.Astronomy 2

Leiden, Netherlands

30 November – 4 December 2009 Lorentz Centre, Leiden University

The second .Astronomy conference was hosted at the Lorentz Center, Leiden University. It was the first to follow the full ".Astronomy format", introducing both a Hack Day and unconference sessions, which became defining features of the series. The conference brought together researchers, educators, and technologists to discuss how a new era of surveys, web technologies, and citizen science was transforming astronomy. The Lorentz Centre's offices-and-desks setup, and its supply of bicycles, were a big hit with attendees. The five-day marathon was the longest .Astronomy ever held. Chromoscope, a web-based sky visualisation service, was launched during the event and received significant press coverage.

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Talks

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Hacks

Chromoscope
Stuart Lowe, Robert Simpson, Chris North

A web-based tool to explore the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays to radio waves. Runs in any browser with no plugins. Could also run offline from a USB stick. Launched at .Astronomy 2 and covered by Universe Today.

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GLIMPSE Viewer
Eli Bressert

A viewer for the Spitzer GLIMPSE survey, showing the Milky Way in infrared. Demonstrated at .Astronomy 2 alongside the Adler Planetarium's world's largest Milky Way image.

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