I’m the person in the chain that takes the scientific data and maps it into these color images used in the viewer (among other responsibilities). I spent a long time researching and developing the software that as close as possible maps the data into human perception. It means so much to see people out there appreciating our work, and following what Rubin will achieve. So that you for taking your time to check it out!
Thank you for the amazing work! Do you have any publications or articles describing your findings and the process you developed for mapping the scientific data into perceptually meaningful colour images?
Rendering our observatory's images in true HDR is something I've been wanting to implement for some time (especially as HDR support on the web continues to improve), as there is so much more in the data than we typically get to see.
Hey! Former astronomer here; I used to work a lot with SDSS data products. Do you happen to have a link to any sort of photometry DB/catalog for Rubin? Basically I’m looking to grab a ton of data but I’ve been out of the field for a while and I’m not sure where they publish their data sets and which ones you’d recommend as being relatively accessible.
You want to check out the early science release info at https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/resources/early-... . This is all early science from preliminary data. It is mostly to help people ramp up developing their software against the type of things they will be seeing in the future. There some known issues and gotchas outlined in the release. Hopefully this will be enough to whet your appetite. The data seen in this sky viewer is part of the Data Preview 2.
Jaw-dropping stuff, looking forward to pointing 9-year old daughter (in "Future Astrophysicist" t-shirt) at it!
Possibly a naive question, after surfing the image for a while I didn't find any einstein rings (or arcs) - are they just rare/wrong scale or something else?
They are both fairly rare, and or like you said wrong scale (for this data release at least). There is actually one in this field, but it is below the noise floor of this image, it is very small and very faint. There will be others in the future that will be easier to see. By the end of our survey we will have about 40,000 sq deg (a bit over half the night sky) looking like what you see here.
Be sure you and your daughter click the search icon, there are a few other fields of stuff you can check out. The links in the search will take you there without needing to scroll around the big black sphere.
I’m the person in the chain that takes the scientific data and maps it into these color images used in the viewer (among other responsibilities). I spent a long time researching and developing the software that as close as possible maps the data into human perception. It means so much to see people out there appreciating our work, and following what Rubin will achieve. So that you for taking your time to check it out!
Thank you for the amazing work! Do you have any publications or articles describing your findings and the process you developed for mapping the scientific data into perceptually meaningful colour images?
Rendering our observatory's images in true HDR is something I've been wanting to implement for some time (especially as HDR support on the web continues to improve), as there is so much more in the data than we typically get to see.
Hey! Former astronomer here; I used to work a lot with SDSS data products. Do you happen to have a link to any sort of photometry DB/catalog for Rubin? Basically I’m looking to grab a ton of data but I’ve been out of the field for a while and I’m not sure where they publish their data sets and which ones you’d recommend as being relatively accessible.
You want to check out the early science release info at https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/resources/early-... . This is all early science from preliminary data. It is mostly to help people ramp up developing their software against the type of things they will be seeing in the future. There some known issues and gotchas outlined in the release. Hopefully this will be enough to whet your appetite. The data seen in this sky viewer is part of the Data Preview 2.
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Jaw-dropping stuff, looking forward to pointing 9-year old daughter (in "Future Astrophysicist" t-shirt) at it!
Possibly a naive question, after surfing the image for a while I didn't find any einstein rings (or arcs) - are they just rare/wrong scale or something else?
and thank you!
They are both fairly rare, and or like you said wrong scale (for this data release at least). There is actually one in this field, but it is below the noise floor of this image, it is very small and very faint. There will be others in the future that will be easier to see. By the end of our survey we will have about 40,000 sq deg (a bit over half the night sky) looking like what you see here.
Be sure you and your daughter click the search icon, there are a few other fields of stuff you can check out. The links in the search will take you there without needing to scroll around the big black sphere.
I hope your daughter enjoys it, and we have a few activities at https://rubinobservatory.org/education/first-look-lasting-im... including a coloring book.
Just beautiful. Idk why, some part of me feels there's repeating fractals that differ in large chunks of time.
At the same time somehow every chunk is genuinely different. So much space my mind wants there to be a trick of some kind that reduces it
Stunning