AAS Meeting 204 - Scheduled Press Conferences

Meetings

The AAS has had repeated requests from members for information on topics likely to be featured in the news media during and immediately after the national meetings of the Society. The most likely topics are those featured in press conferences at the meetings.

Here is a list of the press events anticipated at the Atlanta meeting, along with the abstract numbers of the related papers. It is emphasized that topics are selected on the basis of what we believe is newsworthy (likely to be reported widely) and that the Society does not endorse individual scientific results nor judge their scientific significance. All times are EST.

Monday, 31 May 2004

9:30 AM Press Conference:

REMARKABLE GALAXIES

Based on papers #33.10 IRAC Extragalactic GTO Program: From Nearby Galaxies to High Redshift Universe and #17.06 The Lowest Luminosity Galaxy Yet: Andromeda IX, a New Satellite of M31

11:00 AM Press Conference:

AMAZING STARS

Based on papers #6.09 The North Star Mysteries: The Remarkable Brightness Increase of Polaris from Historical and MOdern Observations, #6.10 Overlooked Properities of the Cepheid Polaris, and #41.21 Spitzer SPace Telescope Observations of the Aftermath of Microlensing Event MACHO-LMC-5

12:30 PM Press Conference:

ADVANCES IN OBSERVING AND FORECASTING EVENTS OF THE SUN

Based on papers #20.05 Observations of SOlar Magnetic Elements with a 0.1" Resolution, #53.05 The Role of Time-varying Meridional Flow Pattern During Past 20 Years in Influencing Upcoming Solar Cycle Features, and #20.02Initial Magnetic Field Measurements from the Coronal Multi-Channel Polarimeter

Tuesday, 1 June 2004

9:30 AM Press Conference:

SPITZER DELIVERS THE "GOODS"

Based in papers #33.13 Early Results from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) Spitzer Legacy Program, #91.06
Spitzer Imaging of Extreme X-ray/Optical sources (EXOs): Black Holes in the Early Universe, #44.12 Multiwavelength Number Counts of
AGN in the GOODS Fields, and #41.29 Objects with Extremely Large mid-IR-to-Optical Flux Ratios Found in GOODS CDF-S Region