assorted bits of stuff from AAS, or that I was reminded of at the meeting
Astro Better - interesting blog/wiki/tweetnode
I'd noticed them before, mostly because they assimilated the Astro Rumour Mill, but hadn't really taken in what they were doing till I saw their AAS poster on monday
Wish they'd frontpage the Rumour Mill - have to dig down a bit to find it
Scott Ransom delivered a very good Warner Prize lecture, it was the first time I had heard Time correctly described as a Helix of Something Sparkly or Another...
Sloan Survey has put out Data Release 8, with a mega mosaic image:
composite picture with caption (click to embiggen)
and
large and zoomable
press release
Planck put out its cold source catalog.
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