Session List

Session 1. HAD I: Transit of Venus

Division Special Session, Sunday, 2:00-5:00pm, Courtland

Opening Remarks. Caty Pilachowski, AAS President, Indiana University

Monday, 8:15-8:30am, Centenial I/II

Session 2. Astronomical Research

Invited, Monday, 8:30-9:20am, Centennial I/II

Session 3. Space Missions: Planet Finding, Astrobiology and Others

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

Session 4. Computation, Data Handling and Image Analysis

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

Session 5. T Tauri Stars

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

Session 6. Brown Dwarf Stars

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

Session 7. Star Formation

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

Session 8. Delta Scuti and Mira Variables

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

Session 9. Variable Star Databases

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

Session 10. Young Star Clusters

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

Session 11. Planetary Nebulae

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

Session 12. Eclipsing Binary Stars

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

Session 13. Disks Around Young Stars

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

Session 14. Open Clusters

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

Session 15. Comets, Kuiper Belt and Trans-Neptunian Objects

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

Session 16. Asteroids, Planets and Planetary Satellites

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

Session 17. Extra Solar Planets

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

Session 18. Solar Physics

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

Session 19. Focus on Undergraduate Astronomy

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

Session 20. Accessing Data Bases

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

Session 21. Astronomy Education Research

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

Session 22. First Results from the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)

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

Session 23. Quasars, Blazars and Jets

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial I/II

Session 24. Observatories and Observing Conditions: Optical to X-rays

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial III

Session 25. Young Stars and Clusters

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial IV

Session 26. Galaxy Evolution

Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VII

Session 27. Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy

Committee Special Session, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VI

Session 28. HAD II

Division Oral, Monday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency V

Session 29. Doggett Prize Lecture

Invited, Monday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 30. Galaxy Clusters and Large Scale Structure I

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 31. X-ray Observations

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial III

Session 32. Spiral Galaxies

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial IV

Session 33. Young Stars

Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VII

Session 34. Cool Astronomy for Everyone

Education Special Session, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VI

Session 35. HAD III

Division Oral, Monday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency V

Session 36. Our Solar System Neighbors

Invited, Monday, 3:40-5:10pm, Centennial I/II

Session 37. RECONS

Invited, Tuesday, 8:30-9:20am, Centennial I/II

Session 38. Observation and Instrumentation : Optical

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 39. Supernova Remnants

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 40. Observations and Instrumentation: Non-Optical

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 41. Warm-Hot IM

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 42. Nearby Stars: Binaries, Theory and the Future

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 43. Nearby Stars: Observations

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 44. Cataclysmic Variables, Novae

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 45. Supernovae

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 46. Instrumentation for HST and Sirtf

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 47. Galaxy Clusters and Large-Scale Structure

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 48. Fully Employed Stars

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 49. Stars Looking Forward to Retirement

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 50. Galaxy Surveys: Sub-mm to Radio

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 51. Galaxy Groups and Nearby Clusters

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 52. Globular Clusters

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 53. Pulsars and Other Neutron Stars

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 54. White Dwarf Stars

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 55. AGN and Starburst Galaxies

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 56. Seyfert, FRI and FRII Galaxies

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 57. Source Surveys

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Hanover Hall

Session 58. Eta Carinae

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Hanover Hall

Session 59. Get'em Hooked: Pre-college Astronomy

Poster, Tuesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Hanover Hall

Session 60. Nearby Star I

Special Session, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial I/II

Session 61. Galaxy Clusters and Large Scale Structure II

Oral, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial III

Session 62. HETE and Other Clues to GRBs

Oral, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial IV

Session 63. AGN

Oral, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VII

Session 64. The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium: The Main Baryon Reservoir in the Local Universe

Special Session, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VI

Session 65. Galaxies

Oral, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency V

Session 66. Cosmic Convergence: Particles, Stars, and the Universe

Public Policy Invited, Tuesday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 67. Nearby Star II

Special Session, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 68. Galaxy Clusters and Large Scale Structure III

Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial III

Session 69. The High Z Universe

Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial IV

Session 70. Interstellar Medium

Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VII

Session 71. Molecular Cloud Cores

Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VI

Session 72. Science Policy from the Inside

Special Session, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency V

Session 73. White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars

Oral, Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Learning Center

Session 74. Young Substellar Objects

Invited, Tuesday, 3:40-5:10pm, Centennial I/II

Session 75. Rossi Prize Lectures: Magnetars

Invited, Wednesday, 8:30-9:20am, Centennial I/II

Session 76. HII Regions

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 77. Jets and Outflows and X-Rays from Young Stars

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 78. Quasars and QSOs

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 79. Blazars

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 80. Gamma Ray Bursts

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 81. Black Holes

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 82. Mass and Energy Matters

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 83. Stars Variable in Light

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 84. Binary Stars

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 85. Stellar Structure, Evolution and Abundances

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 86. Education: NASA's Great Observatories

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 87. HEAD: GRBs and Intermediate Black Holes

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 88. Bl-Lac-Ish Objects

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 89. Galaxy Clusters at High Redshift

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 90. Galaxy Evolution with HST, CXO and SIRTF

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 91. Galaxy Surveys

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 92. Astrophysical Jets and Radio Galaxies

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

Session 93. Stars, Their Facts and Legends

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Hanover Hall

Session 94. Embedded Protostars

Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Hanover Hall

Session 95. HEAD I: Gamma-Ray Bursts

Division Special Session, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial I/II

Session 96. GALEX I: The Mission and Early Type Galaxies

Oral, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial III

Session 97. Gas and Dust in Galaxies and the IGM

Oral, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial IV

Session 98. Star and Planet Formation

Oral, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VII

Session 99. Stuff in the Milky Way Galaxy

Oral, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VI

Session 100. Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions

Special Session, Wednesday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency V

Session 101. Heineman Prize Lecture: Internal Motions and Turbulence

Invited, Wednesday, 11:40-am-12:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 102. HEAD II: Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 103. GALEX II: Higher Energy Observations

Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial III

Session 104. Black Holes

Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial IV

Session 105. Dwarf, Irregular, LUM IR and Starburst Galaxies

Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VII

Session 106. Galaxy Evolution with Deep Ground-based Surveys

Oral, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VI

Session 107. Education and Public Outreach from NASA's Great Observatories

Special Session, Wednesday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency V

Session 108. Early Stars and Clusters

Invited, Wednesday, 3:40-5:10pm, Centennial I/II

Session 109. Stellar Abundances

Invited, Thursday, 8:30am-9:20am, Centennial I/II

Session 110. Interstellar Medium I

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 111. Interstellar Medium II

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 112. The Milky Way and Its Environs

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 113. Molecules and Atoms at High Z and Low Z

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 114. Dust in Galaxies

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 115. Dwarf, Irregular and Starburst Galaxies

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 116. Elliptical and Spiral Galaxies

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 117. Fundamental Physics

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 118. Reaching Out: EPO

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Grand Hall

Session 119. Galaxy Evolution at High Redshift

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Hanover Hall

Session 120. Gravitational Lensing

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Hanover Hall

Session 121. JWST

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Hanover Hall

Session 122. Antenna Galaxies

Poster, Thursday, 9:20am-4:00pm, Hanover Hall

Session 123. Extra Solar Planets I

Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial I/II

Session 124. JWST Science

Special Session, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial III

Session 125. (Super)Novae (Remnants) and Black Holes

Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Centennial IV

Session 126. The Antennae Galaxies: The Nearest Example of High Z Galaxy Interaction

Special Session, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VII

Session 127. Variations in Stars

Oral, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency VI

Session 128. Grant Writing: Best Practices for Successful Proposals

Special Session, Thursday, 10:00-11:30am, Regency V

Session 129. Pierce Prize Lecture

Invited, Thursday, 11:40am-12:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 130. Extra Solar Planets II

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial I/II

Session 131. Galaxy Evolution with HST Surveys

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial III

Session 132. Gamma Ray Bursts: Processes and Phenomena

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Centennial IV

Session 133. Pulsars

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VII

Session 134. Solar System and The Sun

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency VI

Session 135. Making Astronomy Real

Oral, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm, Regency V