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

INTUITIVE Planetarium Director - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Astrovizicist - WorldWide Telescope
Epic, right!? You can zoom on the nebula image as well in this interactive!

projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-...
Rubin First Look
Rubin First Look
projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu
June 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Also if you want to view both images, zoom able and in context of the sky: projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-...
Rubin First Look
Rubin First Look
projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu
June 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by A. David Weigel
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-...
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#RubinFirstLook
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June 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm bummed I missed your poster - I am very interested in interactive mobile data viz and would be happy to chat. I just created a 2D/3D viewer for radio stars: 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 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It was a great addition to my new radio stars interactive! 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 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is really amazing! I'd love to chat about getting this into planetariums. Are you at #AAS245 this week?
January 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Also if you are at #AAS245 this week, please say hello, and let's talk about making your data pretty and accessible (and preferably in your local planetarium and planetariums all over the world). 🔭
January 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you! Definitely need to optimize the loading amongst some other things.
January 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you! Galactic lat/lon could definitely be added as an additional mouse over option in 3D mode. I can add that to my list after fixes to 3D mode on safari browsers.
January 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Try exploring it in context of the sky: web.wwtassets.org/specials/202...
Explore Orion Nebula Imagery
Explore Orion Nebula imagery in context of the sky using WorldWide Telescope
web.wwtassets.org
January 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
There's still some bugginess (mobile safari hates me it seems) and a few features I want to add but I'm overall happy with this as a proof of concept. If you'd like to see your data in something similar, let me know that as well! 🔭 🧪
January 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM