I very much enjoyed my time at the AAS meeting last week. I used up my social quota for the year, having conversations with: Judit, Benjamin, David, Victor, Carl, Greg, Ravi, Russell, Seth, Mike, Robert, Ryan, Eli, Steve, Sumner, Rogier, Hwi, Amber, Beatrice, Hu, Paul, Rolf, Matt, Melissa, Joe, Violet, Fred, Eric, Anthony, Jason, other Lisa, other Steve, Scott, Tyler, Kristin, Kaz, Nimish, other folks at the education workshop, among others. Besides hanging out with folks, other highlights included:
- An excellent teaching workshop
- A great talk on the intersection of astronomy with art, history, and literature
- An introduction to WorldWide Telescope, currently just a Windows app.
- A poster on eclipsing binaries that don't eclipse anymore, which makes me wonder how many other objects that we've cataloged as one type have changed over time.
- Concept phase posters for a proposed new telescope that, if it gets the go-ahead, could be as revelatory as Hubble
All in all, not a bad way to start the year!
I saw that this was tagged "geeky" and was aaaalmost afraid to click.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good trip! Sounds sciency!
J gets back in about 25 minutes. All week he kept calling to tell me how warm it is in Cali.
Warm? We all felt bad about how cold it was for the people who traveled here. It was only in the high-50s/low-60s. ;)
ReplyDeleteI will be shocked if you speak to another person this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm obliged to speak to students, but I'll be sticking to one word answers and pantomime.
ReplyDeleteThere's always the notepad approach.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I'll just stare sternly at them.
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