Support for Cool Stars 16 Meeting

该奖项将为2010年8月在华盛顿州西雅图举行的“16届酷星”会议提供部分支持。这次会议将汇集大型恒星天文学社区的学生和专业人士。这个两年一次的会议是天体物理学领域最大的定期召开的专题会议之一，主要关注温度低于太阳的“冷”恒星。主题内容包括低质量恒星演化的所有方面，包括它们的形成和最终死亡。会议还将探讨恒星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.