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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dome-to-Phone! The inspiration for this one was to create a mobile friendly, high fidelity 3D explorable map of Jezero Crater that mimics the data products we are visualizing in the INTUITIVE Planetarium show Our Place in Space! Let me know what you think! 🔭 astrodavid10.github.io/jez-explore/

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Listen to exoplanets! 🔭 projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/exoplanet-so... Zoom and pan in 2D (Earth view) and 3D (Milky Way view), change background all-sky imagery, search for exoplanets, add constellations... High pitch tones correspond to rapid exoplanet orbital periods and vice versa.

Exoplanets visualized in 3D against a planar rendering of the Milky Way galaxy. The Kepler field is apparent, with a higher density of exoplanet discoveries in a conical shape emanating from the solar system.

Zoomed in 2D view of the Kepler field showing many exoplanet discoveries via the transit method.

Constellations visible, centered on Orion, against a thermal dust map background image from Planck.

TRAPPIST-1 f circled amidst many exoplanet markers in 3D space

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Hey it has been a while... I am almost ready to share a new interactive data explorer - that you can both see *and* hear. Get excited and stay tuned.

Lots of dots (or are they exoplanet detections??) visualized in a 3D Milky Way galaxy view

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Come work with me at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center! I am excited to share a FT position to lead production efforts for our Cocktails & Cosmos shows (new every Friday). If live, interactive presenting is your jam and you dream about data viz, we want you! 🔭 recruiting2.ultipro.com/ALA1012ASSEC...

INTUITIVE Planetarium lobby in a spaceberry glow with white letterts spelling NASA

Asteroid collision simulated on a planetarium dome with a silhouette of individuals in front

A packed planetarium for a celebration of 25 years of x-ray science from the Chandra X-ray Observatory

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Updates to the Radio Star Interactive! Safari (and all? browsers on iPhones) now work (and various other optimizations). Go check out the awesome work from @astrolaura.com and @taramurphy.bsky.social. Happy exploring! 🔭 🧪 web.wwtassets.org/specials/202...

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Ok, time to zoooom - here is the Orion Nebula in multiwavelength glory! But don't just take my word for it; I created a web interactive for you to explore for yourself: web.wwtassets.org/specials/202... or if you have a Digistar planetarium, go hit up that cloud for the dome version :) 🔭 🧪

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hey #astro 🔭 🧪 ⚛️ bluesky, time to reintroduce myself - I'm David and I create interactive, educational experiences featuring immersive visualizations to explore our understanding of the universe. Most of the time, my canvas is a planetarium, sometimes web interactives.

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I'm not super loud on social media, but I #scicomm everyday in a huge dome (if you want to add me in)!

25th anniversary celebration of the Chandra X-ray Observatory with the Crab Nebula on a planetarium dome.

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Celebrating #BlackHoleFriday with a twist (ok, ok it is a reach) - here's our visualization of stellar birth, well before the possible black hole finale. 🔭 🧪

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I recently watched the #JWST IMAX film Deep Sky and, while I liked it, I feel like it was missing something like the 3D-ified Pillars of Creation created by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center INTUITIVE Planetarium team. What do you think? 🔭 🧪

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hey #astro 🔭 bluesky, it has been a bit. I hope all is well.

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Looking at you, Euclid! That Horsehead is wild - go ahead and zoom on in! 🔭 worldwidetelescope.org/@euclid

Horsehead Nebula, imaged by the Euclid Space Telescope, overlaid on the Digitized Sky Survey 2 in context of the background sky.

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Have you tried out the new WorldWide Telescope Constellations yet? Giving the JWST Crab Nebula a look 🔭 (and a zoom) is a good first go: worldwidetelescope.org/@jwst/65409f...

JWST Crab Nebula visualized in context of the background sky in WorlcWide Telescope Constellations

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Very cool, I'm also here in Utah - I'll be domecasting (think Planetarium livestream) a mission recap Friday night to planetariums around the world and one of the participating planetariums is Clark in Salt Lake City (6pm MT). You should definitely try to attend! www.es.com/osiris-rex/

Three individuals stand in front of an LED Planetarium screen with the title scene for To Bennu and Back: OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return. Logos from the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Cosm are visible overtop of a view of the asteroid Bennu in the foreground and a bright Milky Way sky (Gaia data) in the background.

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Hey BlueSky #astro, are you ready for the #OSIRISREx Sample Return??

Silhouette of a man watching the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule streak above Earth towards the Utah desert viewed on an LED planetarium screen.

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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

Hi again Bluesky, let me continue my #astro intro and share my planetarium with you. We host exclusively live and interactive dome shows that feature immersive data viz. Want to visit? You should! Find the awesome at the INTUITIVE Planetarium at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Home of Space Camp).

The Southern Ring Nebula, imaged but the JWST NIRCam is stunningly stretched across a 67 ft diameter planetarium dome. 250 guests gaze upward, captivated by the detail of this stellar death throe.

A gentle blue glow is cast throughout a planetarium lobby as guests sip cocktails and gather around standing tables glowing with autumn colors.

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