Primary Recipient

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSTIY FOUNDATION

Amount

$302,757.00

Award Date

8/25/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The purpose of this project is to undertake precision measurements of the masses and radii of stars in eclipsing binary systems in nearby clusters. The primary motivation for this is the observation of characteristics of stars that allow very precise age