Session 98. Seeing the Universe in a New (Sodium) Light: Early Science Results from Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics

Special Session, Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 2:00-3:30pm, Delaware A

98.01 LGS-AO: the making of a star for astronomy.

D. Le Mignant (W. M. Keck Observatory)

98.02 Highlights from the Center for Adaptive Optics Treasury Survey of Distant Galaxies, Including H-band Photometry of a z=1.3 Supernova

J. Melbourne (UC Santa Cruz), M. Barczys, S. A. Wright (UCLA), C. E. Max (UC Santa Cruz), J. Larkin (UCLA), D. C. Koo (UC Santa Cruz), S. Perlmutter (LBNL), E. Steinbring (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), A. Metevier (Center for Adaptive Optics), M. Chun (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)

98.03 To Be or Not To Be: Very Young Globular Clusters in M31

J.G. Cohen, K. Matthews, P.B. Cameron (Caltech)

98.04 Keck II, LGSAO, OSIRIS observations of V723 Cas, Nova Cas 1995

J.E. Lyke, R.D. Campbell, J.A. Mader, F.H. Chaffee (Keck Obs.), J.E. Larkin, M. Barczys, J.L. Weiss, S.A. Wright, M.W. McElwain (UCLA)

98.05 Substellar Astrophysics from Brown Dwarf Binaries

M. Liu, D. Looper (IfA/U.Hawaii), S. Leggett (UKIRT/JAC), D. Golimowski (Johns Hopkins Univ.), A. Burgasser (MIT), D. Kirkpatrick (IPAC/Caltech), X. Fan (U.Arizona), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory), K. Cruz (AMNH), N. Reid (STScI)

98.06 Constraints on Orbits and Origins of Young Stars in the Central Parsec of the Galaxy

J. R. Lu, A. M. Ghez (UCLA), K. Y. Matthews (Caltech), S. D. Hornstein, M. Morris, M. Rafelski, E. E. Becklin (UCLA), D. J. Thompson (Caltech), D. Le Mignant, P. Wizinowich, R. D. Campbell, J. C. Y. Chin, M. A. van Dam, S. K. Hartman, E. M. Johansson, R. E. Lafon, P. J. Stomski, D. M. Summers, A. Bouchez (Keck Observatory)

98.07 Multiplicity in the Jupiter Trojan Population: Low density of 617 Patroclus with Keck LGS AO and Perspective

F. Marchis (UC-Berkeley), D. Hestroffer, P. Descamps, J. Berthier (IMCCE), A. H. Bouchez (Caltech), R. D. Campbell, J. C. Y. Chin, M. A. van Dam, S. K. Hartman, E. M. Johnasson, R. E. Lafon, D. Le Mignant (W.M. Keck Observatory), I. de Pater (UC-Berkeley), P. J. Stomski, D. M. Summers, P. L. Wizinovich (W.M. Keck Observatory), M. H. Wong (UC-Berkeley)