Session 70. Star Formation and the ISM in Galaxies

Display, Friday, January 8, 1999, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall 1

70.01 Star Formation in Dwarf ``Transition'' Galaxies

P. M. Knezek, K. R. Sembach (JHU), J. S. Gallagher (UWisc)

70.02 Star Formation in the Environment of M81 and its Companions

L. Flynn, R.A.M. Walterbos, D.A. Thilker, V. Fierro (NMSU)

70.03 The NICMOS Paschen Alpha Snapshot Survey of Nearby Galaxies

T. Boker (STScI and European Space Agency), W. B. Sparks, D. Calzetti (STScI), NICMOS Team

70.04 Star Formation in Single Leading Arm Density Wave versus Single Tidal Arms: NGC 4622 versus NGC 4378

T. Freeman (Bevill State Comm. Coll., Walker Campus, Sumiton, AL), G. G. Byrd, G. Purcell, R. Buta (U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa), D. McCormick (Tuskegee U., Tuskegee, AL)

70.05 Variable Stars in the Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: A Story of Star Formation as told by the Horizontal Branch

P.L. Gay (Univ. of Texas, Austin)

70.06 An Optical HST and Ground-Based Near-Infrared Study of the Nuclear Ring of ESO 565-11

R. Buta, D. A. Crocker, G. G. Byrd (U. Alabama)

70.07 HIIphot: A New Method for Automated Photometry of HII Regions

R.A.M. Walterbos, D.A. Thilker (NMSU), R. Braun (NFRA), V. Fierro (NMSU)

70.08 Measuring Metal Abundances of Distant Galaxies from Integrated Emission-Line Spectra

R.C. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.), H.A. Kobulnicky (Lick Obs.), J.L. Pizagno (U. Arizona)

70.09 Probing the ISM of Galaxies: FIR and Submillimeter Emission from Photodissociation Regions

M.J. Kaufman (Dept. of Physics, San Jose State University \& NASA/Ames), M.G. Wolfire (Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland), D. J. Hollenbach (NASA Ames Research Center), M.L. Luhman (Naval Research Laboratory)

70.10 A 3D Treatment of Radiative Transfer: Including Multi-wavelength Scattering; Absorption and Far Infrared Emission; and Arbitrary Geometry

M. Trewhella, B.F. Madore, L.E. Kuchinski (IPAC, Caltech/JPL)

70.11 The Neutral Hydrogen in NGC 6822

Heidi J. Brandenburg, Evan D. Skillman (U. Minnesota)

70.12 The BIMA CO Survey Of Nearby Spiral Galaxies (BIMA SONG): A Comparison of CO Emission and Dust

K. Sheth (UMD), M. W. Regan (DTM-CIW), M. D. Thornley (NRAO), L. Blitz, D. C.-J. Bock (UCB), A. Harris (UMD), T. T. Helfer (NRAO), S. N. Vogel (UMD), T. Wong (UCB)

70.13 The Molecular ISM in Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies

C. Mihos (CWRU), M. Spaans (CfA), S. McGaugh (UMd)

70.14 The Eastern Arm of M83 Revisited: A High-Resolution Comparison of CO and Other Spiral Tracers

R. J. Rand (Univ. of New Mexico), S. D. Lord (IPAC), J. L. Higdon (Kapteyn Lab, Univ. of Groningen)