Department of Physics and Astronomy
Other interests Page of
Dr. Ronald J. Buta, Professor of Astronomy
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My two main special interests are amateur paleontology and visual deep-sky astronomy. The links at right connect to the kinds of things I have done in these topics.
Ronald J. Buta, Ph.D.

Pennsylvanian Footprints 1: Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site

Pennsylvanian Footprints 2: Footprints in Stone: Tracking Ancient Life in Alabama (coauthored with David C. Kopaska-Merkel)

Pennsylvanian Footprints 3: Crescent Valley Surface Coal Mine

Visual Astronomy
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