI, 2 nights.

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