The American Astronomical Society (AAS), established 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. The basic objective of the AAS is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science. The membership (~6,500) also includes physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers and others whose research interests lie within the broad spectrum of subjects now comprising contemporary astronomy.

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213th AAS Meeting — Long Beach, CA

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4-8 January 2009

Venue

Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
300 East Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802

www.longbeachcc.com

New submissions for ApJ and ApJS

Effective 1 September 2008, new manuscripts for the ApJ and ApJ Supplement should be submitted to IOP Publishing. Please submit new papers for the main Journal at http://authors.iop.org/apj and for the Supplement at http://authors.iop.org/apjs. If you wish to submit to the Letters or revise an ApJ or Supplement paper already in peer review and submitted prior to 1 September, please use http://mss.uchicago.edu/ApJ.

Donate to the AAS Now and Help Astronomy Happen

Donate to the AAS

By donating to the AAS, members of the public can help enable astronomers to make new discoveries, collaborate more effectively and share their results with the public through publication.

2009 Is the International Year of Astronomy

The 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations has designated 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. Working with the IAU, ASP, AAVSO, Astronomical League, IDA and other astronomy partners, the AAS will help organize and carry out a dynamic program of activities for the International Year of Astronomy.

For further details, see the IYA-USA web page at: www.astronomy2009.us

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