SOFIA science will be at the 241st AAS Meeting January 8-12, 2023 in Seattle Washington! This webpage lists all SOFIA-related events during the meeting. You can also pick up our latest newsletter at our partners' booths, IPAC and NASA. All times are Pacific Time.
Press Conference: Building Systems in Our Local Universe
Wednesday, January 11, 10:15-11:00 am. Room 307/308
Umit Kavak (SOFIA/USRA): Protostellar feedback in massive star forming regions
Press Conference: Building Systems in Our Local Universe
Thursday, January 12, 10:15-11:00 am. Room 307/308
Peter Barnes (SSI): SOFIA and ALMA Investigate Magnetic Fields and Gas Structures in Massive Star Formation: The Case of the Masquerading Monster BYF 73
Data Showcase Talk
Monday January 9th, 5:30-6:00 pm. NASA Interactive Demo area in the exhibit hall
Stars and stellar environments in the SOFIA archive. E. Montiel, S. Goldman, B-G Andersson (SOFIA/USRA)
Hyperwall Talk
Wednesday January 11th, 9:20-9:30 am, NASA hyperwall in the exhibit hall
The SOFIA SALSA program, E. Lopez Rodriguez (Stanford/KIPAC)
SOFIA Happy Hour
Wednesday January 11th, 6:30-8:30pm
Come share a drink with SOFIA staff to celebrate the end of the mission, in the fitting environment of the 'Pine Box' bar! We will gather in the Mezzanine area, 1600 Melrose Ave, a couple of blocks away from the Convention Center.
Presentations
Monday, January 9th
William Reach (SOFIA/USRA): Molecular Water in the Lunar South Polar Region based upon 6-micron Spectroscopic Imaging, iPoster 104.32, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT, in poster session 'Solar System', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Curtis DeWitt (SOFIA/USRA): High-resolution Mid-infrared spectra of V883 Ori with EXES/SOFIA, iPoster 106.02, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT , in poster session "Young Stellar Objects, Very Young Stars, T-Tauri Stars, H-H Objects", Exhibit Hall 4AB
Edward Montiel (SOFIA/USRA): Seeing the Trees through the Forest: Early Results from the SOFIA/EXES Mid- IR High Spectral Resolution Library, iPoster 106.17, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT , in poster session "Young Stellar Objects, Very Young Stars, T-Tauri Stars, H-H Objects", Exhibit Hall 4AB
Dario Fadda (SOFIA/USRA): The Warm Neutral Medium of Nearby Galaxies. Oral presentation 110.03, 10:24 AM PT - 10:36 AM PT, in special session 'Beyond JWST and ALMA: Far-infrared Spectroscopy of Cosmic Ecosystems', Ballroom 6C
Imani Dindy (CUNY Grad center): Solar Metallicity in M82 Starburst with Far-Infrared Spectroscopy, Oral presentation 122.04, 10:40 AM PT - 10:50 AM PT , in session 'Starburst Galaxies', Room 615
Rebecca Levy (University of Arizona): Velocity-resolved [CII] in and around M82 detected with SOFIA, Oral presentation 122.05, 10:50 AM PT - 11:00 AM PT , in session 'Starburst Galaxies', Room 615
B-G Andersson (SOFIA/USRA): Multi-wavelength polarization studies of AGB star envelopes ; a progress report. Oral presentation 144.02, 2:10 PM PT - 2:20 PM PT, in session 'Dust', Room 611
Valentin Le Gouellec (SOFIA/USRA): The origin of dust polarization in the Orion Bar. Oral presentation 144.05, 2:50 PM PT - 3:00 PM P T, in session 'Dust', Room 611
Tuesday, January 10th
Jessy Marin (Harvard Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics): Magnetic Field Mapping of Large Scale Galactic Structures, First Map of the 'Nessie of the Northern Sky', iPoster presentation 211.08, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT , in poster session 'Giant Molecular Clouds and Gas Structures', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Aidan Kaminsky (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute): On the 3D Curvature and Dynamics of the Musca Filament, iPoster presentation 211.11, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT , in poster session 'Giant Molecular Clouds and Gas Structures', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Oral Session 'Stellar Feedback and the Ionized ISM' 235, 10:00 AM PT - 10:40 AM PT, Ballroom 3B
- Umit Kavak (SOFIA/USRA): Protostellar feedback in massive star forming regions, 235.01, 10:00 AM PT - 10:10 AM PT
- Lars Bonne (SOFIA/USRA): Large [CII] maps unveil rapid molecular cloud erosion around expanding HII regions, 235.02, 10:10 AM PT - 10:20 AM PT
- James De Buizer (SOFIA/USRA): The SOFIA Mid-Infrared Giant H II Region Survey: Reassessing the Giant H II region Census of the Milky Way, 235.03, 10:20 AM PT - 10:30 AM PT
- Fiorella Polles (SOFIA/USRA) The electron density stratification in IC10: a low-metallicity galaxy, 235.04, 10:30 AM PT - 10:40 AM PT
Louis Seyfritz (UVA): Investigating the Flip in Polarization of Massive Protostars, iPoster 273.10, 5:30 PM PT - 6:30 PM PT , in poster session 'Star Formation', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Mohammed Saleem (San Francisco State): Magnetic Field Morphology and Polarization Within Starburst Galaxy M82, iPoster 277.03, 5:30 PM PT - 6:30 PM PT , in poster session 'Starburst galaxies', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Dario Fadda (SOFIA/USRA): SOFIA investigates the spiral galaxy Arp 25 deformed by ram pressure, iPoster 279.06, 5:30 PM PT - 6:30 PM PT , in poster session 'Spiral Galaxies', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Wednesday, January 11th
Megan Peatt (Embry-Riddle Aeronautcial University): FORCAST-ing the dust production of WR 137 as it approaches periastron. iPoster 302.11, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT , in poster session 'Binary Stars 1', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Gregory Sloan (Space Telescope Science Institute): Pulsation and the dust dichotomy in Galactic carbon stars: The view from SOFIA, iPoster 303.17, 9:00 AM PT - 10:00 AM PT in poster session 'Pulsating Variable stars', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Oral Session 'Star Formation with SOFIA' 308, 10:00 AM PT - 11:20 AM PT, Ballroom 6B
- Sarah Nickerson (NASA Ames): The mid-infrared molecular inventory towards Orion IRc2 and hot molecular cores. 308.01, 10:00 AM PT - 10:10 AM PT
- Simon Coude (WSU - CfA): FIELDMAPS: Magnetic support in the bones of the Milky Way, 308.02, 10:10 AM PT - 10:20 AM PT
- Francisco Sequeira- Murillo (University of Costa Rica): The Final Stages of Massive Star Formation - Infrared Characterization of Ultra-Compact HII Regions. 308.04, 10:30 AM PT - 10:40 AM PT
- Jonathan Tan (Univ. of Virginia & Chalmers Univ) Latest Results from the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey, 308.05, 10:40 AM PT - 10:50 AM PT
- Lauren Light (Smith College): Shining a Light on the Kinematics and Chemical Complexity of Massive Protostars, 308.06, 10:50 AM PT - 11:00 AM PT
- Peter Barnes (SSI) : SOFIA and ALMA Investigate Magnetic Fields and Gas Structures in Massive Star Formation: The Case of the Masquerading Monster BYF 73, 308.07, 11:00 AM PT - 11:10 AM PT
- Samuel Crowe (UVA): Characterizing Massive Protostars in the Galactic Center. 308.08, 11:10 AM PT - 11:20 AM PT
Bhavya Gupta (UCSD): Analyzing Far-IR [O III] and [C II] Emission Using SOFIA in Highly-Ionized Local Galaxies, iPoster 361.02, 5:30 PM PT - 6:30 PM PT, in poster session 'Stars, Gas, and Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Elizabeth Fletcher (Catholic University): An Analysis of NGC 5253: Investigating Metallicity using Far-Infrared Diagnostic Emission Lines, iPoster 361.03, 5:30 PM PT - 6:30 PM PT , in poster session 'Stars, Gas, and Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Kathleen Kraemer (Boston College): Hot Water in Cool Stars: SOFIA Observation of M and S Stars, iPoster 367.02, 5:30 PM PT - 6:30 PM PT , in poster session 'Stellar Atmospheres, Winds', Exhibit Hall 4AB
Thursday, January 12th
Skarleth Motino Flores (SOFIA/USRA): Using Far-Infrared Fine Structure emission lines to characterize analogs to high-z galaxies. Oral presentation 431.01, 1 0:00 AM PT - 10:10 AM PT, in session Stars, Gas, and Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies, Room 620