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14 conferences across 5 continents since Cardiff in 2008. Each one a gathering of people who believe astronomy and technology belong together.

2024
.Astronomy 13 Madrid, Spain
23–26 April 2024  ·  ESAC
First .Astronomy at a European Space Agency facility. 17 hack projects documented including galaxy sonification, ESASky tools, and Astrotalks.
17 hacksHunt, Kruk, Kendrew, Lintott, Simpson, Smethurst +
2023
.Astronomy 12 New York, USA
3–5 October 2023  ·  Flatiron Institute CCA
Return to in-person after the pandemic era. Plenary talks live-broadcast and recorded. Hacks include MOC visualisation, Astropy contributions, and Snakemake workflows.
4+ reposCruz, Kendrew, Simpson, Gosnell, Hunt, Sinha, Smethurst
2020
.Astronomy α Online
17, 19 & 26 August 2020  ·  Virtual
The first fully online edition, planned before COVID as an experiment in virtual conferencing. Three non-consecutive days, open to ~75 participants.
Kendrew, Lintott, Simpson, Smethurst
2019
.Astronomy 11 Toronto, Canada
22–25 October 2019  ·  Dunlap Institute
First .Astronomy in Canada. Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto. Linked tutorials include Gaussian Processes and Python plotting workshops.
Hlozek, Gaensler, Breivik, Rahman +
2018
.Astronomy X Baltimore, USA
24–27 September 2018  ·  Space Telescope Science Institute
The tenth edition, styled in Roman numerals. Held at STScI, science operations centre for Hubble and JWST. 10 hacks documented.
10 hacksKendrew, Smith, Tollerud, Peek, Momcheva +
2017
.Astronomy 9 Cape Town, South Africa
14–17 November 2017  ·  South African Astronomical Observatory
First .Astronomy in Africa. Set against the backdrop of South Africa's growing astronomy scene: SKA, SALT, Office of Astronomy for Development. 9 hacks documented.
9 hacksCrawford, Govender, Odman-Govender
2016
.Astronomy 8 Oxford, UK
20–23 June 2016  ·  Pembroke College
The largest hack archive of any .Astronomy. 20+ documented projects including ArXiv Mailer, AstroGoldStars, Hacks Collector itself, and Fakespeare.
20+ hacksSmethurst, Lintott, Kendrew, Gomez, Angus +
2015
.Astronomy 7 Sydney, Australia
3–6 November 2015  ·  Justice and Police Museum
First .Astronomy outside Europe and the USA. Introduced Day Zero tutorials. Sarah Kendrew gave a public lecture on Giant Telescopes of the Future. 9 hacks.
9 hacksBauer, Karick, Allen, Moss, Hollow
2014
.Astronomy 6 Chicago, USA
8–10 December 2014  ·  Adler Planetarium
Held at the iconic Adler Planetarium. Rob Simpson created BotAstro at this event. 9 hacks including Cite Me Maybe, Kepler Song, and Tones and Drones.
9 hacksTrouille, Walkowicz, Whyte
2013
.Astronomy 5 Cambridge MA, USA
16–18 September 2013  ·  Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
First .Astronomy in North America. Hacks include D3PO (interactive publication figures) and Andy Casey's Python client for the NASA ADS API.
3 hacksMuench, Goodman, Galache, Pepe +
2012
.Astronomy 4 Heidelberg, Germany
9–11 July 2012  ·  Haus der Astronomie / MPIA
Themes: visualisation, JavaScript in the browser, crowdsourcing, hacking the literature, and global education. 7 hacks including AstroScanr, Flora, and Zoonibot.
7 hacksKendrew, Robitaille, Poessel
2011
.Astronomy 3 Oxford, UK
4–8 April 2011  ·  New College, Oxford
Returned to Oxford with the expanded .Astronomy team. Known hacks include Chromotone, a multiwavelength astronomy sonification tool.
1 documented hackSimpson, Lintott, Smith
2009
.Astronomy 2 Leiden, Netherlands
30 Nov – 4 Dec 2009  ·  Lorentz Centre
The first event with a Hack Day. Themes included citizen science, new media for outreach, virtual observatories, and data mining. Speakers included Michael Nielsen and Arfon Smith.
First Hack DayKendrew, Odman
2008
.Astronomy 1 Cardiff, UK
22–24 September 2008  ·  Cardiff University
The founding event, organised solely by Rob Simpson as a Cardiff PhD student. Talks on blogging, open data, and Twitter for Telescopes. Remote speakers included Phil Plait and Emily Lakdawalla.
No Hack DayFounded by Robert Simpson