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Paul J. (Joe) Heafner is Instructor of Astronomy and Physics at Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC. He earned his Master of Science degree in physics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his BA in astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

An AAPT member since 2000, Heafner has been active in the North Carolina Section, and has served on the AAPT Committee on Space Science and Astronomy, chairing the committee in 2013. He served...

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