shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🌌🔭 Join us LIVE for From the Classroom to the Control Room: A TeachAstro Night on the Gemini North Telescope! Possible instruments: GMOS, GNIRS & MAROON-X ✨ 📅 June 8 | 7:30 PM HST 🌍 June 8 | 5:30 AM UTC Register now! ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The SPIDERS team will test a cutting-edge instrument designed to directly image exoplanets and planetary systems beyond our own 🔭✨ Come explore the next generation of exoplanet imaging technology with us! 🌌 🗓️ May 22 | 9 PM HST 🌍 May 23 | 7 AM UTC Register Now! ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 05/05/2026🌌Exploring the Universe with the Gemini North Telescope✨ Gemini staff will choose targets to observe based on sky conditions and science priorities that night! Possible instruments: GMOS, GNIRS, and IGRINS-2 ✨ 🗓️ May 6 | 7:30 PM HST 🌍 May 7 | 5:30 AM UTC 🔗Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🔭🌌 ICYMI: We joined the C3VO team + Subaru staff live from Hawai‘i for a behind-the-scenes look at Subaru’s ʻŌnohiʻula Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) and how astronomers map giant structures in the early universe. 🎥 Full session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbX... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🌌 Astronomy Night with the C3VO Team: Hunting Giants at the Edge of the Universe ✨ Live Subaru observing with ʻŌnohiʻula Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) to map massive early-universe structures from 10-12.5 billion years ago 🗺️🌠 📅 Mar 11 | 7 PM HST 📅 Mar 12 | 5 AM UT 🔗: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 03/03/2026🔭Keck/MOSFIRE Solar System Night - LIVE asteroid hunting from Maunakea✨ #InCaseYouMissedIt 🎥Session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=beN6... Go behind the scenes with @brycebolin.bsky.social & Laura-May Abron as the Keck team used MOSFIRE in near-infrared imaging mode to chase outer solar system targets! 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Join Bryce Bolin & Laura-May Abron for a solar system triple feature, LIVE from Maunakea w/ Keck/MOSFIRE 🔭✨ 🔹 Session 1: Feb 5 | 7:30 PM HST | Feb 6 | 5:30 AM UT ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔹 Session 2: Feb 6 | 8:00 PM HST | Feb 7 | 6:00 AM UT ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @brycebolin.bsky.social 011
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This session took us inside the Gemini South control room in Chile while connecting in real time with Gemini North in Hawaiʻi 🌍 A rare, behind-the-scenes look at how astronomy really works: one night, two hemispheres, endless discoveries ✨ 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-vm... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 16/12/2025☄️Exploring Comet 3I/ATLAS✨ This live Gemini North session gave us a closer look as Bryce Bolin, Laura-May Abron, & Matthew Belyakov observed Comet 3I/ATLAS, an object that’s traveled for billions of years through interstellar space🪐 🎥:httpshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW0chiPZyYM&feature=youtu.be 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 05/12/2025💫Learn Python from the stars!💫 Join us for PyaR: Python and Research Tutorials, a hands-on coding workshop built from real tools astronomers used to study the Andromeda Galaxy 🌌 📅 Dec 9-10 | 🕘 9 AM-Noon PT 💻 No experience needed - just curiosity! 🔗: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 26/11/2025 ☄️🔭 Journey to the Early Solar System with Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon❄️ #InCaseYouMissedIt In this session, we got to get a behind-the-scenes look at planetary defense and how comets help us understand our own origins 🌍 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHYL... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 20/11/2025UPDATE: Due to weather issues, our session has been moved to November 26th, so make sure to make your calendars! ☄️ A Rare Interstellar Visitor! 🌌 Join for a special live event to observe Comet 3I/ATLAS using Gemini North! 📅 Nov 26 | 4 AM HST 6 AM PT 🔗 Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...ucsc.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Exploring Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Rare Encounter with an Interstellar Visitor. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.The Shadow the Scientists initiative is offered by a team at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). *Note: StS Zoom sessions will be recorded and the recordings will be posted online. Join ... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 15/11/2025☄️ Exploring Comet 3I/ATLAS - A Rare Interstellar Visitor! 🌌 Join @GeminiObservatory for a special live event as Bryce Bolin, Laura-May Abron, and Matthew Belyakov observe Comet 3I/ATLAS using Gemini North! 📅 Nov 25 | 4 AM HST 6 AM PT 🔗 Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Journey to the Early Solar System! 🌌 Join @ucsc & @nasa astronomers live from Maunakea’s NASA Infrared Telescope Facility to explore Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon - a frozen relic from the birth of our solar system! 🪐 📅 Nov 7 | 2:30 PM HST | 4:30 PM PT 🔗 Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🌕🔭 International Observe the Moon Night We explored helium in the Moon’s exosphere with UTSA PhD student Patrice Smith, w/ UV spectra from NASA’s LRO to spot invisible gas, and talked Artemis, polar water ice, and why the Moon–Earth size ratio matters for habitability! 🎥Watch: youtu.be/zRPW8gaLYHI 110
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Astronomers at Gemini South caught stunning last looks at 3I/ATLAS, the 3rd known interstellar visitor! 🚀 See its glowing tail, learn how spectra reveal its chemistry, and relive the moment CN gas was spotted 🎥 Watch the full recording and experience this rare event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__A... 111
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 29/08/2025🌕✨ LIVE Astronomy with Gemini North! Join @GeminiObs for real-time sky exploration from Maunakea 🌌 ✨Gemini uses queue mode, adapting in real time! 🔭 Speckle stars & hunt planets with GMOS, IGRINS-2 & MAROON-X! 📅 Aug 31 | 7:30 PM HST 📅 Sept 1 | 5:30 AM UT 🔗 Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 18/08/2025✨🔭Gemini User Night - From Queue Plan to First Photons 🌌 #InCaseYouMissedIt Go behind the scenes as Gemini staff plan the night, react to real-time conditions, and swap instruments on the fly. 🎥Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=09bY... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 15/08/2025🌠✨Processing Stellar Data with J.D. Armstrong - Now on YouTube!🔭 In this special workshop dedicated to the Ethiopian Space Science Society, J.D. walks through foundational data-processing techniques using variable and binary-star data with free tools 🧪💻 🔗Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdri... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 15/08/2025☄️In Case You Missed It: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS We tracked a rare visitor (only the 3rd interstellar object ever!) in a crowded Sagittarius field, watched it move ~1″/min, and used Y/J/H/K near-IR filters and difference imaging to search for ice! 🔗YouTube Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X41N... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 10/07/2025☄️A rare interstellar visitor is in our solar system-you can watch it LIVE. 📅 July 10 | 8 PM HST 📅 July 11 | 6 AM UTC 🔭 Join astronomer Bryce Bolin as he observes comet 3I/ATLAS w/ the Keck Observatory. Only the third object seen from beyond our solar system! 🔗Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 10/07/2025🌌 Something huge is forming at the edge of the universe, but where are the galaxies? Join us for a live session from the Magellan Telescope as astronomers track galaxy formation with FourStar infrared imaging! Don’t miss it! 🗓️ July 10 | 9 PM HST 🗓️ July 11 | 7 AM UTC 🔗 ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 010
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 10/06/2025🌕✨ LIVE Astronomy with Gemini North! Join the Gemini North Telescope team for real-time sky exploration from Maunakea 🌌 🔭 Speckle stars & hunt planets with Alopeke, GMOS, IGRINS-2 & MAROON-X! 📅 June 11 | 8PM HST | 11PM PT 📅 June 12 | 6AM UT 🔗Register Now: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 22/05/2025✨LIVE Astronomy with Gemini North! Join @GeminiObs for real-time sky exploration from Maunakea🌌 🔭 Featuring GMOS, IGRINS-2 & MAROON-X, powerful tools for deep space + planet hunting 📅 May 25 | 8 PM HST | 11 PM PT 📅 May 26 | 6 AM UTC 🔗 Register now! ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 19/05/2025🌌What’s faint, huge, and full of secrets? 👻Ultra-diffuse galaxies in the Virgo Cluster! Join live sessions as scientists use @KeckObservatory to weigh mysterious galaxies to uncover hidden dark matter! Session 2: May 19 | 8:30 PM HST | May 20 | 11:30 PM PT | 6:30 AM UT: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 13/05/2025🔍Ever seen glass made LIVE? Now’s your chance🧪 Watch as Dr. Steve Feller and Coe College students take us through crafting a custom sodium germanate glass, right in the lab! 🛰️From your screen to outer space: learn how glass powers telescopes, batteries, and spacecraft windows 🎥: youtu.be/XSVv7Mt1kpw 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 09/05/2025What do bent light and racing stars tell us about the universe? ✨We found out, and now you can too on YouTube🌌 From distorted galaxies to velocity maps of stars, this is one cosmic puzzle you don’t want to miss 🔍How do we measure gravity from afar? 🌀Can we map invisible mass? 🎥: youtu.be/XSVv7Mt1kpw 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 24/04/2025🌕 What’s hiding in the Moon’s darkest craters? Spoiler: Ice. And a lot of science.❄️ Join us for a live session on NASA’s LRO & the LAMP instrument, guided by UTSA PhD student Patrice Smith! 🗓️ April 26 | 6 PM HST | 9 PM PT | 11 PM CT 🗓️ April 27 | 4 AM UTC 🔗Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 100
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 22/04/2025It’s #GlobalAstronomyMonth! 🌍✨ This April, @shadowscientists.bsky.social invites you to explore astronomy from anywhere: your home, your classroom, or your screen. The universe belongs to all of us. 🔭💫 #GAM2025 #AstronomyForAll #STEAM #ShadowTheScientists #GlobalAstronomyMonth 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 21/04/2025💫Join us on April 22 for a live session on mapping star velocities in gravitational lensing galaxies!🌀 📅 April 22, 2025 🕒 3:00 AM HST | 6:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM UTC 🔗Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #ShadowTheScientists #GAM2025 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 16/04/2025🚀Explore the Cosmos LIVE with Gemini North🌌 Join the Gemini North staff for real-time sky exploration using GMOS, IGRINS-2, & MAROON-X🔭 📅April 17 | 7:30 PM HST | 10:30 PM PT 📅April 18 | 5:30 AM UTC 🔗Register: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🎥Can’t make it live? Session will be recorded and uploaded! 000
