J. J. Hester

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

J. J. Hester is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. J. Hester has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20 papers in Instrumentation and 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in J. J. Hester's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers). J. J. Hester is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers). J. J. Hester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Mexico. J. J. Hester's co-authors include Jon A. Holtzman, John T. Trauger, A. M. Watson, Christopher J. Burrows, Paul A. Scowen, Stefano Casertano, Guy Worthey, Karl Stapelfeldt, J. S. Gallagher and J. R. Mould and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

J. J. Hester

73 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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The Photometric Performance and Calibration of WFPC2

1995 663 citations Jon A. Holtzman, Christopher J. Burrows et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Crab Nebula: An Astrophysical Chimera 2008 ·Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. J. Hester	221
2	A Northwest-Southeast Asymmetry in the Structure of the Crab Nebula 2007 ·AAS ·(unknown), J. J. Hester, William P. Blair, Ravi Sankrit	1
3	HST ACS Polarization Observations of the Crab Nebula 2007 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·J. J. Hester	1
4	Year-scale Morphological Variation of the X-ray Crab Nebula 2004 ·Symposium - International Astronomical Union ·Koji Mori, D. N. Burrows, George G. Pavlov, J. J. Hester, Shinpei Shibata, H. Tsunemi	4
5	HST Multi-Epoch Observations of the XZ Tauri Outflow 2003 ·John Krist, Karl Stapelfeldt, J. J. Hester, (unknown)	0
6	ACS Monitoring of the Polarization of the Crab Nebula 2003 ·J. J. Hester	0
7	Discovery of Spatial Structures in the X-ray Image of the Crab Nebula 1999 ·AAS ·M. C. Weisskopf, H. L. Marshall, J. J. Hester, Allyn F. Tennant, G. E. Allen, Y. Butt, Ronald F. Elsner, M. Elvis, (unknown), E. Kellogg, (unknown), Joy S. Nichols, Stephen L. O’Dell, M. J. Pivovaroff, Paul P. Plucinsky, Norbert S. Schulz, Douglas A. Swartz, S. D. Vrtilek	1
8	[ITAL]Hubble[/ITAL] [ITAL]Space[/ITAL] [ITAL]Telescope[/ITAL] Observations of the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy 1998 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Carl J. Grillmair, J. R. Mould, Jon A. Holtzman, Guy Worthey, G. E. Ballester, Christopher J. Burrows, J. T. Clarke, David Crisp, Robin W. Evans, J. S. Gallagher, R. E. Griffiths, J. J. Hester, J. G. Hoessel, Paul A. Scowen, Karl Stapelfeldt, John T. Trauger, A. M. Watson, James A. Westphal	51
9	Young Stars in the Cr232 Region of the Carina Nebula 1996 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·(unknown), R. J. Dufour, D. G. Currie, J. J. Hester, (unknown)	1
10	All Quiet on the Western Front? X-Ray and Optical Observations of a Prototypical Cloud--Blast Wave Interaction in the Cygnus Loop 1996 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·N. A. Levenson, James R. Graham, J. J. Hester, Robert Petre	16
11	Visible and Far-Ultraviolet WFPC2 Imaging of the Nucleus of the Galaxy NGC 205 1996 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·D. H. P. Jones, J. R. Mould, A. M. Watson, Carl J. Grillmair, J. S. Gallagher, G. E. Ballester, Christopher J. Burrows, Stefano Casertano, J. T. Clarke, David Crisp, R. E. Griffiths, J. J. Hester, J. G. Hoessel, Jon A. Holtzman, Paul A. Scowen, Karl Stapelfeldt, John T. Trauger, James A. Westphal	19
12	WFPC2 Imaging of the Circumstellar Nebulosity of HL Tauri 1995 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Karl Stapelfeldt, Christopher J. Burrows, John Krist, John T. Trauger, J. J. Hester, Jon A. Holtzman, G. E. Ballester, Stefano Casertano, J. T. Clarke, David Crisp, Robin W. Evans, J. S. Gallagher, R. E. Griffiths, J. G. Hoessel, J. R. Mould, Paul A. Scowen, A. M. Watson, James A. Westphal	51
13	Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Wind-blown Lobe NGC 6165 1995 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Paul A. Scowen, J. J. Hester, Arthur D. Code, (unknown), C. R. Lynds, (unknown)	1
14	An X-ray and optical study of the interaction of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant with an interstellar cloud 1995 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·James R. Graham, N. A. Levenson, J. J. Hester, J. C. Raymond, Robert Petre	31
15	Ionization fronts and shocked flows - The structure of the Orion Nebula at 0.1 arcsec 1991 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·J. J. Hester, R. Gilmozzi, C. R. O’dell, S. M. Faber, (unknown), Arthur D. Code, D. G. Currie, G. E. Danielson, S. P. Ewald, E. J. Groth, Jon A. Holtzman, T. Kelsall, Tod R. Lauer, R. M. Light, Roger Lynds, Jr. O'Neil E. J., E. Shaya, James A. Westphal	14
16	Hubble Space Telescope imaging of Eta Carinae 1991 ·The Astronomical Journal ·J. J. Hester, (unknown), James A. Westphal, D. G. Currie, E. J. Groth, (unknown), Tod R. Lauer, Jr. O'Neil E. J.	14
17	Observation of a pulsar wind - CCD polarimetry of the Crab Nebula 1991 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·F. C. Michel, Paul A. Scowen, R. J. Dufour, J. J. Hester	16
18	H2 excitation by magnetic shock precursors in the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant 1991 ·The Astronomical Journal ·James R. Graham, G. S. Wright, J. J. Hester, A. J. Longmore	13
19	The circumstellar environment of TMR-1 - A young, low-mass star in the Taurus molecular ring 1990 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Terebey, Charles Beichman, T. N. Gautier, J. J. Hester	17
20	A deep H-alpha image of faint Balmer-line filaments in the northeast Cygnus Loop supernova remnant 1986 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·J. J. Hester, G. E. Danielson, J. C. Raymond	10

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