Steve Vogt—Faculty Research Lecturer

Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, has designed, built, and used high-precision spectrometers to find new worlds outside our solar system during his 33 years with UCSC.

In 2010, Vogt and a team of planet hunters announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a nearby star at a distance that placed it squarely in the middle of the star's "habitable zone," where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface. Further observations are needed to confirm the discovery, which remains controversial.

(Special thanks to Laurie Hatch Photography for providing the photo of Steve Vogt posing in the Automated Planet Finder.)

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