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THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
109th ANNUAL MEETING
Chicago, 1997

HISTORY SESSIONS
Presented by the ASP History Committee

History I: The Yerkes Observatory Centennial
Sunday, 29 June, Regency C, Hyatt Regency Hotel

INVITED LECTURES

9:00 DEARBORN: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO’S FIRST OBSERVATORY
Thomas R. Williams, Rice University

9:45 YERKES OBSERVATORY 1892-1950: THE BIRTH, NEAR DEATH,
AND RESURRECTION OF A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTION

Donald E. Osterbrock, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz

10:30 Break

11:00 THE MAGNIFICENT HISTORIC INSTRUMENTS OF YERKES OBSERVATORY
John W. Briggs, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago

11:45 "IT IS COLD AND DISAGREEABLE HERE":
E.E. BARNARD’S WORK AT YERKES OBSERVATORY

William Sheehan

12:30 Break

2:00 THE EDUCATION OF EDWIN HUBBLE: CHICAGO, OXFORD AND YERKES
Gale E. Christianson, Indiana State University

2:45 W.W. MORGAN: PATTERNS IN THE UNIVERSE
Robert F. Garrison, David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto

3:30 S. CHANDRASEKHAR AND THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS AT YERKES OBSERVATORY
Roy H. Garstang, JILA, University of Colorado, and National Institute of Standards and Technology

 

HISTORY II: General History of Astronomy
Monday, 30 June, Adler Planetarium

INVITED LECTURES

9:00 THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY COLLECTIONS AT THE ADLER
Bruce Stephenson, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum

9:45 ECLIPSE EXPEDITIONS TO REMOTE PLACES
Katherine Bracher, Whitman College

10:30 Break

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

11:00 THE DOMELESS TELESCOPE PROJECT AT THE PIC DU MIDI OBSERVATORY
Emmanuel Davoust, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées

11:15 THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A VETERAN ASTRONOMICAL OPTICIAN: ROBERT LUNDIN, 1882-1962
John W. Briggs, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, and
Donald E. Osterbrock, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz

11:30SHERBURNE W. BURNHAM: THE CHICAGO COURT REPORTER AND OUTSTANDING DOUBLE-STAR ASTRONOMER
Donald E. Osterbrock, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz

11:45 ROSE O’HALLORAN: FIRST LADY OF THE ASP
Rudi Paul Lindner, University of Michigan

12:00 Break

1:30 “SHOOTING STARS”: WOMEN DIRECTORS OF THE METEOR SECTION OF THE BAA.
Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University

1:45 THE ASTRONOMICAL ORIGIN OF THE ALPHABET
Sallie Teames, Fort Worth Independent School District archaeoastronomy, astrophotography, and student investigative research.

2:00 AN EXAMINATION OF THE WORK OF GUSTAVE SCHLEGEL AND JULIUS STAAL ON ANCIENT CHINESE CONSTELLATIONS
Jeanne E. Bishop, Westlake Schools Planetarium

 

HISTORY III: Astronomy from Difficult Places
Monday, 30 June, Regency D, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago

INVITED LECTURES

4:35 ASTROPHYSICS IN THE UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC PROGRAM
John T. Lynch, National Science Foundation

5:05 A HUNDRED YEARS OF SCIENCE AT THE PIC DU MIDI OBSERVATORY
Emmanuel Davoust, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées

 

Presented by the ASP History Committee

Katherine Bracher, Whitman College
Roy H. Garstang, University of Colorado
Kevin Krisciunas, University of Washington
E.C. Krupp, Griffith Observatory
Donald E. Osterbrock, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Joseph S. Tenn, Sonoma State University (Chair)
Craig B. Waff
Barbara Welther, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Thomas R. Williams, Rice University

JST
1998-02-12