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Join us for a planetarium show: June 12, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

JUNE 2024

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Welcome to DiRAC’s newsletter!

We are excited to share the latest updates and achievements from our incredible team. Your support makes our work and educational efforts possible, and we are deeply grateful for it.

Mark your calendars for June 12th! Join us for the DiRAC Planetarium Experience, where UW astronomers will reveal their latest discoveries and provide a sneak peek at the possibilities from the Rubin Observatory.

After the presentation, enjoy a rare, behind-the-scenes tour of our labs, where the secrets of comet dust are uncovered.

This season has been filled with remarkable discoveries and positive media coverage. We invite you to explore the articles linked here for more details. We hope you find them as inspiring as we do and look forward to seeing you in person at our upcoming DiRAC event.

Thank you,

Mario Jurić
Director, DiRAC Institute
Professor, Department of Astronomy

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FEATURED EVENT

DiRAC Planetarium Experience

June 12th, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
UW Planetarium (PAA)

Join us for a planetarium show, an evening of discussion and learning with UW astronomers building the largest sky survey in human history.

HIGHLIGHTS

LSST Camera Made Its Way to the Rubin Observatory

This is the last major component of the Rubin Observatory, and it will soon be integrated into the Simonyi Survey Telescope to begin calibration and testing. We at DiRAC, UW Astronomy, and the whole Rubin/LSST community are thrilled to see the hardware finally on site!

Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Algorithms pioneered at DiRAC help Asteroid Institute and Google Identify 27,500 New Asteroids

The Solar System group at the DiRAC Institute at the University of Washington has dedicated efforts to advancing asteroid and comet discovery algorithms for large datasets and next generation surveys.

Main belt asteroid discoveries, shown in green, reside between the orbits of Mars (red) and Jupiter (brownish-gray).

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Your gifts make a difference...

Our work — from outreach, education, to fundamental research — is made possible in no small part by contributions from supporters like you. Thank you for all of your past support; it has truly made a difference. As you consider your charitable donations this year, I hope you will consider supporting the work at DiRAC — enabling our students and postdocs to engage in the next generation of discovery!

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