In The Field
AAS 2009: Long Beach
Welome to Long Beach, California for the 2009 conference of the American Astronomical Society. This means, at least for me, palm trees in January. They’ve also shipped in a container-load of astronomers, here in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, the site of one of the largest ports in the world. There are 2,450 registrants so far, according to AAS staff. It’s a beautiful day out there, but most of us are in the basement of the conference center listenting to AAS president John Huchra greet us. It’s five days after the new year, and thus five days into the