Thank you to everyone who joined us for DiRAC February planetarium event! It was wonderful to see such a great turnout. We’re excited to host another DiRAC event, featuring an engaging lecture by University of Washington’s Prof. Ivezić followed by a planetarium show.

REGISTER TODAY Monday, May 11 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Join us for an evening exploring Rubin science and the exciting discoveries ahead. We hope to see you there — register early to reserve your spot.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the most comprehensive opticalastronomical sky survey ever undertaken, will obtain panoramic images of the night sky every clear nightfor ten years, starting this year. The resulting 60 petabytes of imaging data, essentially a digital colormovie of the night sky, will include about 20 billion galaxies and a similar number of stars, and will beused for investigations ranging from cataloging potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids to fundamentalphysics such as characterization of dark matter and dark energy. Prof. Ivezic will describe scientific goals behind thisproject, showcase its early data, and discuss remaining fine tuning of the Observatory in order to start LSST.

S P E A K E R

Željko Ivezić is a professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, Head of Rubin’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time and former Director of Rubin Observatory Construction. Željko’s scientific interests are in detection, analysis and interpretation of electromagnetic radiation from astronomical sources, with emphasis on large datasets and machine learning.

P R O G R A M

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Lecture

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Planetarium Show & Q&A

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