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Proposals are now being accepted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory for observing time from February 2018 through July 2018 at various facilities. The deadline for proposals is 2 October.

The Association for Women in Science invites AAS members to participate in its fall webinar series, designed to add to your personal and professional development.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to reach out and share the excitement of the solar eclipse with someone.

AAS President Christine Jones responds to the devastating events in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 24 August, at 3:00 pm ET, to hear about WASP-121b, an exoplanet with a scorching hot atmosphere.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA issue this open letter to the international scientific community to announce plans for enabling community participation in XARM.

If you plan to attend the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences meeting in Provo this October, note that the regular registration deadline is Tuesday, 29 August, and late abstracts are due Thursday, 31 August!

Applications for the 2018 Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award are now being accepted from recent PhD recipients whose doctoral thesis is based on data from an AUI facility. Deadline: 31 December.

The Arecibo Observatory invites proposals for the use of the Arecibo 305-m telescope within the six-month (or in some cases, one-year) period beginning 1 January 2018. Proposal deadline: 7 September 2017.

Submit your oral or poster abstract for the 231st AAS meeting by 3 October to be added to the meeting program. Registration and the hotel block for the winter meeting will open near the end of August.

The AAS Spring/Summer 2017 Campaign, highlighting trailblazing women in astronomy, wraps up on Friday, 25 August. Please give to the funds, prizes, programs, and activities that mean the most to you.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 10 August, at 3:00 pm ET, to hear about the upcoming solar eclipse and the features of the solar corona.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

Slooh, a global telescope network and web-based astronomy education and outreach hub, has made its live telescope feeds freely available worldwide in furtherance of its mission to benefit the astronomy community.