Undergraduates at 2017 AAS Meeting, Grapevine, Texas

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Harvard Astronomy Undergraduates presented posters at the 229th AAS Meeting in Grapevine, TX in January 2017. Below is the list of abstracts.

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Frostig D, McLeod B, Kopon D. A dispersed fringe sensor prototype for the Giant Magellan Telescope. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 155.20.

Mayo A, Deck K, Knutson H, Batygin K, Christiansen J. A Possible 5th Planet in the Kepler-89 System. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 146.32.

McIntosh M, More S, Silverman J. AGN-halo Mass Assembly Connection in Galaxy Clusters: Investigation Using the Splashback Radius. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 2017;229:250.59.

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Garcia-Mejia J. Design Considerations for the Installation of an Iodine (I₂) Cell onto TRES. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 155.19.

Schumer C, Vanderburg A, Bieryla A, Carmichael T, Garrison L, Huang J, Lewis J, Mayo A, Alam M, Gomez S, et al. Harvard Observing Project monitoring of Boyajian’s Star (KIC 8462852). In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 240.32.

Girma E, Guillochon J, Institute B. Modeling the spatial distribution of fragments formed from tidally disrupted stars. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 154.13.

Childs F, Strelnitski V, Jorgenson R, Walker G. On the Time Scales of Optical Variability in Radio-Quiet Quasar PDS 456. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 250.31.

Espinel J, Lewis J, Budreviciute R, Bieryla A, Denham Alexander K, Blanchard P, Carmichael T, Garrison L, Huang J, Mayo A, et al. Recent Observations of AG Pegasi’s Latest Outburst Phase by Harvard Observing Project. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 243.07.

Dietrich J, Weiner A, Ashby M, Martinez-Galarza J, Smith H. The AGN Luminosity Fraction in Galaxy Mergers. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 347.33.

Law C, Milisavljevic D, Crabtree K, Johansen S, Patnaude D. TRES Survey of Variable Diffuse Interstellar Bands. In: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. Vols. 229. 2017. p. 151.15.

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