Support for Cool Stars 16 Meeting

这一奖项将为将于2010年8月在华盛顿州西雅图举行的“酷星16”会议提供部分支持。这次会议将把恒星天文学领域的学生和专业人士聚集在一起。这次两年一度的会议是天体物理学中最大的定期举行的专题会议之一，集中讨论温度低于太阳温度的“冷”恒星。主题包括低质量恒星演化的方方面面，包括它们的形成和最终死亡。会议还将探讨恒星研究和太阳研究之间的联系。

This award will provide partial support for the conference "Cool Stars 16," to be held in Seattle, Washington in August, 2010.This meeting will bring together students and professionals in the large community of stellar astronomy. This biennial conference, one of the largest regularly-held topical meetings in astrophysics, concentrates on "cool" stars with temperatures less than that of the Sun. The subject matter includes all aspects of the evolution of low-mass stars, including their formation and ultimate death. The conference will also explores connections between stellar and solar research.