Jan 2-7: American Astronomical Society Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Members of Astronomy Cast, Second Astronomy, and 365 Days of Astronomy will be at the upcoming American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington DC. We plan to live cast a variety of events via both Second Life on the Astronomy 2009 Island [surl] and through the Astronomy Cast UStream channel. A full schedule of events is coming soon. There will be events open to the public!

Invited Talks are scheduled for following dates and times (pending confirmation with all speakers!). You are invited to attend all events on the Astronomy Cast Public Events UStream Channel. Please feel free to embed this channel on your own webpage!

• Mon., Jan. 4
  • 8:00 a.m. Van Biesbroeck Prize and Welcoming Address
  • 8:30 p.m. Kepler Planet Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results
  • 11:40 p.m. Russell Lectureship: RR Lyrae Atmospheres: Wrinkles Old and New
  • 3:40 p.m. Pierce Prize: Finding Utility in the Diverse Origins of Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • 4:30 p.m. LeRoy Doggett Prize: History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate Join us in Second Life [SLURL]
  • 6:30 p.m.  Gemant Prize: Science as Performance Join us in Second Life [SLURL]

• Tues. Jan. 5
  • 12:30 p.m. Policy Talk: Charles Bolden
  • 3:40 p.m. Warner Prize: The Demographics of Exoplanets
  • 4:30 p.m. Galaxy Clusters and Black Holes: Cooling Versus Heating

• Wed. Jan. 6
  • 8:30 a.m. Invited Talk: John Grunsfeld, Shuttle Atlantis Join us in Second Life [SLURL]
  • 11:40 a.m. Heinemann Prize: The High-redshift Galaxy Jigsaw Puzzle
  • 3:40 p.m. Cannon Award: A Holistic View of Catastrophic Cosmic Explosions
  • 4:30 p.m. Rossi Prize: Strong Gravity and the Masses of Stellar Black Holes

• Thurs. Jan. 7
  • 11:40 a.m. Formation of Massive Black Hole Seeds in the First Galaxies
  • 3:40 a.m. Reionization to Near Earth Objects: Scientific Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope

Press briefings are scheduled for following dates and times. You are invited to attend all events on the Astronomy Cast UStream Press Conference Channel. Please feel free to embed this channel on your own webpage!

• Mon., Jan. 4
  • 10:00 a.m. Battling Black Holes
  • 1:00 p.m. Kepler Early Science
  • 2:30 p.m. Exploding Stars

• Tues. Jan. 5
  • 9:00 a.m. Stellar Mysteries
  • 10:30 a.m. Galaxies Near & (Very) Far *See it in Second Life
  • 2:30 p.m. Pulsars *See it in Second Life

• Wed. Jan. 6
  • 10:00 a.m. Cosmology’s Dark Side
  • 1:00 a.m. Exoplanet Exotica *See it in Second Life
  • 2:30 p.m. TBA

• Thurs. Jan. 7
  • 9:00 a.m. Galaxies Stirred, Not Shaken
  • 10:30 a.m. Spicing up the Solar System

And…

Want to meet us in person? There will be a meet up Wednesday night at 7pm. Location TBA.

*ALL PRESS/AAS MEMBERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE EXPERIMENTAL SECOND LIFE SESSIONS, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR REAL LIFE NAME AND SECOND LIFE AVATAR NAME TO ADRIENNE (astronomy2009insl@aas.org) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND NO LATER THAN 1 HR BEFORE THE SESSION START. Our press sessions will be CLOSED to the general public and you will need to be on our “entry list” in order to teleport to the ‘Astronomy 2009′ island and attend.

Jan 9-10: International Year of Astronomy Closing Ceremonies in Padova, Italy

Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Star Stryder / Astronomy Cast) will be attending the IYA closing ceremonies and sharing all the glamour, glitz, and science the ceremonies have to offer. Follow the coverage over on StarStryder.com and on her twitter feed @starstryder.