Variable Star Meeting 2004

Saturday, April 3

at Bowling Green State University

Goals:

We will provide a venue where variable star researchers in the Indiana-Michigan-Ohio-Ontario region can share their results and techniques. We hope this will enable participants to learn what their neighbors are studying, as well as to build collaborations and friendships. We also aim to create a supportive environment where students can present their work, be it complete or in progress, in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

All aspects of variable star research -- photometric, spectroscopic, theoretical, etc. -- are welcome.

Format:

The informal nature of this meeting provides us with a flexible format. The following are suggestions and may change depending on the number of speakers we have and how long they wish to speak.

• • Optional: meet at the Planetarium by 11:30 for lunch at an eatery at the Student Union.
• • Begin at 12:30pm and go until about 5pm, with a break for coffee and snacks around 3pm.
• • 20 minute talks for faculty and graduate students (followed by 5 min for questions).
• • 10 minute talks for undergraduates (followed by 5 minutes for questions).
• • A limited number of posters can be hung, though we encourage people to give talks.
• • Optional: dinner after the meeting at a local restaurant.
• • A final schedule of events will be available at the meeting.

Speakers:

PowerPoint or PDF versions of the presentations are available here:

• • Nathan De Lee (MSU), Variable Stars in NGC 6304, (1.6Mb PPT)
• • Katie Guldenschuh (BGSU), Variable Stars Toward the Globular Cluster NGC 6496, (0.6Mb PPT)
• • Stella Kafka (Indiana), WOCS Variability: Monitoring NGC 6939, (2.1Mb PPT)
• • Karen Kinemuchi (MSU), RR Lyraes in the Northern Sky Variability Survey: Preliminary Results
• • Andy Layden (BGSU), RR Lyrae Stars as a Tool to Measure Interstellar Reddening, (0.9 Mb PPT)
• • Lerothodi Leeuw (Toledo), Infrared and Pulsation Properties of Galactic-Plane, O-/C-rich Mira Variables, (0.6Mb PDF)
• • Tim McKay (Michigan), Identification of Optically Variable X-ray Sources from ROTSE Data, (1.5MB PPT)
• • Anatoly Miroshnichenko (Toledo), Variability of Be stars: A Key to the Structure of Their Circumstellar Environments, (1.6 Mb PPT)
• • Larry Molnar (Calvin College), Light Curves of the Dwarf Nova U Gem: a Diagnostic of Accretion Disk Evolution, (3.4 Mb PPT)
• • Noel Richardson (Toledo), H-alpha Periodicities in the Spectrum of Alpha Cygni, (1.7 Mb PPT)
• • Horace Smith (MSU), The I-band Period-luminosity Relation for RR Lyrae Stars, (0.6 Mb PPT)

Registration:

• • Please email Andy Layden with the following information:
  • > your name and institution
  • > title of your presentation
  • > desired presentation format (20 min talk, 10 min talk, or poster)
  • > whether you will be using powerpoint or another type of electronic presentation.
• • There is no charge to attend this meeting.
• • Here is a poster announcing the meeting -- feel free to post it or email to a colleague (PDF, 36kb).

Presentation Modes:

• • PowerPoint and web access.
• • Overhead projector.
• • Slide projector.

Travel and Lodging Information:

• • The meeting will be held in the BGSU Planetarium, room 112 Phys. Sci. Lab. Building.
• • BGSU Campus Map -- look for Building 91 on the west side of campus, park in Lot Y, H, or R.
• • The city of Bowling Green is located about 20 miles south of Toledo, off Interstate 75.
• • Mapquest.com for driving instructions (search on BGSU, Bowling Green, OH, 43403).
• • Some local hotels:
  • > Best Western Falcon Plaza (1-800-528-1234, 10 min walk to Planetarium)
  • > Quality Inn (419-352-2521)
  • > Hampton Inn (419-352-7327)
  • > Best Motel (419-353-7114, low cost, but 10 min drive to Planetarium)