Program

Session 1 - Moderator: Bill Keel (University of Alabama)

Parsec-Scale Herbig-Haro Outflows from Young Stars (Invited), John Bally (University of Colorado)
Observations of Novae with Small Telescopes (Invited), Sumner Starrfield (Arizona State University)

Session 2 - Moderator: Lee Anne Willson (Iowa State University)

The Role of Small Telescopes in the Study of Young Stellar Clusters, Star Formation, etc. (Invited), Lynn Hillenbrand (University of California, Berkeley)
Massive Searches of Variable Objects (Invited), Bohdan Paczynski (Princeton University)
The Macho Project: Revealing Galactic Dark Matter and Surveying the Time Domain in Astronomy with a 50-inch Telescope (Invited), Kem Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Session 3 - Moderator: Bob Howell (University of Wyoming)

Time vs. Aperture: Examples and Reflections (Invited), Wes Lockwood (Lowell Observatory)
Cometary Impacts by Small Telescopes (Invited), Mike A'Hearn (University of Maryland)
Planetary Astronomy (sans comets) with Small Telescopes (Invited), Jim Elliot (MIT)
Role of Small Telescopes in Planetary Astronomy Research (Mars, Moon, etc.), Jim Bell (Cornell University)

Session 4 - Moderator: Sidney Wolff (NOAO)

Studying Star Formation with 0.4 to 0.9-Meter Telescopes, Fred Walter (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Speckle Interferometry of Double Stars with a 66-cm Refractor, Charles Worley (USNO)
The Mass-Luminosity Relation for Massive Stars, Phil Massey (KPNO/NOAO)

Session 5 - Moderator: Gary Schmidt (University of Arizona)

Amateurs and Mentors, Leif J. Robinson (Sky and Telescope)
Research and Education are Symbiotic Stars at Astronomy Camp (Invited), Don McCarthy (University of Arizona)
The Impact of the Van Vleck Observatory 0.6-M Telescope on Astronomy Education at Wesleyan University (Invited), Bill Herbst (Wesleyan University)
The National Undergraduate Research Observatory: A Successful Model for Training Undergraduates (Invited), Kathy Degioia Eastwood (Northern Arizona University)

Session 6 - Moderator: Kurt Anderson (New Mexico State University)

Operating a Suite of Small Telescopes with Modest Resources (Invited),Nat White (Lowell Observatory)
Observing Modes and Instrumentation for Small Telescopes (Invited), Mark Wagner (Ohio State University)
Back to the Future: The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) Observatory at Kitt Peak and the Future of Small Telescopes at National Sites (Invited), Terry Oswalt (Florida Institute of Technology)
Unattended Automation as an Option for the Operation of Small Research Telescopes (Invited), Kent Honeycutt (Indiana University)

Session 7 - Moderator: Tom Barnes (University of Texas)

The Economics of Automatic Telescopes, Joel Eaton (Tennessee State University)
IR on Small NOAO Telescopes: Science Programs and User Profiles, Ron Probst (NOAO/CTIO)
The New 0.8-m Observatory at Vassar College, Debra Elmegreen (Vassar College)
The Global Network of Astronomical Telescopes, Eric Craine (GNAT, Inc.)
The Center for Backyard Astrophysics: A World Network of Small Telescopes, Joe Patterson (Columbia University)
High-Resolution Spectrophotometry: A Unique Capability of Small Telescopes, William Bruce Weaver (MIRA)
An Advanced Laboratory for Optical Astronomy, Jim Houck (Cornell University)
Small Telescopes: Their Importance to Research and Future Generations of Astronomers (Invited), John Huchra (Harvard/CFA)

Moderator: Bob Millis

Debra Elmegreen (Vassar College)

John Huchra (Harvard/Center for Astrophysics)

Gary Schmidt (University of Arizona)

Steve Strom (University of Massachusetts)

Hugh Van Horn (National Science Foundation)

Sidney Wolff (National Optical Astronomy Observatories)

The Role of Small Telescopes in Modern Astronomy