American Astronomical Society

This chapter talks about Mike Mumma and his team, which chronologically is the first group to publicly stake a claim to having discovered methane in the atmosphere of Mars in 2003. It explores the May 2003 abstract that served as a placeholder for a presentation Mumma would give at an American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences meeting. It also cites Mumma's report on his team's attempt to detect methane on Mars using three different telescopes: NASA's 3-meter Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), the 8-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, and the 10-meter Keck-2 telescope. The chapter provides the details of Mumma's measurements that show that the level of methane in the Martian atmosphere was about 10 parts per billion, averaged across the full atmosphere of Mars. It points out how all the early 2004 announcements about methane on Mars received immediate attention in the popular press.

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AASTeX and the challenges of publishing in an increasingly interactive environment

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/201818611001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 186 ◽

pp. 11001

Author(s):

Greg Schwarz

Keyword(s):

Astronomical Society ◽

Collaborative Editing ◽

Interactive Environment ◽

American Astronomical Society ◽

Written Word

In 2016 the American Astronomical Society (AAS) released two new versions of its LaTeX classfile, AASTeX. These were the first changes in over 11 years and included many new features to enhance an author’s ability to present their science in a format conducive to publishing in the AAS environment. While LaTeX is an excellent way to convey the written word, it lacks robust support for many desirable features including collaborative editing, large table support and figure interactivity. Bridging the gap between the old methods of writing and reviewing a printed manuscript and the new features the AAS has available and is working on implementing in a published HTML article is an ongoing challenge. This talk will highlight the new features of AASTeX and discuss how AAS publishing will move forward.

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Report on the Progress in Stellar Evolution to 1950

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0074180900108368 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 164 ◽

pp. 3-20

Author(s):

Owen Gingerich

Keyword(s):

Stellar Evolution ◽

American Physical Society ◽

Current Understanding ◽

Joint Meeting ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

Astronomical Society ◽

American Astronomical Society ◽

American Physical ◽

The University

At a joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the American Physical Society held in June of 1940, the University of Michigan astronomer Dean McLaughlin (1940) gave a review of the current understanding of stellar evolution. At the end he somewhat facetiously remarked that, “For several years I have told students that I knew all about stellar evolution in 1923, less is 1925, and nothing at all since 1930.” I would like to suggest that those dates were not chosen randomly, and in the first part of my own survey of stellar evolution to 1950, I would like to explain the significance of those dates.

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