Session List

Welcoming Address, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen

Monday, 8:15-8:30am, 205/206

Session 1. The Orion Nebula: Structure and Population

Invited, Monday, 8:30am-9:20am, 205/206

Session 2. Computation, Data Handling, Image Analysis

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 3. Instrumentation: Ground-based

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 4. Instrumentation: Space Missions

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 5. The Sun and The Shapley Program

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 6. Black Holes and Pulsars

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 7. Cataclysmic Variables

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 8. Binary Stars

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 9. Communication Science to the Public

Special Associated Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 10. Astronomy Education: Middle School to College

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 11. Galaxies, Cosmology and Higher Redshift Objects

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 12. Engaging the Public: from Museums to the Classroom

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, 205/206

Session 13. Stars and Supernovae

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, 204

Session 14. Starbursts and AGN

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, 209/210

Session 15. Follow-up to the Workshop for New Faculty

Special Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, 103/104

Session 16. Hale Prize: The Dynamic Sun

Invited, Monday, 11:40am-12:30pm, 205/206

Session 17. Deep Imaging Surveys

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, 205/206

Session 18. Blazars and Radio Sources

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, 204

Session 19. Galaxy Clusters and Intergalactic Medium

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, 209/210

Session 20. Cool Astronomy for Everyone

Special Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, 103/104

Session 21. The Training and Work of Ph.D. Physical Scientists

Special Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, 108/109

Session 22. Grand Unification of Active Galaxies

Invited, Monday, 3:40-4:30pm, 205/206

Session 23. Observational Probes of Dark Energy

Topical Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:00-3:30pm and 3:45-5:30pm, 205/206

Session 24. When Do Planets Form?

Topical Oral, Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am and 10:45am-12:30pm, 204

Session 25. Surveys and Catalogs

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 26. Galactic Center, Galactic Halo

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 27. Open and Globular Clusters

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 28. Young Stars and Star Formation

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 29. Molecular Clouds and the ISM

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 30. Novae, Supernovae and Remnants

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 31. Observational Probes of Dark Energy

Topical Associated Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 32. Stellar Atmospheres and Circumstellar Material

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 33. Jupiter and Extrasolar Planets

Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 34. When Do Planets Form?

Topical Associated Poster, Tuesday, 10:00am-6:30pm, West Exhbit Hall

Session 35. Blazar Continuum Variability Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Topical Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30 and 3:45-6:30pm, 204

Session 36. The Dynamic Radio Sky

Topical Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am and 10:45am-12:30pm, 205/206

Session 37. Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

Topical Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am and 10:45am-12:30pm, 204

Session 38. Robotic Astronomical Observatories

Topical Oral, Wednesday, 8:30-10:00am and 10:45am-12:30pm, 209/210

Session 39. Variable Stars

Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 40. Galaxies

Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 41. Galaxy Clusters in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Special Associated Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 42. Quasars and Active Galaxies

Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 43. Blazar Continuum Variability Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Topical Associated Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 44. Future Optical/UV Astronomy from Space: Science and Mission Concepts

Topical Associated Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 45. Gamma-Ray Bursts

Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 46. Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era

Topical Associated Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 47. Robotic Astronomical Observatories

Topical Associated Poster, Wednesday, 10:00am-6:45pm, West Exhibit Hall

Session 48. Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era

Topical Oral, Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 and 4:15-6:00pm, 205/206

Session 49. Future Optical/UV Astronomy from Space: Science and Mission Concepts

Topical Oral, Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 and 4:15-6:00pm, 204

Session 50. Exploring Disks at Planet Formation Distances

Invited, Thursday, 8:30-9:20am, 205/206

Session 51. Galaxy Clusters in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Special Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, 205/206

Session 52. Communicating Science to the Public

Special Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, 204

Session 53. Star Formation, Interstellar Medium

Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, 209/210

Session 54. Cosmology Runs Through It

Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, 103/104

Session 55. Solar Systems to Galaxies

Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, 108/109

Session 56. Warner Prize: Polarization in the CMB

Invited, Thursday, 11:40am-12:30pm, 205/206