Dr. Eliot Halley Vrijmoet

   VRY-MOOT   (he/him)

Education/Research Postdoc Fellow
of the Five College Astronomy Department

Department of Astronomy
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

Office: McConnell 410A

*New* e-mail: evrijmoet@smith.edu      Twitter logo @eliotVRIJ

Eliot standing outside with coffee. Eliot standing next to a tall building, with coffee.
Photo by Leonardo Paredes

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Eliot Halley pointing to a very large painting of the Moon
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Teaching

In Spring 2024 I am teaching Observational Techniques II (AST 341) at Smith College.

In Fall 2023 I co-taught (with K. Ward-Duong) Observational Techniques I (AST 337) at Smith College.

Previous Teaching

Life in the Universe (Fall 2021, GSU): We explored how life forms and survives, how we search for life in the Solar System, and the context we have gained from recent exoplanet discoveries. For this course I created all my own lectures, homeworks, projects, and exams.

Astro labs (2016-2020, GSU): These labs accompany the ASTR 1010 and 1020 courses. We cover intro astro topics such as the Moon, Solar System, galaxy classification, stellar spectral types, variable stars, etc. Each lab "section" involves guiding 24 students through a 2-hour activity once per week.