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Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Washington
Category: Talks & News
Streak of lights over Pacific Northwest was Falcon 9 rocket debris
Dr. James Davenport, research assistant professor of astronomy at the UW and DiRAC associate director explains the current event in the KING 5 news coverage.
Read MoreTop-End Assembly (TEA) on the Summit
A major milestone was reached in the construction of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory last week. See the VIDEO here. The “Top End Assembly”, which holds the secondary mirror (M2), was lowered into place within the massive enclosure.
Read More2021-03-08 Seminar: Jeffrey Regier (University of Michigan)
When: Monday, March 8th, 2021 Variational Inference for Cataloging the Visible Universe A key task in astronomy is to locate astronomical objects in images and to characterize them according to physical parameters such as color, apparent magnitude, and morphology. This…
Read MoreEyes to the sky: Vera C. Rubin pipeline facilitates astronomy’s move to big data, from Science Node
DiRAC Researchers featured in Science Node Eyes to the sky: Vera C. Rubin pipeline facilitates astronomy’s move to big data by August Reed “Stories of the single-handed contributions made by astronomy’s greats conjure images of lone figures leaning over telescopes, peering…
Read More2021-02-08 Seminar: Bruce Conway (UIUC)
When: Monday, February 8th, 2021, 2020 Where: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96882498511 Interplanetary Spacecraft Trajectory Design and Optimization There are many types of interplanetary trajectories; e.g. 2-impulse Hohmann transfer (Mars and Venus missions) , impulsive + gravity assist (Galileo & Cassini), impulsive + low-thrust electric…
Read MoreAstronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance
A team led by Dr. James Davenport, analyzed more than 125 years of observations of HS Hydra, and showed how this system has changed dramatically over the course of just a few generations.
Read More2020-12-14 Seminar: Angus Wright
When: Monday, December 14th, 2020 Where: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91798174425 Optimising Direct Redshift Calibration for Tomographic Cosmic Shear Comparisons between cosmological parameters from tomographic cosmic shear measurements and the cosmic microwave background reveal some tension between the amount and clustering strength of (predominantly dark)…
Read More2020-11-9 Seminar: Federica Bianco
DiRAC is pleased to welcome Federica Bianco to the department (virtually) to give a DiRAC Seminar on Monday Nov 9 at 10am PST. DiRAC Seminars are appropriate for students and researchers at all levels who are interested in astronomy and/or data science,…
Read MoreGoogle Summer of Code With DiRAC
It was a great learning experience for me as I learned a lot about the Jupyter Ecosystem and remote collaborative work.
Read MoreDiRAC & Astronomy on Tap Seattle Present: ASTRONOMY AT HOME
Next, May 13, 2021 at 7:00pm! Streaming from DIRAC YouTube channel https://dirac.us/yt
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