The following members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics presented papers at the 198th meeting of the American Astronomical Society June 3-7, 2001 in Pasadena, CA.

STUDENTS: John Bochanski, Joeseph DePasquale, Jeremy Sepinsky, and Christopher Pilman
FACULTY: Dr Edward Sion, Dr Edward Guinan, Dr. Edward Fitzpatrick, Dr Frank Maloney

The following papers were presented:


[11.03] Hubble Space Telescope STIS Observations of the Dwarf Nova VW Hydri during Superoutburst

C. S. Pilman, E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.), P. Szkody (Un. of Washington) & B. Gansicke (Un. of Gottingen)


[11.04] Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopic Observations of the Dwarf Nova RX Andromeda During Outburst Rise and Decline

J. F. Sepinsky, E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[12.08] The Mystery Companion of Mira Uncovered

J. J. Bochanski, E.M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[3.09] Accurate Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud: Analysis of the Eclipsing Binary LMC EROS 1044

F. P. Maloney, I. Ribas, E. L. Fitzpatrick, E. F. Guinan, L. E. DeWarf, J. E. Castora, J. F. Sepinsky(Villanova Un.)


[9.03] Unusual Depetions toward teh SMC Star Sk 155 -- Differences in Dust Composition in the SMC ISM?

D. E. Welty (U. Chicago), J. T. Lauroesch (Northwestern), J. C. Blades (STScI), E. L. Fitzpatrick (Villanova), L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York (U. Chicago)

[45.02] A FUSE Study of Main Sequence B Stars

E. L. Fitzpatrick (Villanova), D. Massa (Emergent IT)


[22.01] Evolution of the FUV Sun in Time: FUSE Observations of the Solar Analogs with Different Ages

E. F. Guinan, I. Ribas, L. E. DeWarf (Villanova University), G. Harper (CASA), M. Guedel (ETHZ)


[46.04] When the Sun was Young: A Multi-frequence Study of the Young Solar Analog HD 129333 (=EK Dra)

J. M. DePasquale, J. J. Bochanski, E. F. Guinan, I. Ribas, G. P. McCook (Villanova), J. D. Dorren (Edinburgh), M. Gudel (ETHZ)