Habitable Worlds Observatory at the 247th American Astronomical Society Meeting
About Event
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Description
The 247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting will include a variety of events focused on the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory Special Session
Tuesday, January 6
10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (MT)
Phoenix Convention Center, 224 B
This Special Session is an update for the astrophysics community about the current activities and future plans of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a future NASA flagship astrophysics mission concept in response to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. HWO will be a large-aperture ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope designed to search for signs of life on terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars. At the same time HWO will be one of the most versatile astronomical telescopes ever flown, capable of conducting transformative science across nearly all of astrophysics in the legacy of missions such as Hubble, Webb, and – soon – Roman. In this Special Session, representatives from NASA Headquarters and the HWO Technology Maturation Project Office will share the community-driven development of the mission concept to date, avenues for future involvement, and plans for next steps. This special session will also share HWO’s Community Science and Instrument Team’s (CSIT) progress in identifying the transformative science cases that guide the observatory’s design, and in defining the innovative instrument suite needed to pursue them. The CSIT will also highlight compelling science opportunities that these capabilities could enable. This session is open to all AAS attendees and will feature an extended Q&A session for discussion and feedback from the community.
Habitable Worlds Observatory Oral Presentations - Enabling HWO Exo-Earth Science: Architecture, Tools, Targets, and Context
Tuesday, January 6
2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (MT)
Phoenix Convention Center, 222 C
Habitable Worlds Observatory iPosters - HWO Enabling Technologies: Stability, Metrology, and High-Contrast Imaging
Monday, January 5
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. (MT)
Phoenix Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B/C/D
Habitable Worlds Observatory iPosters - Preparing for Direct Imaging: Models, Calibrations, and Biases across JWST, Roman, HWO
Monday, January 5
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (MT)
Phoenix Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B/C/D
Habitable Worlds Observatory iPosters - Taming Stellar Activity and Multiplicity in Exoplanet Detection
Monday, January 5
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (MT)
Phoenix Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B/C/D
Habitable Worlds Observatory iPosters - NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory
Tuesday, January 6
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (MT)
Phoenix Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B/C/D