by Pamela | Sep 13, 2009 | Astronomy, Meetings
Another day and yet another plane. This time I’m on my way to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s annual meeting in San Francisco, California. I’ll be part of three different presentations: Panel: The Spectrum of Citizen Science Projects in...
by Pamela | Sep 4, 2009 | Personal
Just pulling stuff into one place. I’m just going to let the numbers speak for themselves. From “Fighting the Gender Gap”: In 1994-1995, female students typically scored 50 points lower on Physics SAT II In 1994 Women typically scored 150 points...
by Pamela | Aug 30, 2009 | Astronomy, Meetings
In case you somehow missed it, 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. For me, that has translated into the International Year of Astronomy Travel. According to my American Advantage account, I’ve earned 71,616 qualifying miles for this year to date. Now...
by Pamela | Aug 30, 2009 | Astronomy, Observing
This has not been a good August for the hearts of observational astronomers around the globe. A few weeks ago, smoke filled the Canary Islands as fires swept toward – but not quite to – Roque de Los Muchacho, home of the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope ....
by Pamela | Aug 4, 2009 | Events, Personal, Travel
A few random comments: We just had a brief potential moment of food and drink. People from countries derived from the UK politely attempted to line up (queue), while others, um, did not. A few lucky people got food (including cake!), wine or beer, and even juice or...
