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American Astronomical Society
Seattle, WA (January 5 - 9, 2003)



The 201st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society was held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, WA. Exciting Chandra results were announced and many members from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics were able to attend.

CHANDRA RESULTS FROM THE AAS:

Milky Way Monster Stars in Cosmic Reality Show (06 January 03)


IMAGES FROM THE AAS
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1 thumbnail Investigation of an Intermediate Mass Black Hole in the Starburst Galaxy M82
E. Wan, N. K. Mesta, J. W. Keohane, C. M. Olbert, C. R. Clearfield (NCSSM)
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2 thumbnail Investigation of an Intermediate Mass Black Hole in the Starburst Galaxy M82
E. Wan, N. K. Mesta, J. W. Keohane, C. M. Olbert, C. R. Clearfield (NCSSM)
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3 thumbnail Chandra X-Ray Observations of the W3 Region
H.J. Delgado-Marti (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus), P. Hofner (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus & Arecibo Observatory), A. Watson (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Morelia), E. Churchwell (University of Wisconsin), B. Whitney (Space Science Institute)
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4 thumbnail Chandra Observation of the Intermediate-mass Young Star MWC297
K. Hamaguchi (NASA/GFSC), S. Yamauchi (Iwate University), K. Koyama (Kyoto University)
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5 thumbnail Testing Thermal Conduction in Cluster and Group Cooling-Flows
M. Sun, W. Forman, C. Jones, S. S. Murray (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
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6 thumbnail Chandra Observation of the Radio Source / ICM Interaction in the Cooling Flow Cluster Abell 262
E. L. Blanton, C. L. Sarazin (U. Virginia), B. R. McNamara (Ohio U.)
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7 thumbnail X-Rays From Brown Dwarfs In The Sigma Orionis Cluster
N. Adams, S. Wolk (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), F. M. Walter (SUNY-SB), R. Jeffries (Keele), T. Naylor (U. of Exeter)
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8 thumbnail X-Rays From Brown Dwarfs In The Sigma Orionis Cluster
N. Adams, S. Wolk (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), F. M. Walter (SUNY-SB), R. Jeffries (Keele), T. Naylor (U. of Exeter)
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9 thumbnail An X-ray Investigation of LINER Galaxies
J. McNulty (St. John's College), S. Satyapal, S. Sambruna (George Mason University)
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10 thumbnail A Different Dark Matter Potential for Modeling Cluster Atmospheres
A. Mahdavi (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
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11 thumbnail Yes, High School Students Can Analyze Chandra Data
J.W. Keohane, C.R. Clearfield, C.M. Olbert (NCSSM)
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12 thumbnail Yes, High School Students Can Analyze Chandra Data
J.W. Keohane, C.R. Clearfield, C.M. Olbert (NCSSM)
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13 thumbnail Doppler Shifts in the X-ray Spectrum of Cygnus X-3
M. Saia, M. J. Stark (Lafayette College)
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14 thumbnail X-ray Spectral Properties of Low-Mass X-ray Binaries in Nearby Galaxies
J. A. Irwin, A. E. Athey, J. N. Bregman (University of Michigan)
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15 thumbnail A Study of Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources from the Chandra Archive of Galaxies
D. A. Swartz, K. K. Ghosh, A. F. Tennant ()
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16 thumbnail Globular Cluster X-Ray Sources and Supersoft Sources in NGC 4472 and M87
R. B. Friedman (Rutgers University), R. Di Stefano (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA/Tufts U), A.K.H. Kong, P. Barmby (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), A. Kundu (Michigan State University)
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17 thumbnail Further Tests of Subpixel Event Repositioning for Chandra/ACIS Imaging Data
J. Li, J.H. Kastner (Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology), N.S. Schulz, H.L. Marshall, G.Y. Prigozhin (Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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