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“My God! It’s Full of Stars…” Astronomers, Computers, and Data Deluges
W. Patrick McCray
University of California, Santa Barbara
Image fromKubrick’s film2001
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An early solution to data floods…
“Computers” classifying stellar spectra at Harvard College Observatory, c. 1890
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Data analyst, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Cyclotron, c. 1965;
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Neil Armstrong, X-15 test pilot, 1960: “this hypersonic vehicle is an instrument of the pilot…
depending on him for control and flight success.”
X-15 Cockpit; note the 3 control sticks
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‘Old-School’ Astronomical Observing(as imagined in 1930s)
Using a large telescope demanded “…high artistry – doing it yourself.
Mastery of a beautiful and cantankerous instrument, a big
telescope.” (Albert E. Whitford)
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Kitt Peak 4-meter Control Room, c. 1988(note the blacked out window)
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Illustration from Dennison, “Computer Control of Large Telescopes,” 1971
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Was “Technology Supplanting Artistry”?
Kitt Peak astronomer Roger Lynds, 1975, at Cassegrain focus of 4-m telescope
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Astronomical Cyborgs?
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Gemini – Example of a modern “cyber-observatory”
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Example of “data flow” in a modern observatory(from c. 1998)
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NSF depiction (2001) of its “National Virtual Observatory” initiative
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Galaxy Zoo Project; part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Another way of dealing with the data flood…enlist the public
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“Know thyself… Know your telescope.”
Hallway sign, Cornell Astronomy Department, 2002
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