Bowling Green, Ky. - Four students from Western Kentucky University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy attended the 207th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The four-day conference began Jan. 7 and engaged astronomers from around the world in research discussions and the presentation of research papers. The conference is one way AAS provides education and professional support to students and practicing astronomers.

WKU students attending the conference were Jeremy Maune of Taylorsville, Charles Poteet of Bowling Green, Shelly Smith of Princeton, and Richard Walters of Lexington. Four faculty and staff mentors accompanied the students on the trip: Dr. Michael Carini, Dr. Richard Gelderman, Dr. David Barnaby and Dr. Charles McGruder.

Travel funds were provided by the Kentucky Space Grant Consortium, Kentucky NASA EPSCoR Program and the ARTP Institute for Astrophysics and Space Science program.

Three students presented the following papers at the conference:

Charles Poteet: “A Chandra Study of Herbig-Haro Objects: HH184 & HH300.”

Richard Walters: “Analysis of Multi-Color Microvariability in S5 0716+714.”

Jeremy Maune: “The Long Term Multiwavelength Behavior of TeV Blazars.”

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For information, contact Michael Carini at (270) 745-6198.

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