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One American high school student and one high school student from Slovakia are the winners of the 2013 Priscilla hotels cheap and Bart Bok Awards for their astronomy projects presented at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May. The awards were presented by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) in partnership with the American Astronomical Society (AAS), supported hotels cheap by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
hotels cheap The Priscilla and Bart Bok Awards are in recognition of scientific merit. Observational, instrumental, theoretical, and interdisciplinary projects involving physics, mathematics, computer sciences, and engineering in support of astronomy hotels cheap are eligible.
The first prize of $1,000 went to Arjun Raghavan for his project entitled "Photometric Evidence of Changes hotels cheap in Pulsation Characteristics of Hot Subdwarf hotels cheap B Stars." Rapidly pulsating subdwarf B stars (sdBVR stars) vary their brightness in time periods ranging from 80 to 600 seconds—the fastest pulsating periods for any class of stars. These rare stars are especially important hotels cheap because the multiple pulsation frequencies they display provide astronomers with an opportunity to study the internal structures of stars. Raghavan's study examines changes in the pulsation characteristics hotels cheap of 8 of the 70 known sdBVR stars. hotels cheap Information about these variations suggests that evolutionary hotels cheap changes inside of stars may be occurring at a drastically faster rate than the changes that are visible externally.
The second prize of $500 went to Michaela Brchnelova for her project entitled "X-Ray Measurements of Tycho Supernova Remnant's Dynamics." hotels cheap She presented x-ray measurements of Tycho's supernova remnant. Observations and spectra from 2005 and 2009 retrieved from the data archive of the European Space Agency (ESA) orbiting x-ray observatory XMM Newton were compared to determine differences caused by collision of remnant material with the surrounding "interstellar medium" of free gas and dust, and by the remnant's own expansion. These comparisons revealed regions in which the x-ray energy had increased and decreased over the four-year period.
Representing the ASP and AAS as Bok Award judges were Dr. Katy Garmany from the National hotels cheap Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), Dr. John Glaspey, NOAO (retired), and Dr. Chris Groppi, School of Earth and Space Exploration, hotels cheap Arizona State University.
hotels cheap The Bok prize is named for Bart and Priscilla Bok. Bart Bok was an accomplished research astronomer who made important contributions to scientific understanding of the Milky Way and star formation. He received the ASP's Bruce Medal in 1977 for lifetime achievement in astronomy. Throughout his life, and especially as an ASP Board member, Bok was a strong advocate for education and outreach in astronomy as was his wife, Priscilla, also a distinguished astronomer. They are co-authors of a celebrated book on the Milky Way.
Upon his death in 1983, the ASP established the Bart Bok Memorial Fund to support educational projects. The activities supported by the Bok Fund were expanded to include the joint ASP/AAS sponsorship of an astronomy award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, funded in part by support from the National Science Foundation.
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The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organization's national annual hotels cheap awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. Nominations are welcome in seven categories, online or in writing until January 1, 2014. Honorees receive a cash award and engraved plaque, as well as travel and lodging to accept the award at a banquet which takes place as part of the ASP's Annual Meeting next summer. The awards for which nominations are accepted are as follows:
The Amateur Achievement Award recognizes significant observational or technological contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy by an individual not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity.
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