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#InCaseYouMissedIt From redshift and galaxy mergers to 2,400 fiber spectroscopy and live control room screens, this session was a great look at how cosmic cartography really works. 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 · 03/03/2026This session includes: 🔹Neptunian Trojans + what their red “ultra-red” surfaces may reveal 🔹Why infrared observing needs dithering/nodding + sky subtraction (heat glow from sky + instrument!) ✨Bonus: a gorgeous spiral galaxy wandered into the field! 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 · 22/01/2026#InCaseYouMissedIt #AAS247 🔹 Watched live cloud cameras track snow and clear skies across hemispheres 🔹 Learned how queue observing adapts to weather and cosmic surprises 🔹 Saw how instruments like GMOS and GHOST transform starlight into science 000
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 #InCaseYouMissedIt Even as dawn rose over Maunakea, deeper images revealed the comet’s glowing tail, proof that science never sleeps on the mountain 🌄☄️ 000
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☄️The story of our solar system is hidden in a comet’s infrared fingerprints 🌌 Watch how NASA’s IRTF turns that light into clues about where we came from and how we protect Earth! 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🪐 The team will capture some of the first post-perihelion observations since the comet reemerged from behind the Sun, building on earlier data from Gemini South. Their goal: detect chemical signatures that reveal the comet’s composition and evolution! 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 · 06/11/2025🔭 Watch live telescope observations from Maunakea 💫 Learn how infrared light exposes what comets are made of 🛰️ Discover how NASA tracks and protects Earth from near-Earth objects 000
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 · 17/09/2025✨ Highlights You’ll Love: 🔭 Raw image of 3I/ATLAS and its shimmering tail. 💡 How spectra reveal a comet’s “chemical fingerprint.” 🎉 Live discovery of CN gas escaping the comet. 🌠 Insights into past visitors, such as 'Oumuamua and Borisov. 000
shadowscientists.bsky.social @shadowscientists.bsky.social · 17/09/2025📰 This amazing night was even featured in Space.com… check out their article for a more in-depth look at what we saw!www.space.com/astronomy/co...aw 100
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 · 18/08/2025Highlights: 🚦A rapid ToO can bump the plan, see how the team pivots 🎛️MAROON-X GUI: tip-tilt centering into the science fiber, w/ a 30-min exposure 🧪IGRINS-2 catching an exoplanet transit; GMOS+ALTAIR in the toolkit 📝Phase II & OT walkthroughs, notes that boost schedulability, and eavesdrop option 010
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 · 24/04/2025In this live virtual session, we’ll explore how NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) are helping scientists uncover ice in permanently shadowed craters, map lunar landforms, and prepare us for the next era of lunar exploration! 🌕🔬 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
