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Stephanie A. Snedden is an American astronomer at the Apache Point Observatory of the New Mexico State University in New Mexico, United States.[1][2] The minor planet 133008 Snedden is named after her; it was discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point Observatory on 5 October 2002.[2] She has published papers including The Case for Optically Thick High-Velocity Broad-Line Region Gas in Active Galactic Nuclei.[3]

Education

Snedden gained her BS from Sonoma State University in 1983,[1] her MS in physics and astronomy from the University of Nebraska in 1995,[4] and her PhD from University of Nebraska in 2001.[1]

Research interests

Snedden studies the physics of active galactic nuclei, particularly the structure and kinematics of gas in the broad-line region.[1]

Media

Snedden appeared on Nova, in the 13 April 2010 documentary Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever-Expanding Universe.[5]

Bibliography

• Ahn, Christopher P.; Alexandroff, Rachael; Snedden, Stephanie A.; et al. (April 2014). "The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 211 (2). arXiv:1307.7735. Bibcode:2014ApJS..211...17A. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/2/17.
• Snedden, Stephanie A.; Gaskell, C. Martin (November 2007). "The Case for Optically Thick High-Velocity Broad-Line Region Gas in Active Galactic Nuclei". The Astrophysical Journal. 669 (1): 126–134. arXiv:astro-ph/0402508. Bibcode:2007ApJ...669..126S. doi:10.1086/521290.
• Naohisa, Inada; Masamune, Oguri; Snedden, Stephanie A.; et al. (April 2006). "SDSS J0806+2006 and SDSS J1353+1138: Two New Gravitationally Lensed Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (4): 1934–1941. arXiv:astro-ph/0512239. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1934I. doi:10.1086/500591.
• Schmidt, Edward G.; Lee, Kevin M.; Snedden, Stephanie A.; et al. (August 2003). "The Spectra of Type II Cepheids. I. The Hα Line in Short-Period Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (2): 906–917. Bibcode:2003AJ....126..906S. doi:10.1086/376845.

References

External links

• Interview clips with Sneddon filmed during the making of 400 Years of the Telescope.

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