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A. David Weigel
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interactive immersive astroviz, creative scientific storytelling: I do exciting (and) space things

INTUITIVE Planetarium Director - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Astrovizicist - WorldWide Telescope
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A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · Dec 10
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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astraughnomer.bsky.social
5500 light years from us, new stars are being born ✨ This stunning new #jwst image showcases 2 of the brightest & most massive stars known - weighing in at over 60x the mass of our Sun! Data like this are helping us understand how stars are born. Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
September 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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cosmicds.bsky.social
Want to get closer to the @vrubinobs.bsky.social #RubinFirstLook images? Zoom + explore the stunning images for yourself at projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-look #CaptureTheCosmos
Rubin First Look
Rubin First Look
projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu
June 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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alyssagoodman.bsky.social
Thanks to the Vera Rubin Observatory and WorldWide Telescope, everyone can go explore these GIGANTIC SPECTACULAR images of our Universe today!! Experience the full richness of the 3200 MegaPixel images in context at projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsIk...
Rubin First Look WorldWide Telescope Interactive How-to
YouTube video by WWTAmbassadors
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June 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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alyssagoodman.bsky.social
Thanks @vrubinobs.bsky.social NSF, DOE, @cosmicds.bsky.social @adavidweigel.bsky.social WorldWide Telescope for making these spectacular first looks possible! Can't wait for movies coming next!! projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-...
#capturethecosmos
#RubinFirstLook
#worldwidetelescope
June 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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caseydreier.bsky.social
Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:

- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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ninaneedsspace.bsky.social
Job alert for any US planetarium pals!
adavidweigel.bsky.social A. David Weigel @adavidweigel.bsky.social · Apr 30
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
May 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
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
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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andrealuck.bsky.social
1/n 🧵

Cat's Eye Nebula NGC 6543 as seen by @esa.int Euclid Space Telescope

Full size & full info: flic.kr/p/2qTiGsj
Credit: ESA/Euclid/EuclidConsortium/NASA/AndreaLuck CC BY

Latest data release available on: eas.esac.esa.int/sas
Filters: HSC G, VIS, NIR H, NIR J, NIR Y 🧪🔭
This image presents a stunning deep space view centered on the Cat’s Eye Nebula, with intricate structures and vibrant colors. The nebula itself glows in an ethereal blue and violet hue, surrounded by delicate, symmetrical, and concentric gaseous layers that form its iconic shape. The surrounding space is filled with an intricate web of faint reddish and brownish wisps on the outer region surrounding the nebula. Bright stars with distinct diffraction spikes punctuate the scene, adding depth and contrast to the dark, star speckled background. Numerous galaxies are also visible in the background. The image showcases a great balance between sharp details in the nebula's core and the softer, ghostly tendrils of interstellar gas beyond.
March 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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esa.int
🆕 This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope image shows NGC 2283, a barred spiral galaxy; its central bar of stars is encircled by loosely wound spiral arms 🔭

esawebb.org/images/potm2...
A spiral galaxy seen close up and almost face on. It is filled with puffy, patchy clouds of hot gas and dust. Red, orange and yellow colours indicate light emitted by different particles. The brightest colours are in the centre and along the two spiral arms, which wind out from the centre. Star clusters hide in the gas along the arms. A few large, bright white stars are prominent in the foreground, near to us.
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
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...
January 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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stefanpw.bsky.social
My current best guess at what the Milky Way looks like, based in large part on Gaia Data.
See @esascience for more details! and @HdAstro for more Milky Way and other visualizations coming soon...
The Milky Way galaxy, showed edge on with a central bulge and warp The Milky Way galaxy, shown with a bar, 5 messy arms.
January 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
I've pushed some small fixes and additional features to the Radio Star interactive explorer. #AAS245 🔭

Safari is still mad on mobile (apologies!) so use chrome (and maybe not an iPhone yet). New updates coming soon :)

web.wwtassets.org/specials/202...
January 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
Yessss! And I have the rocket on a business card for anyone in need! #AAS245
exoplanetemma.bsky.social Emma Louden @exoplanetemma.bsky.social · Jan 12
PRESENTING: #AAS245 Bingo

Thanks to the fantastic community responses, we have a bingo card for the next week! Complete the bingo card and post it tagging me here or IG/Threads to be entered into a drawing for a prize.
January 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
Have you seen the new radio stars catalog published recently by @astrolaura.com et al? I made an interactive viewer that I think puts the data into nice perspective both against a 2D sky survey and 3D in the Milky Way. Let me know what you think! 🔭 🧪

web.wwtassets.org/specials/202...
Sydney Radio Star Catalogue
Explore the Sydney Radio Star Catalogue in 2D (sky) and 3D (galaxy) powered by WorldWideTelescope.
web.wwtassets.org
January 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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stim3on.bsky.social
After several months of climbing up the steep slopes of the Jezero crater rim, Perseverance has reached the top!
The afternoon sun provides a spectacular view on landscape which the rover will explore soon! 🔭

Full panorama: www.360cities.net/image/marsro...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
December 12, 2024 at 8:45 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
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 :) 🔭 🧪
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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andrealuck.bsky.social
Dust Storm Conditions over Mars ' North Polar Cap

Full size video: flic.kr/p/2qtp1Vt 🔭
Full size 5k image: flic.kr/p/2qto3Uy

Credits:
Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY
Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin

ESA Mars Express 2006-11-16

All timestamps & additional info are available on Flickr in the links above.
November 11, 2024 at 12:12 AM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
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.
November 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
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. 🔭 🧪
November 29, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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xkcd.com
Second Stage xkcd.com/3018
November 29, 2024 at 1:39 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
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? 🔭 🧪
November 21, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Hey #astro 🔭 bluesky, it has been a bit. I hope all is well.
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 AM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
New Euclid images dropped this morning!! 🔭 Here's M78:
worldwidetelescope.org/@euclid/664f...
@euclid’s Scene
This breathtaking image features Messier 78 (the central and brightest region), a vibrant nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust. This image is…
worldwidetelescope.org
May 23, 2024 at 3:12 PM
adavidweigel.bsky.social
We recently submitted our live planetarium show JWST: The Story Unfolds to Dome Fest West and you should check it out (and download the epic press kit!) 🔭

filmfreeway.com/jwst
James Webb Space Telescope: The Story Unfolds
'James Webb Space Telescope: The Story Unfolds' is a live and interactive planetarium show developed by the INTUITIVE® Planetarium at the U.S. Space & Rocket...
filmfreeway.com
February 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM