LSST E-News |
LSST Shows its Stuff in Washington
Continuing our annual tradition, LSST again had a strong showing at the January meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), held this year in Washington, DC. In addition to the usual posters and exhibit, approximately 100 scientists gathered for a Splinter Meeting organized by Michael Strauss, chair of the LSST Science Advisory Committee. This meeting was an opportunity for those interested and involved in the LSST Science Collaborations to understand the current state of the project and learn how to contribute during our Final Design Phase.
20,000 steps on a LSST pedometer. (photo by M. Kounkel)
Our lineup of 25 LSST posters was viewed by most of the 3500 attendees on opening day of the meeting. The posters, which represent all aspects of the project from engineering, education, and simulations to science, are available for online viewing or download.
Our exhibit announced the availability of the LSST Science Book, and nearly 1000 DVDs of the book were distributed to interested attendees. The book is also available online. The exhibit booth was an active place in part because of our giveaway — the LSST pedometer. Those who recorded 20,000 steps (about 10 miles) on the pedometer could enter a drawing to win a piece of etched LSST glass from the M1/M3 mirror casting. We had 73 entrants and 12 winners:
Project Manager Don Sweeney congratulates Mark Sands, one of 12 winners. (photo by R. Dreiser)
Charles Steinhardt, Amanda Moffett, Chris Culliton, Jay Strader, Todd Hillwig, Mark Hammergren, Lucas Miller, Mauricio Flores, Adam Smith, Justice Brursema, Daniel Veillette, and Mark Sands.
Congratulations to our winners and we’ll see you all again in Seattle for the January 2011 AAS meeting!
LSST is a public-private partnership. Funding for design and development activity comes from the National Science Foundation, private donations, grants to universities, and in-kind support at Department of Energy laboratories and other LSSTC Institutional Members:
Brookhaven National Laboratory; California Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University; Chile; Cornell University; Drexel University; Google Inc.; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Institut de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3); Johns Hopkins University; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University; Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory; National Optical Astronomy Observatory; Princeton University; Purdue University; Research Corporation for Science Advancement; Rutgers University; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Space Telescope Science Institute; The Pennsylvania State University; The University of Arizona; University of California, Davis; University of California, Irvine; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Michigan; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh; University of Washington; Vanderbilt University
LSST E-News Team:
- Suzanne Jacoby (Editor-in-Chief)
- Anna Spitz (Writer at Large)
- Mark Newhouse (Design & Production: Web)
- Emily Acosta (Design & Production: PDF/Print)
- Sidney Wolff (Editorial Consultant)
- Additional contributors as noted
LSST E-News is a free email publication of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project. It is for informational purposes only, and the information is subject to change without notice.
Subscribe | Unsubscribe
Copyright © 2010 LSST Corp., Tucson, AZ • www.lsst.org