Proposed Workshop on Proper Motions and Galactic Astronomy

提案AST 96-16978 PI：Roberta Humphreys机构：明尼苏达大学双城分校 该奖项支持参与者在美国的研讨会的旅费。MN在“适当的运动和银河系天文学”。 预计约有50名与会者。正在进行的全天空调查（如Hipparchos）提供了新的、大型的、高度精确的数据库。这些对于选择褐矮星和太阳系外行星搜索的候选者特别有用，目前人们对此有着强烈的兴趣。新的数据也有助于确定宇宙学理论所依赖的距离尺度的第一步。因此，这是一次及时的研讨会。

Proposal AST 96-16978 PI: Roberta Humphreys Institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities This award supports travel expenses for participants to a workshop at U. MN on "Proper Motions and Galactic Astronomy". About 50 participants are expected. All-sky surveys (e.g. Hipparchos) in progress provide new, large, highly accurate databases. These will be particularly useful in selecting candidates for brown dwarf and extrasolar planet searches, in which there is a strong current interest. The new data also help tie down the first step in the distance scale, on which cosmological theories depend. For these reasons, this is a timely workshop.