Julianne Dalcanton

Julianne Dalcanton is an American astronomer.
She is Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington, and researcher for Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Her main work is on the area of galaxy formation and evolution. She led the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) and is leading the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) programs on the Hubble Space Telescope.
She became known worldwide by her discovery of the comet C/1999 F2 Dalcanton. She is also a contributor to the physics blog Cosmic Variance.

• Dalcanton, Julianne J.; Spergel, David N.; Summers, F. J. (1997). "The Formation of Disk Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 482 (2): 659–676. arXiv:astro-ph/9611226. Bibcode:1997ApJ...482..659D. doi:10.1086/304182. 
• Hogan, Craig J.; Dalcanton, Julianne J. (2000). "New dark matter physics: Clues from halo structure". Physical Review D. 62 (6): 063511. arXiv:astro-ph/0002330. Bibcode:2000PhRvD..62f3511H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.62.063511.