Billy Teets
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How to look at the stars: Expert advice from Dyer Observatory’s Billy Teets
To mark Vanderbilt's Sesquicentennial year, the 100th anniversary of the passing of E.E. Barnard (Vanderbilt Observatory's first director) and the 70th anniversary of Dyer Observatory, Billy Teets, current director of Dyer, offers his advice on how to become as passionate about the stars as Barnard was. Read MoreOct 12, 2023
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What else can you see during the total solar eclipse?
Don’t forget to look around the sky during the historic total solar eclipse. Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory astronomer Billy Teets says several planets will be brightly visible as the solar eclipse occurs. Venus will be the brightest thing in the sky, besides the sun and the moon. Tests tells where to… Read MoreAug 14, 2017
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Upcoming total solar eclipse is the first visible across the U.S. in 99 years
Vanderbilt University astronomer Billy Teets explains the historic path of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Teets says the eclipse will only be viewable along a 70-mile-wide path from the West Coast to the East Coast. Read MoreAug 14, 2017
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From the Moon to the Edge of the Visible Universe: An Astronomy Sampler II with Billy Teets, 4.4.17
Through this Osher Lifelong Learning Institute series of six lectures, students will learn about the upcoming 2017 total solar eclipse, the Hubble Space Telescope, chemical evolution in the universe, and more. … Read MoreApr 4, 2017
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