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Live social media events featuring observatory staff and STEM professionals will be posted and archived here.
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...
November 23 – Real People, Big Astronomy: Alysha Shugart
Our next Real People, Big Astronomy event will feature Alysha Shugart, 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...
Replay: How Big Astronomy Leaders Got Involved in STEM
Learn about the making of the Big Astronomy Film, and how Ryan and Vivian from the Big Astronomy Leadership Team got involved in STEM Careers. Watch the REPLAY of this event here.
Replay: Big Astronomy Live! Meet Rubin Observatory
The goal of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory project is to conduct the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). LSST will deliver a 500 petabyte set of images and data products that will address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution...
November 11 – Real People, Big Astronomy
Our next live event is on November 11 at 3 PM Chile Time, 1 PM EST 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...
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