Session 15. Astronomical Instruments

Poster, Monday, 9:20am-6:30pm, Tuesday, 10:00am-7:00pm, May 30, 2005, Ballroom A

15.01 Cross Talk Effects on the NPOI Multibeam Combiner

H. R. Schmitt, J. T. Armstrong, R. B. Hindsley, T. A. Pauls (NRL)

15.02 The Long Wavelength Array

N. E. Kassim, E. Polisensky, T. J. W. Lazio, K. Weiler, P. Crane, P. Ray, K. Stewart, B. Hicks, A. Cohen, W. Peters, M. Nord (NRL), W. C. Erickson (U. of Tasmania)

15.03 The New ARO 2 GHz Filter Bank

T. W. Folkers, D. C. Forbes, W. A. Peters, R. W. Freund, L. M. Ziurys (Arizona Radio Observatory)

15.04 A Technique for Accurate In-situ Instrumental Throughput Determination

C.W. Stubbs (Harvard University/CfA), D. Sherman (Harvard University), J. Tonry (IfA, U of Hawaii), T. Abbott, A. Saha, N. Suntzeff, R. C. Smith (CTIO/NOAO), E. Margalith (Opotek)

15.05 CTI-II Science Drivers

P. Zimmer, W. T. Williams, J. T. McGraw, M. R. Ackermann (Univ. of New Mexico), G. F. Benedict (Univ. of Texas, Austin), C. Wetterer (USAFA)

15.06 Strip Mining the Sky: The CTI-II Photometric and Astrometric Survey

J. T. McGraw, M. R. Ackermann, W. Gerstle, W. T. Willams, P. Zimmer (Univ. of New Mexico), G. F. Benedict (Univ. of Texas, Austin), C. J. Wetterer (USAFA)

15.07 Status Report on the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

R. Kessler (University of Chicago), J. Adelman-McCarthy (Fermilab), J. Barentine (Apache Point Observatory), A. Becker (U.Washington), W. Boroski (Fermilab), H. Brewington (Apache Point Observatory), A. Connolly (U. Pittsburgh), F. DeJongh (Fermilab), J. Dembicky (Apache Point Observatory), B. Dilday (U. Chicago), M. Doi (U. Tokyo), J. Frieman (U.Chicago/Fermilab), J. Gunn (Princeton U.), M. Harvanek (Apache Point Observatory), S. Hawley (U. Washington), J. Hendry (Fermilab), P. Hoeflich (U. Texas), C. Hogan (U.Washington), J. Holtzman (New Mexico State U.), J. Inkmann (Fermilab), D. Johnston (Princeton), J. Kaplan (Stanford), B. Ketzeback (Apache Point Observatory), G. Kilper (Rice U), A. Kleinman, S. Kleinman (Apache Point Observatory), R.G. Kron (U.Chicago/Fermilab), S. Krughoff (U. Pittsburgh), J. Krzesinski (Apache Point Observatory), D. Lamenti (San Francisco State U.), H. Lampeitl (Fermilab), D. Long (Apache Point Observatory), J. Marriner (Fermilab), R. McMillan (Apache Point Observatory), G. Miknaitis (U.Washington), P.R. Newman (Apache Point Observatory), R. Nichol (U. Portsmouth), A. G. Riess (Space Telescope Science Institute), R. Romani, M. Sako (Stanford), R. Scranton (U. Pittsburgh), S. Snedden (Apache Point Observatory), C. Stoughton (Fermilab), M. Subbarao (U. Chicago/Adler Planetarium), D Tucker (Fermilab), L. Wang (LBNL), N. Yasuda (U.Tokyo), D. Yocum (Fermilab), D. York (U.Chicago)

15.08 A Search for Naked-Eye Optical Transients Using the Night Sky Live Global Network

L. Shamir, R. J. Nemiroff (Michigan Technological University), Night Sky Live Collaboration

15.09 The SkyMapper Telescope and Southern Sky Survey

B. P. Schmidt, S. C. Keller, P. J. Francis, M. S. Bessell (RSAA, ANU)

15.10 The Discovery Channel Telescope, Progress and Status 2005

T. A. Bida, R. L. Millis, E. W. Dunham, B. W. Smith, M. de Kock, O. Wiecha (Lowell Observatory)

15.11 Progress in X-ray Microcalorimeter Research for Solar Physics at LMSAL

R.A. Stern, S. Deiker, D. Martinez-Galarce, A. Rausch, L. Shing, P. Boerner (LMSAL), B. Cabrera, S. Leman, P. Brink, S. Chakraborty (Stanford), K. Irwin (NIST), T.W. Barbee, II (Stanford)

15.12 Moon-based Epoch of Reionization Imaging Telescope (MERIT)

D. L. Jones (JPL/Caltech), R. J. MacDowall (GSFC), S. D. Bale (UCB), L. Demaio (GSFC), J. C. Kasper (MIT), K. W. Weiler (NRL)

15.13 Enabling Opportunities for Large Space Telescopes in the Era of the Exploration Initiative

D. F. Lester (U. Texas), R. V. Moe (NASA GSFC), B. J. Derkowski (NASA JSC), E. J. Friedman, T. Espero (Boeing), C. F. Lillie (Northrop Grumman)