by Renae Kerrigan | Jun 4, 2021 | Awards, News
Thanks to all who voted for Big Astronomy in NSF’s 2021 STEM for All Video Showcase. Big Astronomy won a Public Choice Award, one of just 13 awarded out of 287 videos submitted. More than 850 viewers from 339 locations around the world watched the video, engaged with...
by Renae Kerrigan | May 18, 2021 | News
Real People, Big Astronomy: John Carpenter May 20 3 PM Chile & EDT / 2 PM CDT / Noon PDT Dr. John Carpenter is the Observatory Scientist at the Joint ALMA Observatory in Chile. He is responsible for providing input on how best to optimize the scientific output of...
by Renae Kerrigan | May 4, 2021 | News
Real People, Big Astronomy: Esteban Parkes May 14, 2021 4 PM Chile Time & EDT / 3 PM CDT / 1 PM PDT Esteban Parkes is a Telescope Manager at MSO-CTIO. He leads a group of professionals including Electronics ENgineers, Electrical Engineers, and Electrical and...
by Renae Kerrigan | Apr 29, 2021 | News
Real People, Big Astronomy: Eduardo Toro April 29 7 PM Chile & EDT / 6 PM CDT / 4 PM PDT Eduardo Toro is an Information Technology Engineer for NOIRLab, which includes the Gemini Observatory, CTIO, and other large observatories. He started his career as an...
by Renae Kerrigan | Mar 27, 2021 | News
Real People, Big Astronomy: Marco Bonati April 15 4 PM Chile & EDT / 3 PM CDT / 1 PM PDT Marco Bonati is an Electronics Detector Engineer who works on instrumentation at Cerro Tololo-Interamerican and SOAR Observatories. He is responsible for keeping the detectors...
by Renae Kerrigan | Mar 17, 2021 | News
Real People, Big Astronomy: Shari Lifson March 26 8 PM Chile / 7 PM EDT / 6 PM CDT / 4 PM PDT Shari Lifson is the Corporate Communications Coordinator for the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). It is her job to help AURA’s three...
