Oxford, United Kingdom
The third .Astronomy conference was held at New College, Oxford. It brought together the growing community of astronomers, developers, educators, and communicators interested in using the web and new technology to advance astronomy. Topics ranged from citizen science and Amazon Web Services to browser-based visualisation and careers for astronomers leaving academia. A .Astronomy 3 trailer was produced by Markus Poessel. Amanda Bauer and the TNOs performed "Pluto, the Previous Planet" during the conference.
Organisers
- Robert Simpson (University of Oxford)
- Chris Lintott (University of Oxford)
- Arfon Smith (University of Oxford)
Talks
Talks
- Jill Tarter (SETI Institute): invited keynote (09:30--10:30)
- Ed Gomez (LCOGT) — talk (11:00--11:20)
- Mike Peel (Wikimedia UK) — talk (11:20--11:30)
- Matt Wood (AWS) — talk (11:40--12:00)
- Chris Lintott (Oxford University) — talk (12:00--12:20)
- Tom Robitaille (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) — talk (09:30)
- Thomas Boch (CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg) — talk (09:30)
- Jonathan Fay (Microsoft Research) — talk (11:00--11:40)
- Rob Simpson (Oxford University) — talk
- Cameron Neylon (STFC) — talk
- David Hogg (New York University) — talk (09:30 onwards)
- Francisco Sanchez-Moreno (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) — talk
- Geert Barentsen (Armagh Observatory) — talk
- Matthew Graham (Caltech) — talk
- Pamela Gay (SIUE) — talk
Hacks
A song about Pluto's demotion from planetary status, performed by Amanda Bauer and collaborators at the hack day. Covered by Universe Today.
Exploring multiwavelength astronomy with sound. Each waveband has a pitch; the intensity/brightness in that waveband is represented by the volume of a note. When you scan a mouse over an image, Chromotone plays a chord with components corresponding to the intensity at each pixel. This .Astronomy 3 version aimed to make a lighter, more web-friendly version of the original Processing implementation, with added functionality.
Participants
- Alasdair Allan (University of Exeter)
- Amanda Bauer (Australian Astronomical Observatory)
- Arfon Smith (Oxford University)
- Ariel Waldman (Spacehack.org / Science Hack Day SF)
- Aude Alapini Odunlade (University of Exeter)
- Bipana Bantawa (Oxford University)
- Boris Häußler (University of Nottingham)
- Cameron Neylon (STFC)
- Carolina Ödman-Govender (SKA / SAAO / AIMS)
- Chris Kemp (NASA)
- Chris Lintott (Oxford University)
- Chris North (Cardiff University)
- Cory Lehan (SIUE)
- Danny Price (Oxford University)
- David Hogg (New York University)
- Edward Gomez (Las Cumbres Observatory)
- Eli Bressert (Exeter / ESO / CfA)
- Francisco Manuel Sánchez-Moreno (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
- Geert Barentsen (Armagh Observatory)
- Griffin Foster (Oxford University)
- Haley Gomez (Cardiff University)
- Jill Tarter (SETI Institute)
- Joe Zuntz (Oxford University)
- Jon Yardley (Freelance Web Developer)
- Jonathan Fay (Microsoft Research)
- Jose Enrique Ruiz (Instituto Astrofísica Andalucia)
- Karen Masters (University of Portsmouth)
- Kevin Govender
- Markus Pössel (CAEO, Heidelberg)
- Matthew Graham (Caltech)
- Matthew Povich (Penn State University)
- Meg Schwamb (Yale University)
- Michael Williams (Oxford University)
- Mike Peel (Jodrell Bank / Wikimedia UK)
- Nick Howes (Astronomy Now Magazine)
- Norman Gray (University of Glasgow)
- Pamela Gay (SIUE)
- Phil Bull (Oxford University)
- Phil Marshall (Oxford University)
- Robert Hollow (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science)
- Robert Simpson (Oxford University)
- Sarah Kendrew (MPIA)
- Stuart Lowe (Las Cumbres Observatory)
- Stuart Lynn (Oxford University)
- Thomas Boch (CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg)
- Thomas Robitaille (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
- Toner Stevenson (Sydney Observatory)