About me

At the Faulkes Telescope-North, February, 2005
Photo by Rob Ratkowski

Jim Bedient

1464 Molehu Dr.
Honolulu, HI
808-423-8660

Professional

Dispatch Supervisor at Island Air
Retired 24-year veteran air traffic controller
FAA Facilities: Honolulu Control Facility (HCF), Minneapolis ARTCC; Air Traffic Control System Command Center, Washington, DC; Dayton, Ohio ATCT
Charter member, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

Interests

Astronomy

Member, American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Technical Member, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)

Aviation

FAA licenses: aircraft dispatcher, private pilot, instrument rating; advanced and instrument ground instructor

Radio - Electronics

FCC Amateur Extra class license, callsign KH6A

Education

Associate in Science, Regents College (1999)
Certificate of Professional Development in Astronomy, Liverpool John Moores University (2002)
University Advanced Certificate in Astrophysics of Galaxies, University of Central Lancashire (2004)
Certificate of Competence in E-Commerce, Leeward Community College (2006)

United States Army

U.S. Army Basic Combat Training (1982)
U.S. Army Administrative Specialist Course (1982)
U.S. Army Psychological Operations - Enlisted Course (1983)
U.S. Army Infantry Special Skills Course (1984)

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Publications

Bedient, J. (2007) Four New Southern Miras, Peremennye Zvezdy Prilozhenie, vol.7, no. 27
Bedient, J. (2007) 40 New Southern Red Variables, Peremennye Zvezdy Prilozhenie, vol.7, no. 20
Bedient, J. (2006) Four More Ross Variables Identified, Open European Journal on Variable Stars #47
Bedient, J. (2006) Four Ross Variables Identified, Open European Journal on Variable Stars #43
Richwine, P., Bedient, J., Slater, T., Mattei, J., (2004) The Internet as A Virtual Observatory: New Elements for Ten Long Period Variables in Aquila. JAAVSO, 34, 28
Price, A., Gary, B., Bedient, J. et al., (2004), A New Cataclysmic Variable in Hercules, PASP 116, 1117
Richwine, P., Bedient, J., Slater, T. (2004) Analyzing Online Data on Variable Stars: An Authentic Research Experience for Teachers. Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 33, in press.
Bedient, J. (2003) Six Suspected Variable Stars Identified as Asteroids. IBVS No. 5478
Kadooka, Mary Ann, Meech, Karen J., and Bedient, James (2002) TOPS Telescope Projects on Variable Stars and Other Objects. Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 31, 1, pp. 38-46.
Price, A.; Mattei, J.; Henden, A.; West, D.; Bedient, J.; Nelson, P.; Smelcer, L.; Klinglesmith, D.; Luedeke, K.; Sherrod, C.; O'Connor, S.; Oksanen, A.; Templeton, M. (2002) Multicolor Observations of V838 Mon. IBVS No. 5315
Bedient, J. (2002) NSV 12364: A Semiregular Variable. IBVS No. 5288
Bedient, J. (2001) USNO-A2.0 0825-15411768: A New Mira in Aquila. IBVS No. 5164
Brown, P.; Campbell, M. D.; Ellis, K. J.; Hawkes, R. L.; Jones, J.; Gural, P.; Babcock, D.; Barnbaum, C.; Bartlett, R. K.; Bedard, M.; Bedient, J. et al. (2000) Global Ground-Based Electro-Optical and Radar Observations of the 1999 Leonid Shower: First Results. Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 82/83, p. 167-190

Conference Presentations & Posters

Richwine, P.; Bedient, J. R.; Slater, T., Preliminary Findings on the Impact of Observing Variable Stars on Middle School Students' Beliefs and Attitudes Toward the Nature of Science. (2006) 2006JAVSO..34..280R
Bauer, J. M.; Buratti, B.; Meech, K. J.; Hicks, M. D.; Fernandez, Y. R.; Bedient, J. (2004), "Chiron's Outburst Behavior". American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #36, #03.04
P. Richwine, T. Slater, J. Bedient (2004), "Analyzing Online Data on Variable Stars: An Authentic Research Experience for Teachers". AAVSO/Astrocon 2004, Berkeley, California
P. Richwine, T. Slater, J. Bedient (2004) "Analyzing Online Data on Variable Stars: An Authentic Research Experience for Teachers". 1° Convegno Virtuale di Astronomia Amatoriale, Bellatrix Observatory, Ceccano, Italy
J. Bedient, K. J. Meech, M. A. Kadooka, J. A. Mattei, J. Hamai, R. Hemphill, S. Hu (2003) "TOPS and Beyond: Training Master Teachers to Mentor Student Astronomy Projects Using the Faulkes Telescope-North". Division for Planetary Sciences 35th Meeting, 1-6 September 2003, Monterey, California
Kadooka, M.; Meech, K.J.; Bedient J. (2003) Making Physics Exciting Through Remote Observing Telescope Projects. 127th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, August, 2003, Madison, Wisconsin
Bedient, J. (2003) "Four Asteroids and a Question Mark: Chasing Ross' Variables". 92nd Spring Meeting of the AAVSO, April, 2003, Tucson, AZ
Dameron, S.; Ferreira, M.; Bradley, N.; Bedient, J. (2002) "Remote Observing of Variable Stars". 91st Spring Meeting of the AAVSO, July, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawaii
Nishizuka, C.; Kobashigawa, C.; Bedient, J. (2002) "Discovery of a Variable Star". 91st Spring Meeting of the AAVSO, July 2002, Waikoloa, Hawaii
Hawkes, Robert Lewis; Brown, P.; Campbell, M. D.; Ellis, K. J.; Hawkes, R.; Jones, J.; Bartlett, R. K.; Bedard, M.; Bedient, J. et al. (2000) "Global Ground Based Observations of the 1999 Leonids". The Leonid MAC Workshop, Mar 15, 2000, Eds. Peter Jenniskens, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, p.E16
Richardson, J.; Bedient, J.; Lunsford, R.; McLeod, N.; Martin, P. (1999) "Refining Visual Meteor Perception Models: Shower Radiant Altitude Effect, Probability Function, and Limiting Magnitude Effect". Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1999 Workshops - IAU Commission 22 Professional-Amateur Working Group Meeting

Minor Planet Center and IAU Circulars

Contributed observations to:

Volunteer

AAVSO Council Member, 2007 -
AAVSO Executive Director Search Committee, 2004
Chairman, Makalapa Elementary School School/Community-Based Management Council 1999-2005 and School Community Council, 2005-2007
Staff member, Towards Other Planetary Systems Astronomy Workshops, 2001-2003
Prince William County, Virginia Public Library System 5-Year Plan Committee, 1994
Northfield, Minnesota Library Board Member, 1989-1992

Last update 8/2/2008.