[Audio of astronomer singing]
For many attendees, the science and the socializing are equally important. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:
“For those of us who still have that passion we had as kids for all aspects of astronomy, this is the place to connect and go. And it's a way to get new ideas.”
And it always helps to seal a new collaboration via a toast with every astronomers’ favorite beer. Blue Moon, of course.
—Clara Moskowitz
