kaplan (1) george kaplan (1) george harry kaplan (1) george h. kaplan (1) ph.d. (1) g. h. kaplan (1) g. kaplan (1)
Hi! Thanks for visiting my web page, which contains information about my work. I'm an astronomer working as an independent, part-time contractor to the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. I do most of my work from my home in Colora, Maryland, near the north end of the Chesapeake Bay. I was a staff astronomer at the Naval Observatory for over three decades. There, I worked in the Nautical Almanac Office, the Astrometry Department, the office of the Scientific Director, and the Astronomical Applicati
Another of my interests is astronomy education. When I was a staff member at the Naval Observatory, I wrote many of the public-access web pages for the Astronomical Applications Department and regularly assisted with the observatory's public tour. For nine years I chaired the Executive Committee for Washington Area Astronomers Meetings and helped to organize several teachers' workshops in astronomy. For over ten years I served as a judge for the DC citywide science fair, and for two years was the coordinato
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