AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (AAS) WINTER MEETING, Jan 4-8, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) will hold its “winter meeting” at the Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, from January 4-8, 2020.

Details are on the event’s website.

Press conferences will be livestreamed.   A list of them is available along with instructions on how to tune in, starting with the website.

Remember that the agenda is in Hawaii Standard Time (HST), which is 5 hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST) so add five to get EST.

Two of particular interest to readers of this website may be:

• Sunday, January 5, 2:15 HST (7:15 pm EST) — “Hubble @ 30”  about the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope
• Wednesday, January 8, 2:15 pm HST (7:15 pm EST) — Astronomy Confronts Satellite Constellations (e.g. Starlink)