Session List

AAS 197, January 2001
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Session 1. HAD I: Boners of the Century -- LOCATION UPDATE 19 December 2000
Special Session Oral, Sunday, 1:00-5:30pm, SDSU, Zinner Collection, special collections area (4th floor) of Love Library, Tea and tour follow talks. There will probably be people sharing taxies from the hotel.

Welcoming Address:
   Ruth Howes, President AAPT and E. Margaret Burbidge, UCSD
    Joint, Monday, 8:00-8:30am, Golden Ballroom

Session 2. Heineman Prize Lecture
    Joint Invited, Monday, 8:30-9:20am, Golden Ballroom

Session 3. QSO Absorbers and the IGM
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 4. The Milky Way Galaxy
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 5. Molecular Clouds and Cloud Cores
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 6. Planetary Nebulae: Young and Old
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 7. Gas in the Galactic ISM
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 8. Circumstellar Matter and Winds
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 9. CVs: UV and IR Data
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 10. Low Mass Star Formation
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 11. Extrasolar Planets and Very Low Mass Stars
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 12. Hubble Space Telescope: Instruments and Data Reduction
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 13. Early Science from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 14. New Space Missions and Instrumentation
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 15. Optical and IR: Small Telescopes, Instrumentation and Processing
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 16. New Results from Back to Basics Data Analysis
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 17. Frontiers of Astrophysics IV
Display, Monday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 18. Star Forming Regions
Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Golden Ballroom

Session 19. Frontiers of Astrophysics I
    Joint Special Session Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Town and Country

Session 20. Galaxy Formation and Chemical Evolution
Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, San Diego

Session 21. AGN Kinematics
Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Pacific One

Session 22. New Results from ``Back-to-Basics" Data Analysis: Special Tutorials on Timing and Fitting
Special Session Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 23. HAD II
Special Session Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 5/6

Session 24. Star Clusters and Binaries
Oral, Monday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Sunrise

Session 25. Gamma Ray Bursts: Localization and Identification
Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 26. Frontiers of Astrophysics II
    Joint Special Session Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, Town and Country

Session 27. Early Science from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Special Session Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, San Diego

Session 28. Kinematics, ISM and Star Formation in the Local Group
Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, Pacific One

Session 29. Protostellar Outflows
Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 30. Dwarf and Elliptical Galaxies
Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Plam 5/6

Session 31. Solar System and The Sun
Oral, Monday, 1:30-3:00pm, Sunrise

Session 32. Warner Prize Lecture
Invited, Monday, 3:15-4:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 33. Pierce Prize Lecture
Invited, Monday, 4:00-4:45pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 34. Sunlight and Ice Crystals in the Skies of Antarctica
    Joint Invited, Monday, 5:00-6:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 35. Russell Lecture
Invited, Tuesday, 8:30-9:20am, Golden Ballroom

Session 36. Deuterium Abundance in ISM: First FUSE Results
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 37. Galaxy Interactions and Dynamics
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 38. Gas in External Galaxies
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 39. Polarimetry and Variability in AGN
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 40. REU: Instrumentation, Star Clusters and Galaxies
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 41. Star Clusters and Associations
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 42. Dust and Theory of ISM
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 43. High Mass Star Formation
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 44. Observations and Analysis of Stellar Atmospheres
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 45. Stellar Interferometry
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 46. Variable Stars
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 47. Circumstellar Disks
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 48. REU: Solar System and Stars
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 49. The Formation, Evolution and Detection of Habitable Planets
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 50. Studies of Solar System Objects
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 51. The Sun
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 52. Science with Adaptive Optics
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 53. Instruments and Techniques: Submillimeter to Radio
Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 54. Education and Public Outreach
    Joint Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

AAPT CB 1-10. Education and Public Outreach
    Joint Display, Tuesday, 9:30am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 55. The Cosmic Microwave Background
Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Golden Ballroom

Session 56. Frontiers of Astrophysics III
    Joint Special Session Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Town and Country

Session 57. Galaxy Clusters: Galaxy Evolution
Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, San Diego

Session 58. Barred and Edge-on Galaxies
Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Pacific One

Session 59. The Interstellar Medium
Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 60. Stars and Stellar Atmospheres
Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 5/6

Session 61. Dark Energy, Cosmology, and the SNAP Mission
Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Sunrise

AAPT CI. The Impact of Physics Education Research on the Teaching of Astronomy
    Joint Oral, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:15pm, Golden West

Session 62. Detecting and Characterizing Extrasolar Planets
Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 63. Gamma Ray Sources, Supernovae and Supernova Remnants
Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Town and Country

Session 64. Science with Adaptive Optics
Special Session Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:00pm, San Diego

Session 65. Galaxy Evolution: High Redshift
Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Pacific One

Session 66. When the Universe was Mostly Gas
Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 67. New Technology and Its Achievements I
Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Palm 5/6

AAPT DA.  Astronomy as a Tool for Public Outreach
    Joint Oral, Tuesday, 1:30-3:15pm, Pacific Salon Three

Session 68. The Hot and the Blue
Invited, Tuesday, 3:15-4:45pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 69. Star Streams in the Milky Way - Fragments of its History
   Joint Invited, Tuesday, 5:00-6:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 70. The Formation, Evolution and Detection of Habitable Planets
Special Session Oral, Tuesday, 8:00pm, San Diego

Session 71. Einstein's Biggest Blunder? The Case for an Accelerating Universe
    Joint Invited, Wednesday, 8:30-9:20am, Golden Ballroom

Session 72. Cosmology from z=1100 to 1
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 73. Gamma Ray Bursts Observations and Analysis
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 74. Surveys for Active Galaxies
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 75. Jets in AGN
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 76. Galaxy Evolution I
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 77. Galaxy Evolution II
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 78. Nearby Galaxies I
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 79. Nearby Galaxies II
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 80. HEAD Contributions: Pulsars to X-ray Clusters
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 81. Supernovae and Nova Theory
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 82. Supernova Remnants: Multispectral Observations
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 83. Compact Objects
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 84. X-ray Binaries
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 85. CVs: Optical Observations and Theory
Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 86. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy I
    Joint Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 87. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy II
    Joint Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

AAPT EC 4-10. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy II
    Joint Display, Wednesday, 9:30am-6:45pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 88. HEAD I: High Resolution Views of Compact Objects
Special Session Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Golden Ballroom

Session 89. Large Scale Structure and Galaxy Clusters
Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Town and Country

Session 90. Multiwavelength Surveys for AGN
Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, San Diego

Session 91. Disks around YSOs
Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Pacific One

Session 92. Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 93. New Technology and its Achievements II
Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 5/6

AAPT EE. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy, Part I
    Joint Oral, Wednesday, 10:30am-12:00noon, California

Session 94. HEAD II: High Energy Constraints on Extended Structures
Special Session Oral, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 95. Cosmological Parameters and Evolution
Oral, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Town and Country

Session 96. Galaxy Evolution: Low Redshift Traces
Oral, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm, San Diego

Session 97. Evolved Stars
Oral, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Pacific One

Session 98. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy II
    Joint Special Session Oral, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 99. The Expanded VLA
Special Session Oral, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Palm 5/6

Session 100. Unveiling the Dusty Universe at Submillimeter and X-ray Wavelengths
Invited, Wednesday, 3:15-4:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 101. Rossi Prize Lecture
Invited, Wednesday, 4:00-4:45pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 102. The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
    Joint Invited, Wednesday, 5:00-6:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 103. The Great Copernican Cliché
    Joint Invited, Thursday, 8:30-9:20am, Golden Ballroom

Session 104. The Cosmic Distance Scale
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 105. Gravitational Lensing
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 106. Galaxy Clusters and Large-Scale Structure I
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 107. Galaxy Clusters and Large Scale Structure II
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 108. Radio Observations of Active Galaxies
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 109. AGN Host Galaxies
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 110. AGN Emission and Absorption Properties
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 111. Galaxy Morphology and Structure
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 112. The Magellanic Clouds
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 113. Stars and Clusters in the Galaxy and Local Group
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 114. Evolution of Stars
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 115. At the Observatory: UV and Sky Conditions
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 116. Virtual Observatory: Data, Services, Tools and Software
Display, Thursday, 9:30-4:00pm, Exhibit Hall

Session 117. Galaxy Evolution: The Hubble Deep Fields
Oral, Thursday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Golden Ballroom

Session 118. Binary Systems with Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Oral, Thursday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Town and Country

Session 119. The Cosmic Distance Scale
Oral, Thursday, 10:30am-12:00noon, San Diego

Session 120. Innovations in Teaching Astronomy III
    Joint Special Session Oral, Thursday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Pacific One

Session 121. Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
Special Session Oral, Thursday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 3/4

Session 122. Towards the National (and Global) Virtual Observatory
Special Session Oral, Thursday, 10:30am-12:00noon, Royal Palm 5/6

Session 123. Early Universe, Cosmic Evolution and the Alternative
Oral, Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, Golden Ballroom

Session 124. Galaxy Clusters: Masses and X-ray Properties
Oral, Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, Town and Country

Session 125. Jets and Variability in AGN and Radio Galaxies
Oral, Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, San Diego

Session 126. Compact Objects and Accretion Systems
Oral, Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, Pacific One

Session 127. Low Mass Stars, Planetary Formation
Oral, Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, Royal Palm 3/4

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