The following members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics attended the 196th meeting of the American Astronomical Society June 4-8, 2000 in Rochester NY.

STUDENTS: John Bochanski, Joseph DePasquale, Paul DiTuro, Colleen Henry, Kelly Lyons, Ira Nadalin, Jeremy Sepinsky
FACULTY: Dr Edward Guinan, Dr Edward Fitzpatrick, Dr Rex Saffer, and Dr Edward Sion

The following papers were presented:

[41.06] The Amazing Blue Stragglers in the Core of the Galactic Globular Cluster NGC 6397

J.F. Sepinsky, R.A. Saffer, C.S. Pilman (Villanova University), G. DeMarchi, F. Paresce (ESO)

[28.06] The Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud from Eclipsing Binaries

E.L. Fitzpatrick, I. Iribas, E.F. Guinan, L.E. DeWarf, F.P. Maloney (Villanova University), D.L. Massa (Raytheon ITSS)

[45.03] Archival HST and IUE Study of the Dwarf Novae AH Her and CM Del in Quiescence

K. Lyons, D. Stys, R. Slevinsky, E.M. Sion (Villanova U.)

[45.06] Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Dwarf Nova CN Orionis During Quiescence

P. V. DiTuro, R. Mittal, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)

[45.02] The Thermal History of the Magnetic White Dwarf in V471 Tauri

C. K. Henry, E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.)

[4.06] Periodicities in the T Tauri Star SU Aurigae from Stroomgren Photometry

I. Nadalin, L.E. DeWarf, E.F. Guinan (Villanova University)

[46.07] The Sun in Time: Starspots and Luminosity Variations of the Solar-type Stars of Different Ages

J.J. Bochanski, J.M. DePasquale, L.E. DeWarf, P.V. DiTuro, E.F. Guinan, G.P. McCook (Villanova University), M. Guedel (ETHZ), J. Hargis (Eastern College), I. Ribas (U. de Barcelona) Poster

[3.03] A Possible Brown Dwarf Companion to the Hyades Eclipsing Binary V471 Tauri

E.F. Guinan (Villanova University), I. Ribas (U. de Barcelona), J.J. Bochanski, G.P. McCook (Villanova University)