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Research and Publications
The .Astronomy community has produced several published works documenting the conference series, its participants, and its impact on astronomy.
Ten Years of .Astronomy: Scientific and Cultural Impact
A survey of 122 past participants across all nine .Astronomy conferences held between 2008 and 2017. The results show that 90% of participants reported gaining new ideas and inspiration, and 67% said their participation impacted their day-to-day work. The paper discusses the scientific and cultural impact of the conference, the role of hack days and unconferences in astronomy, and the adoption of the .Astronomy format by larger conferences. Includes demographic analysis, career trajectory data, and qualitative feedback on the community.
.Astronomy 4 Unproceedings
A collaboratively written record from .Astronomy 4 in Heidelberg, covering the themes of visualisation, JavaScript and Python in the browser, crowdsourcing, career development and hack culture, hacking the literature, and education for a global audience. One of the first attempts to document the informal .Astronomy format in writing.
Dot Astronomy: Networked Astronomy and the New Media
The formal proceedings from .Astronomy 1, Cardiff 2008 -- the only edition of .Astronomy for which a traditional proceedings book was produced. Published by Canopus Publishing. Topics included blogging, Twitter for telescopes, open data, citizen science, and the emerging web as a medium for astronomy. Speakers included Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy) and Emily Lakdawalla (Planetary Society), both presenting remotely via Skype.
ISBN 0-9549846-9-2. Canopus Publishing is no longer active and no digital edition is known to exist online. Physical copies may be available via second-hand book sellers or university library catalogues.