NRAO at AAS 247 in Phoenix, Arizona

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The NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory, NSF Green Bank Observatory, Central Development Laboratory, and Associated Universities, Inc. will be playing a major part in the January 2026 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.  Join the NSF NRAO leadership, staff, users, and students for a week sharing outstanding science results, press conferences, and technology developments.

Visit the NRAO in the exhibit hall, starting with the opening reception on Sunday evening.  Learn about the ALMA Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade, the ngVLA prototype antenna, new opportunities with the Green Bank Telescope and dysh, and capabilities for observing with the VLA and VLBA from New Mexico Operations.  The exhibit will feature instrumentation pieces from the Central Development Laboratory.  Join the NRAO leadership for the NRAO Town Hall evening reception on Tuesday, January 6th to learn about the latest research and development initiatives.

Stop by the NRAO exhibit on Monday/Wednesday (5:30pm), and Tuesday/Thursday (9:00am) to learn about the new GBT reduction package, dysh.

Pre-register for the Synthesis Imaging Workshop, May 2026.

Sign up for the 2026 Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop.

Subscribe to the NRAO Science Newsletter.  Follow the NRAO (Facebook, Twitter(X), Instagram, LinkedIn, and BlueSky);  GBO (Facebook, Twitter(X), and Instagram);  and AUI (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram) on the various social media outlets.

See the meeting website for conference details.  The block schedule is available on the AAS Website.

Session
 Date Time (Local) Location
Grad School and REU Fair Sunday, January 4 5:30pm to 7:00pm 301 C
Opening Reception Sunday, January 4 7:00pm to 9:00pm Exhibit Hall B/C/D
Advancing AI Infrastructure for Large Astronomy Datasets (CosmicAI partners) Tuesday, January 6 2:00pm-3:30pm 232 A
NRAO Town Hall Tuesday, January 6 6:30pm to 8:30pm 301 C
The Highest Angular Resolution Frontier (Splinter) Wednesday, January 7 10:00am-11:30am 126 C
Monitoring the transient sky: the role of ALMA in the WSU era Wednesday, January 7 10:00am-12:00pm 225 B
Closing Reception Thursday, January 8 6:00pm-7:30pm 301 C

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