Deadline: October 7, 2019
Nominations are invited for the NAS Awards – James Craig Watson Medal 2020. The James Craig Watson Medal is presented every two years for outstanding contributions to the science of astronomy.
The Watson Medal was established by NAS Member and prolific Canadian-American astronomer, James Craig Watson. Watson is credited with discovering twenty-two asteroids in his lifetime. He published many articles and wrote A Popular Treatise on Comets (1861) and Theoretical Astronomy (1868).