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Educational Activity Demonstration: Your Place in the Galaxy
Educational Activity Demonstration: Your Place in the Galaxy Vivian White Astronomical Society of the Pacific January 29 5 PM Chile / 3 PM EST / 2 PM CST / Noon PST Learn about our place in the galaxy, and a way to demonstrate this concept with your audiences in a...

Replay: Real People, Big Astronomy: Celia Verdugo
Celia Verdugo is an astronomer and Data Analyst at ALMA. It is her job to calibrate the ALMA radio telescope and take data for other astronomers. She works side by side with telescope operators who move the ALMA radio telescopes, and the astronomers who propose...

Replay: Big Astronomy at ASP2020
The Big Astronomy leadership team gave a behind the scenes look at the project at the ASP2020 conference. Watch a REPLAY of this event here.

Real People, Big Astronomy: Kathy Vivas
Don't miss our next live event, directly connecting you with a STEM professional. Real People, Big Astronomy: Kathy Vivas January 15 3 PM Chile / 1 PM EST / Noon CST / 10 AM PST Kathy Vivas is an Astronomer who works with the Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco...

Replay: Real People, Big Astronomy: Alysha Shugart
Alysha Shugart is a Science Operations Specialist at Gemini South. It is her job to operate the telescope or take astronomical data with different instruments, assist astronomers, and analyze the data. She works on many different aspects of observing with the massive...

Replay: Real People, Big Astronomy: Dr. Luis Chavarría Garrido
Real People, Big Astronomy: Dr. Luis Chavarría Garrido Dr. Luis Chavarria Garrido is the Director of the Astronomy Program for the Chilean Government’s Ministry of Science. He carried out his doctoral thesis at Harvard and postdoctoral studies in Chile, France, and...

Real People, Big Astronomy: Celia Verdugo
Real People, Big Astronomy: Celia Verdugo December 30, 3 PM Chile / 1 PM EST / Noon CST / 10 AM PST Celia Verdugo is an astronomer and Data Analyst at ALMA. It is her job to celebrate the ALMA radio telescope and take data for other astronomers. She works side by side...

Big Astronomy Leadership at ASP 2020
Big Astronomy will be featured at ASP 2020: A Virtual Conference! We will be live streaming the Big Astronomy planetarium show at 6 PM PST, followed by a live discussion with the project leadership team. Thursday, December 3, 6pm PST / 9pm EST / 11pm Chile Hosted by...

Replay: Big Astronomy Live! Meet CTIO
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a program of the NOIRLab, is a complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments located in the remote foothills of the Andes mountains in Chile. The star of CTIO is the 4.0-meter Blanco telescope which features the...

Replay: Big Astronomy Live! Meet Gemini South
The International Gemini Observatory consists of twin 8.1-meter diameter optical/infrared telescopes located on two of the best observing sites on the planet. The Gemini South telescope is located on a mountain in the Chilean Andes called Cerro Pachón, where very dry...
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