Program Highlights

Senior representatives from NASA's Science Mission Directorate and Astrophysics Division will discuss NASA's science program and outlook.

Personnel from the NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences will present recent highlights along with the status of major NSF facility and grants programs.

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) serves the astronomical community through the operation of multiple NASA flagship missions including Hubble, JWST, and WFIRST, the development of advanced data and science archives, and the dissemination of astronomical information to the broadest public audiences.

Update on Key Issues Including Astronomical Research Facilities

6:40 pm EDT

Organizer: Peter Williams, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

The AAS WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is the American Astronomical Society’s official tool for visually exploring humanity’s scientific understanding of the Universe. This free and open-source software package can power everything from interactive "live image" figures in journal articles, to exploratory data visualizations in Jupyter notebooks, to immersive custom websites, to professional-grade planetariums. This interactive tutorial will introduce attendees to the WWT software ecosystem in the context of its applications to research, education, and public outreach.