The AAS Office is closed on Tuesday, 9 February due to the significant snowfall over the weekend and more expected Tuesday afternoon. We will resume normal business hours Wednesday or Thursday as conditions permit. |
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Renew by the end of February to be included in the 2010 Membership Directory You can renew your 2010 membership and subscription dues online now. Log in to the members only section. Click 'e-Billing Reminder' and pay your dues online with a credit card. If you have any questions please email or call 202-328-2010 x101. While renewing your membership help the AAS go green! Sign up for a paperless renewal notice. Please take a moment and opt out of receiving your renewal notice by US mail. You will need your member login and password. If you have not used this before, send an email to membership@aas.org or you can reset your password on line. |
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Thomas A. Hockey, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Northern Iowa, was named Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy Education Review. He formally assumed this role on January 1, 2010, but he has been working with the journal since last summer. |
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23-27 May 2010Hyatt Regency Miami400 SE Second Avenue Miami, FL 33131-2197
Preliminary information is now available for the 216th AAS Meeting in Miami, FL. |
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The Society's most prestigious award, the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, went to Dr. Margaret J. Geller (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) "for a lifetime of work on the distribution and clustering of galaxies in the universe and for her notable success in describing this work to the public." |
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Electronic hosting of journals makes it possible to collect related articles into what amounts to virtual special issues. In December 2008, the AJ published several papers from and related to the THINGS project as a special section of that issue. Our electronic compilation brings together those first papers with papers published in later issues (and may include additional papers published in future). Many options are imaginable but to start we have gathered a handful of paper series, each covering a common topic and written by a relatively well-defined set of authors. |
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The AAS will be participating as a partner organization in LaserFest 2010, which is the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, a fundamental component in our modern technology. The purpose of this celebration is to recognize and honor the accomplishments of the scientists, engineers, inventors, and entrepreneurs who made possible the discovery, development, and application of the laser; to inform students, educators, legislators, funding agencies, and the general public about the impact that the laser has had on the economy and how it has affected and continues to affect their lives in many ways; and to use the story of the laser to illustrate the importance of the scientific discovery and technological innovation. To find out more information visit the LaserFest website. |
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By donating to the AAS, members of the public can help enable astronomers to make new discoveries, collaborate more effectively and share their results with the public through publication. |
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See the President speak at the White House Star Party. President Obama kicked off Astronomy Night on the South Lawn of the White House. Some 150 middle school students from the Washington area got to learn more about their universe using more than 20 telescopes provided by NASA and other organizations. They observed Jupiter, the moon and selected stars. Other activities included science presentations with samples of meteorites and moon rocks. NASA's Museum Alliance, a consortium of museums, science centers and planetariums conducted activities worldwide to coincide with the White House event. Astronomy Night helped note the International Year of Astronomy, a global celebration of contributions to society and culture in the 400 years since Galileo first used a telescope. |
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