Publications in Professional Literature
"Occultations", Astronomical Calendar, by Guy Ottewell, Contributing author of this chapter in the most popular yearly calendar of astronomical events.
“The Nature of the Double Star M40”, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 96, No. 2, p. 63 April, 2002. See it here. Read about M40's history here.
“New Measurements of the Expansion of the Crab Nebula”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 110 , p. 831, July, 1998. See it here.
“Determining Locations of Unknown Sites for Astronomical Purposes”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, with P. Maley, L. Palmer, P. Rosenzweig, O. Naranjo, Vol. 109, p. 719, June, 1997. See it here.
“Photographic Determination of the Eccentricity of Earth's Orbit", Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 89, No. 5, p. 217 October, 1995. See it here.
"An Automated Registration System", with N. Chu, Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on Computer Developments, University of Houston, Clear Lake City, December 5, 1980.
"An Astrometric Investigation of Stars in the Region of the Galactic Cluster NGC 752", Master's Thesis, University of South Florida, 1979. See abstract here.
Additional articles published appears here. Reprints of any of the above articles are available upon request. Contact RNugent "at" wt.net
Non-Classified NASA Publications:
"As-Built Design Specification of the Automated Registration System for the Cartographic Laboratory", with N. Chu, NASA Technical Document JSC-17017, December 1980
"Results of Technical Suggestions Made During the Automated registration System Third Quarterly Review", NASA JSC 9-15800, Ref 648C-86, April, 1980
"Acceptance Test Specification for the Automated Registration System", NASA JSC 9-15800, Ref 648C-211, November 1980.
User Manual for the Earth Observations Division R&D to On line Pattern and Recognition System D.O.T Data Conversion", NASA JSC -16665, April 1980.
......plus numerous Classified Publications
Featured Speaker Presentations
“Results of the January 5, 1992 Annular Eclipse from the Truk Lagoon, Micronesia”, Houston Astronomical Society, April, 1992
“Scientific Results of the October 24, 1995 Solar Eclipse from India and the April 29, Annular
Eclipse from Peru”, Houston Astronomical Society, January, 1996
“Photographic Determination of the Eccentricity of Earth’s Orbit”, Texas Star Party, May 16, 1996.
“Determining the Age of the Crab Nebula Supernova”, Texas Star Party, May 8, 1997.
“Determining the Age of the Crab Nebula Supernova”, Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society,
May, 1997, Astronomical Association of Southeast Texas, September, 1997.
“The Historical Evidence of the Crab Nebula Expansion”, Houston Astronomical Society, July, 1997
“Determining Stellar and Galactic Distances”, Ft. Bend Astronomy Club, October, 1997,
Houston Astronomical Society, June, 1998, Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, March, 1999
“A Comparison of the Accuracy of Several Sky Atlas Software Programs”, Texas Star Party, May 15, 1999.
“Observing Asteroid Occultations”, Houston Astronomical Society, January 2001.
"The Total Solar Eclipse of June 21, 2001 and The International Occultation Timing Association's Research on Possible
Solar Radius Variations", South Africa Solar Eclipse Team, Zambezi River, Zambia, June 19, 2001.
“Observing and Recording Asteroid Occultations”, Texas Star Party, May 11, 2002.
"Interviewed for The June 21, 2001 Solar Eclipse over Africa", Documentary aired on South African TV, November, 2001
"The Nature of the Double Star M40", Texas Star Party, May 2, 2003
"The Age of the Crab Nebula Supernova", Nebraska Star Party, August 1, 2003
"Asteroid Occultations and the International Occultation Timing Association", Nebraska Star Party, August 1, 2003.
"A Robust Portable Video System for Recording Occultations", International Occultation Timing Association 22nd Annual Meeting,
Apple Valley, CA, July 3, 2004.
"New Developments in the field of Asteroid Occultations", Houston Astronomical Society, October 1, 2004,
Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, June 2005.
"New Developments in the field of Asteroid Occultations", Houston Astronomical Society, October 1, 2004, NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, June10, 2005.
“Historical and Modern Methods to measure the Sun’s Radius”, Houston Astronomical Society, May, 2006.
“History and Identification of the Crab Nebula Supernova”, North Houston Astronomy Club, October, 2006.
“Asteroid Occultations: New Developments”, Texas Star Party, May 16, 2007