[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 51711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22220]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the
following meeting:
Name and Committee Code: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory
Committee (#13883) (Teleconference).
Date and Time: November 6, 2018; 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EST.
Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314, Room W9138 (Teleconference).
Type of Meeting: Open.
Attendance information for the meeting will be forthcoming on the
website: https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp.
Contact Person: Dr. Christopher Davis, Program Director, Division
of Astronomical Sciences, Suite W 9136, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: 703-292-4910.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the
National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues
within the field of astronomy and astrophysics that are of mutual
interest and concern to the agencies.
Agenda: The AAAC will receive a preliminary report from a committee
set up to consider the roles of the Gemini Observatory, the Southern
Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR), the Blanco Telescope, and
other federally-funded ground-based optical-infrared facilities in the
era of Multi-Messenger and Time Domain astronomy, and on the use of
these observatories to advance Dark Energy science.
Dated: October 9, 2018.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-22220 Filed 10-11-18; 8:45 am]
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