NRAO Town Hall at the Seattle AAS Meeting

Washington State Convention Center, Room 4C-3/4
Seattle, Washington
Tuesday, 6 January 2015, 6:30 - 8:30 pm PST


GBT VLA

This Town Hall will inform the AAS membership about the status of National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) science and science operations, development programs, and construction projects. This Town Hall will open with a reception that will be followed by three presentations that will update the membership regarding: (a) construction at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA); (b) science opportunities and development programs at ALMA, the Very Large Array (VLA), the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA); (c) recent science results from across NRAO; and (d) technical development for the next generation of radio astronomy research facilities. The NRAO Town Hall will include at least 30 minutes for discussion and answering audience questions.

Reception (45 minutes)

Presentations / Q&A (3 x 25 minutes)

Session organizer: Mark T. Adams

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Green Bank Observatory are facilities of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.

Founded in 1956, the NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. NRAO telescopes are open to all astronomers regardless of institutional or national affiliation. Observing time on NRAO telescopes is available on a competitive basis to qualified scientists after evaluation of research proposals on the basis of scientific merit, the capability of the instruments to do the work, and the availability of the telescope during the requested time. NRAO also provides both formal and informal programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media.

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