Get Involved in Rubin Observatory Research

 Hey Space Placers!

Rubin Observatory beneath a glowing night sky showing the band of the Milky Way, Venus, and a comet. The observatory is a boot-shaped structure at center, with long white service building and vertical silver dome. The Milky Way stretches horizontally overhead as a cotton-candy-like band of stars and dust. Venus shines brightly as a point to the left, and the thin, faint streak of a comet appears above the observatory

VERA RUBIN OBSEWRVATORY

CREDIT: VRO

From Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO):

What good is a giant data set if we don't have as many eyes on it as possible, ready to make discoveries? That’s where you come in — the more people looking for particular objects or patterns in the data, the more questions we can answer. Explore real science projects and contribute to astronomy and astrophysics today!

Get involved as a citizen astronomer by signing up:

Projects you can explore in anticipation of Rubin

Superluminous Supernovae

Backyard Worlds

Space Warps

The Daily Minor Planet

Galaxy Zoo

Active Asteroids

Here we come Universe!!!

Sky Guy In VA

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