Session 105. M31, Galaxy Kinematics and the Distance Scale

Oral, Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 2:00-3:30pm, Balcony C/D

105.01 The Metal-Poor Halo of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy (M31)

J. S. Kalirai, K. M. Gilbert, P. Guhathakurta (UCSC), S. R. Majewski, J. C. Ostheimer (UVa), D. B. Reitzel, R. M. Rich (UCLA), M. C. Cooper (UCB), R. J. Patterson (UVa)

105.02 XMM-Newton and Chandra Observations of the Central Region of M31: Spectral Properties and Variability of X-ray Sources.

S. P. Trudolyubov (IGPP/UCR), W. C. Priedhorsky (LANL)

105.03 A kinematic portrait of Andromeda

S.C. Chapman (Caltech), R. Ibata (Strasbourg), G. Lewis (U.Sydney), A. Ferguson (U.Edinburgh), M. Irwin (Cambridge), N. Tanvir (Herfortshire), N. Martin (Strasbourg), A. McConnachie (U.Victoria)

105.04D Simulations of elliptical galaxy mergers: implications for global scaling relations and galaxy evolution

M. Boylan-Kolchin, C.-P. Ma, E. Quataert (UC Berkeley)

105.05D Connections between Internal Galaxy Kinematics, HI Line Widths, and the Cosmic Distance Scale

A. Singhal (UVA / NRAO)

105.06 HST Observations of Cepheid Variables in NGC 4258

L.M. Macri (NOAO), K.Z. Stanek (OSU), D.F. Bersier (Liverpool JMU), L.J. Greenhill, M.J. Reid (CfA)