Dark and Quiet Skies events at AAS 245
Attending the 245th AAS meeting in D.C. this January? Interested in dark skies, satellite constellations, radio interference, and related topics? Then we have a full schedule of events for you!
- Sun Jan 12, Workshop. Addressing light pollution on your campus: Introducing the Campus SHINE Initiative, 1-5pm. (This event requires a modest additional fee and pre-registration.)
- Tue Jan 14, room 230. Rubin Observatory Town Hall. 12:45-1:45pm.
- Tue Jan 14, room 238. Special Session. Dark and Quiet Skies: Recent Developments, Environmental Impacts, and Pathways Forward, 2-3:30pm. This session opens with short talks by the following people: Meredith Rawls, Tiffany Nichols, James Lowenthal, Jonathan McDowell, Teznie Pugh, and Lindsay DeMarchi. It concludes with a panel moderated by Roohi Dalal (AAS) featuring panelists Gabriel Swiney (Office of Space Commerce), Merissa Velez (Federal Communications Commission), Steph Earle (Federal Aviation Administration), and Jennifer Manner (National Telecommunications and Information Administration).
- Tue Jan 14, room 255. iPoster Session. Dark and Quiet Skies, 5:30-6:30pm (related to the above session). Featuring posters by Lindsey Wiser, Bang Nhan, Meredith Rawls, Connie Walker and Warren Skidmore.
- Tue Jan 14, Splinter Session. COMPASSE Meet & Greet, 6-8pm.
- Wed Jan 15, room 358. iPoster Session. Observatory Site Protection, Light Pollution, Radio Interference and Space Debris, 5:30-6:30pm. Featuring posters by: Sloane Lynyak, Kaitlyn Chen, Sheldon Wasik, Daniel Devost, Alyssa Rask, Daniel Bautista, Aaron Lawson, Finn Schmidhuber, Luke Datsko, Kevin Gifford, Zainab Adamji and Valentin Martinez Pillet.
- Thu Jan 16, Press Conference. “Seminar for Science Writers: Bringing the Night Sky to Life: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Revolutionize the Way We Explore the Cosmos,” 12:45pm.
- Thu Jan 16, Press Conference. “Galactic Histories and Policy Futures,” 2:15pm, includes a presentation by John Barentine on recent AAS Space Policy Statements.
