Virtual 236th AAS Meeting: Registration is now open at newly reduced rates! Register by 29 May to reserve your spot. We are accepting abstracts again until Tuesday, 14 April, at 11:59 pm ET.
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Related: Special Session at the 235th AAS meeting — Challenges to Astronomy from Satellites
- The Industrialization of Space (Presentation; Chris Impey, University of Arizona)
- Mega-Constellations of Satellites and Optical Astronomy (Presentation | Press Briefing; Patrick Seitzer, University of Michigan)
- Radio Astronomy in a New Era of Radiocommunication (Presentation | Press Briefing; Harvey Liszt, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
- Satellite's Impacts on the General Public (Presentation | Press Briefing; Ruskin Hartley, International Dark-Sky Association)
- Starlink and the Astronomers (Press Briefing; Jeffrey C. Hall, Lowell Observatory)