Date

Speaker

Title

Aug 29

Chris Sneden

University of Texas at Austin

Organizational meeting.

Sep 5

Chris Sneden, Thomas Gomez, and Jose Govea

University of Texas at Austin

"Chemical Compositions and Kinematics of RRc Lyrae Variable Stars"

Sep 12

Harriet Dinerstein & Chris Sneden

University of Texas at Austin

"Adventures Down Under: NIC 2012 (Nuclei in the Cosmos) and GALAH (Galactic Archeology with HERMES) Meetings"

Sep 19

Ivan Ramirez

University of Texas at Austin

"Lithium Abundances in Planet-Host Stars"

Sep 26

James J. Hermes

University of Texas at Austin

"Rapid Orbital Decay in the 12.75-minute WD+WD Binary J0651+2844"

Oct 3

Gregory C. Sloan

Cornell University

"The Nature of Interstellar Hydrocarbons: PAHs, HAC, and Fullerene"
abstract

Oct 10

Jens Adamczak

University of Texas at Austin

"Weak G-Band Stars"

Oct 17

Edward Robinson

University of Texas at Austin

"The X-Ray Binary V1408 Aquilae: The Lowest-Mass Black Hole?"

Oct 24

Fritz Benedict

University of Texas at Austin

"Astrometry with the Kepler Space Telescope - A Progress Report"

Oct 31

No talk scheduled.

Nov 7

No talk scheduled.

Nov 14

Chris Sneden

University of Texas at Austin

"Titanium Transition Probabilities for Fun and Profit"

Nov 21

Please attend the Astronomy Colloquium on Tuesday, 20 November, presented by Dr. Peter Frinchaboy.

Nov 28

Anita Cochran

University of Texas at Austin

"The Status of the GMT and a Discussion of the Operations Concept White Paper and Early Science Options"
abstract

Dec 5

Jeffrey M. Silverman

University of Texas at Austin

"Type I-a Supernovae Strongly Interacting with Circumstellar Media"