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Jay Pasachoff
Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College
Jay M. Pasachoff is the Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy; Director of Hopkins Observatory; and Chair of the Astronomy Department at Williams College.
Latest Articles
A transit of Venus as seen from Jupiter may be observed by Hubble on September 20 and a transit of Venus as seen from Saturn will be observed by Cassini on December 21.
Latest Planetary Radio Appearances
A fun conversation with the leader of the Cassini imaging team, and an audio tour of the transit of Mercury with astronomer Jay Pasachoff.
Jay Pasachoff visits Planetary Society headquarters for a conversation about the latest edition of his and Alex Filippenko’s monumental textbook The Cosmos.
No one is more excited about eclipses than famed solar astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff. He looks forward to the total solar eclipse in August of 2017.