Scientific Sessions Schedule

Saturday, 31 May 2008
Workshop
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMWK01 NASA Center for Astronomy Education Workshop
9:00 AM – 5:15 PMIYA 2 Amateur Astronomers as Champions of IYA
9:00 AM – 5:15 PMIYA 1 Discover the Universe with NASA During the International Year of Astronomy:
9:00 AM – 5:15 PMIYA 3 Telling Science Like A Story: Storytelling Techniques for IYA Education Programs
Event
12:00 PM – 4:00 PME01 AstroZone: St. Louis
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Workshop
9:00 AM – 12:30 PMIYA 5A Building a Telescope from the Ground Up
9:00 AM – 12:30 PMIYA 7A Effective Strategies for Engaging Latino/Hispanic Audiences in Astronomy during IYA: Examples Using
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMWK02 NASA Center for Astronomy Education Workshop
9:00 AM – 5:15 PMIYA 6 Afterschool Universe: Beyond the Solar System, Beyond the School Day
9:00 AM – 5:15 PMIYA 4 In the Footsteps of Galileo: A Workshop for Educators
Splinter Meeting
1:00 PM – 5:00 PMSMP05 Early Science Opportunities with SOFIA II
Workshop
1:45 PM – 5:15 PMIYA 7B A User's Guide for Plugging into the New Media Community for IYA
1:45 PM – 5:15 PMIYA 5B Dark Skies from the Ground Up: Activities to Raise Awareness During IYA
Attendee Services
3:00 PM – 5:00 PMSR1 Speaker Ready Room
3:00 PM – 8:00 PMRG1 Registration
Event
5:30 PM – 6:30 PME02 K12 Educator Reception
Town Hall Meeting
6:00 PM – 7:00 PMTH01 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Membership Meeting
Event
6:00 PM – 7:00 PME03 Undergraduate Orientation
7:00 PM – 10:00 PME04 Opening Reception
Monday, 02 June 2008
Attendee Services
7:30 AM – 5:00 PMRG2 Registration
7:30 AM – 5:00 PMSR2 Speaker Ready Room
Invited
8:00 AM – 8:20 AM1 Opening Remarks
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM2 Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy
Poster
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM14 Binary Stellar Systems, X-ray Binaries
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM15 Black Holes, Pulsars, Neutron Stars & White Dwarfs
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM3 Bridging the Laboratory and Astrophysics
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM9 Circumstellar Disks: Protoplanetary, Debris, and Dust
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM23 Cosmic Microwave Background - Instrumentation, Analysis, and Interpretation
Attendee Services
9:20 AM – 6:30 PMCC1 Cyber Cafe
Poster
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM22 Dark Matter & The Structure of the Universe
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM6 Dust & Star Formation
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM39 Education and Public Outreach
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM40 Education Research
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM10 Extrasolar Planets, Substellar Companions
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM37 Formal Education for Students and Teachers K-12
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM7 Galactic Star Formation From mm & sub-mm Surveys
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM19 Galaxies
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM21 Galaxy Clusters
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM16 Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM24 Instrumentation: Ground Based or Airborne & Computation
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM25 Instrumentation: Space Missions & Surveys
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM26 Intergalactic Medium, QSO Absorption Line Systems
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM27 IYA - A Simple Telescope of Your Own (Galileoscope) and Other Hands-on Optics Activities
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM28 IYA - Astronomy for Classrooms, Afterschool Programs, and Families
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM29 IYA - Astronomy in the Arts, Entertainment and Storytelling
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM30 IYA - Dark Skies Awareness Activities (including programs to measure local sky brightness)
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM31 IYA - Image Exhibits: Traveling & Local Displays of Astronomical Imagery
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM32 IYA - Looking through a Telescope/Sidewalk Astronomy Activities
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM36 IYA - Other
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM33 IYA - Programs at Science Centers, Planetaria and Observatory Visitor Centers
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM34 IYA - Reaching the Public through New Media (Facebook, Second Life, Podcasts, etc.)
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM35 IYA - Research Experiences for Schools and Citizens.
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM5 Molecular Clouds, HII Regions, Interstellar Medium
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM13 Planetary Nebulae, Supernova Remnants & Cataclysmic Variables
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM20 Seyferts, QSOs, Blazars
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM11 Stars, Cool Dwarfs, & Brown Dwarfs
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM17 Stellar Populations, Atmospheres, and Winds
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM18 The Milky Way Galaxy and Its Neighbors
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM4 The Sun:The Solar System:Astrobiology:SETI
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM38 Undergraduate and Graduate Education
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM12 Variable Stars and Stellar Masers
9:20 AM – 6:30 PM8 Young Stellar Objects, Very Young Stars, T-Tauri Stars, H-H Objects
Oral
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM41 Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics: ATOMS
Special
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM43 Cooking with Sloan
Oral
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM44 Extrasolar Planets, Substellar Companions
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM42 Symposium on Preparing for the International Year of Astronomy - Plenary Session I
Invited
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM45 International Year of Astronomy 2009
Splinter Meeting
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMSM01 Astronomy Education Research Brown Bag Lunch
Town Hall Meeting
12:45 PM – 1:45 PMTH02 NASA Standard Town Hall
Oral
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM46 Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics: MOLECULES and CHEMISTRY
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM49 Intelligent Design, a Young Universe, Astrology, UFO's, and More: A Guide for Those Involved with IY
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM47 IYA Tabloid in Your Community
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM50 IYA: Telescopes and the Sky
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM48 Meeting IYA Goals for Diverse Science Center Audiences
Special
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM51 My Space, Your Space, and Virtual Space: New Media E/PO
Oral
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM52 The Milky Way and Other Galaxies
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM53 Topics in Galactic Astronomy
Invited
3:40 PM – 4:30 PM54 The Era of Comparative Exoplanetology
4:30 PM – 5:20 PM55 The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey
Town Hall Meeting
6:15 PM – 7:30 PMTH03 NASA R&A/EPO Night
Event
8:00 PM – 9:30 PME07 Public Lecture, AAS Second Century Lecture Series: How Galileo and the Telescope Changed Everything
Tuesday, 03 June 2008
Attendee Services
7:30 AM – 5:00 PMSR3 Speaker Ready Room
8:00 AM – 5:00 PMRG3 Registration
Invited
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM56 Imaging with the CHARA Interferometer
Attendee Services
9:20 AM – 6:30 PMCC2 Cyber Cafe
Oral
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM57 Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics: SOLIDS
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM58 Getting to Know and Address Your State Science Standards to Connect Classroom Instruction and Field
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM61 IYA: Cross-Cultural Astronomy in Informal Education Settings - Collaborations with Integrity
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM62 IYA: The Arts/Research Experiences
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM60 Round Table: Connecting Local and National New Media Programs in the IYA 2009
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM64 Supernovae, Theory and Observations
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM63 The Spiral Structure of the Galaxy I
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM59 Using the Hands-on Optics Terrific Telescopes Kit in the International Year of Astronomy
Invited
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM65 SPD Hale Prize Lecture
Town Hall Meeting
12:45 PM – 1:45 PMTH04 NSF Standard Town Hall
Oral
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM66 Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics: PLASMA
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM69 Building an IYA Legacy for Underserved Communities
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM68 Citizen Science and the International Year of Astronomy - Your Role
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM73 Instrumentation
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM67 IYA: In the Footsteps of Galileo
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM70 IYA: Muggles, Meteoritic Armor, and Menelmacar: Using Fantasy Series in Astronomy Education and Outr
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM71 IYA: NASA Programs/Global Projects
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM72 The Spiral Structure of the Galaxy II
Invited
3:40 PM – 4:30 PM74 Planet Forming Disks
Oral
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM77 IYA: A Burger, a Beer, and A Side of Science
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM78 IYA: Image Exhibits/Informal Science Education Settings
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM76 IYA: Using Google Earth and Sky to Introduce Astronomy for Classrooms, Afterschool Programs, and Fam
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM75 Professional Development in the International Year of Astronomy: Expanding the Universe in the Class
Invited
4:30 PM – 5:20 PM79 JWST's Near-Infrared Camera
Event
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM ASP Reception
7:30 PM – 9:00 PME08 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Awards Banquet
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
Attendee Services
7:30 AM – 5:00 PMSR4 Speaker Ready Room
8:00 AM – 5:00 PMRG4 Registration
Invited
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM80 Astrometry with the Hubble Space Telescope
Attendee Services
9:20 AM – 6:30 PMCC3 Cyber Cafe
Oral
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM88 AGN and Starburst Galaxies
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM81 Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics: NUCLEAR
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM82 Dark Skies are a Universal Resource: IYA Programs on Dark Skies Awareness
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM84 IYA: Capturing Public Interest in Astronomy through Art and Music
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM85 IYA: Classrooms and Families
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM83 IYA: Introducing the Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM86 The Spiral Structure of the Galaxy III
Special
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM87 Workshop for Prospective Kepler Guest Observers
Invited
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM89 Reionization and the Dark Ages
Town Hall Meeting
12:45 PM – 1:45 PMTH05 AAS Members Meeting
Oral
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM90 Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics: PARTICLES
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM91 Symposium on Preparing for the International Year of Astronomy - Plenary Session II
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM92 The Spiral Structure of the Galaxy IV
Invited
3:40 PM – 4:30 PM93 AGN with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
4:30 PM – 5:20 PM94 The Origin of The Universe
Town Hall Meeting
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMTH06 Working Group on Laboratory Astrophysics
Event
7:15 PM – 9:30 PME09 Society Banquet
Thursday, 05 June 2008
Attendee Services
7:30 AM – 1:00 PMSR5 Speaker Ready Room
8:00 AM – 12:00 PMRG5 Registration
Invited
8:30 AM – 9:20 PM95 Highlights of the Swift Mission
Attendee Services
9:20 AM – 3:00 PMCC4 Cyber Cafe
Oral
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM97 Education, Outreach and More
Special
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM96 Galactic Star Formation From mm & sub-mm Surveys