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The CatWISE Preliminary catalog consists of 900,849,014 sources measured in data collected from 2010 to 2016. The catalog is now available in the WISE/NEOWISE Enhanced & Contributed Products area of the NASA Infrared...

Proposals are now being accepted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory for observing time from February 2020 through July 2020 at various facilities. The deadline for proposals is 30 September 2019.

The New York Community Trust invites applications for research grants (typically about $3,000) in astronomy and astrophysics. Deadline: 30 September 2019.

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

A new report from the American Institute of Physics details the initial employment outcomes of astronomy bachelors, masters, and PhDs from the classes of 2014, 2015, and 2016 combined.

Virginia Trimble, the celebrated astronomer and AAS patron, is being recognized for her lifelong contributions to the cultural, artistic, and humanistic dimensions of physics.

We haven't received many responses to our call for AAS members to recommend female astronomers and astronomers of color whose birthdays should be noted on the AAS Wall Calendar. Ideas, anyone?

The Planetary Science Journal joins the Astronomical Journal and the Astrophysical Journal family as the newest of the AAS’s peer-reviewed research publications.

At the Stellafane convention earlier this month Rick Fienberg, AAS Press Officer and former editor in chief of Sky & Telescope, received a lifetime achievement award from the Astronomical League.

The AAS will be upgrading its membership database system on 15 and 16 August. During the upgrade abstract submissions, splinter session proposal submissions, donations, and member profiles will be inaccessible.

Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland) will kick off the 235th AAS meeting in January 2020 with a special lecture on tidal disruption events from stars shredded by black holes in the centers of galaxies.

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

For one departmental payment of $138, the applying student would have free AAS membership for four years: two years with departmental support and two years with support from the Society.

After a four-week suspension of work at the summit of Maunakea, the existing telescopes will attempt a return to science operations.

Global Sky Partners will observe astronomical phenomena with LCO telescopes and use the data as part of their educational activities. Proposal deadline: 15 September 2019.