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My name is Deborah Gulledge, and I am a physicist with the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron in Maui, HI, where I research new techniques to collect and process data from ground-based electro-optical telescopes, and lead integration of hardware and software solutions to improve upon existing technology for Space Domain Awareness. I earned my Ph.D. in Astronomy in November 2022 from Georgia State University, where I worked as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow with Dr. Stuart Jefferies. My research focused on Doppler imaging seismology of the Gas Giants to constrain both their internal structure and atmospheric dynamics, coupled with development of astronomical instrumentation to collect these measurements. My other research interests include astrobiology and general planetary science.  Aside from research, I enjoy reading, sewing, scuba & freediving, hiking, and aerial silks. Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

Haleakala Observatory at sunset, with a crescent moon above it.
The Best Telescope in the World
The inversion layer in Haleakala Crater, looking down from the observatory onto an ocean of clouds.
Installing the back panel of the LANDIT telescope inside a deep freezer on Maui.
The LANDIT team in front of the telescope we built, posing inside of a deep freezer on Maui.
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Telescopes atop Haleakala Observatory, Maui, HI.
The inversion layer in Haleakala Crater, looking down from the observatory onto an ocean of clouds.
Telescopes atop Haleakala Observatory, Maui, HI.
Chilean Sunset
Watching the Chilean sunset
Observing crew in December at CTIO.
Sunset watching at KPNO.
Rainbow over the Arizona mountains.
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Four simultaneous images of Jupiter in the Methane band, shown with Io transiting its surface as a b

A compilation of images from some of my favorite observing runs.

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