Session 159. Novae, CVs, Blue Stragglers, and GRB Cosmography

Oral, Thursday, January 13, 2005, 10:00-11:30am, Royal Palm 4-6

159.01 Direct Imaging of a Large Dwarf Nova Shell

M.M. Shara (American Museum Nat. History), C.D. Martin, M. Seibert (Caltech), D. Schiminovich (Columbia University), C. Delyannis, A.R. Sarrazine (Indiana University), G. Jacoby (WIYN), N. Brosch (Tel-Aviv University), D. Zurek, O. De Marco (American Museum Nat. History), R.M. Rich (UCLA)

159.02 A Strong Test of Nova Trigger Theory

B. E. Schaefer (Louisiana S. U.)

159.03 VY Scl CV low states

S. Kafka, R.K. Honeycutt (Indiana University)

159.04D Numerical Simulations, Analytical Expressions, and Observations of Apsidal and Nodal Superhumps

M.M. Montgomery (UCF)

159.05 Blue Straggler Stars in 4 Globular Clusters: Masses, Rotation Rates and Disks

O. De Marco, D. Zurek, J.A. Ouellette (American Museum of Natural History), T. Lanz (Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland), M.M. Shara (American Museum of Natural History), R.A. Saffer, J.F. Sepinsky (Villanova University)

159.06D Cataclysmic Variables, Blue Stragglers, and Angular Momentum Loss

N. Andronov (Ohio State U.)

159.07 The Present and Future of GRB Cosmography

A. S. Friedman (Harvard-CfA), J. S. Bloom (Harvard-CfA / UC Berkeley), cosmicbooms.net Team