Dear Colleagues, The Chandra X-ray Center is pleased to announce a beta version of PinpointWCS. PinpointWCS simplifies retrieval of world coordinate system...
My last email listed the speakers for the special session. In between the 6 ten minute talks, we plan to play other astronomy visualizations by the folks on...
Astro-Viz folks, Many of you were at Astro-Viz '09 in San Francisco where we discussed having a special session at the upcoming AAS meeting. The idea was to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Centers Learning Technologies Project Office (LTPO) has released a Cooperative...
We had a talk by the NVIDIA folks at Astro-Viz 09. One technology they are pushing is CUDA, which can be used in code to utilize the GPU instead of the CPU....
Hello metadata enthusiasts, While it's been some time since we've sent out any announcements on the Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project and the Astronomy ...
We have just added new case histories to our web site showing three astronomy visualizations we produced while working with Skyworks Digital (Dana Berry). A...
Just a reminder about the pre-workshop concert in Walnut Creek. The California Symphony has requested that we reserve our seats today, so you should register...
When the registration pages go online tomorrow, you'll be able to register (and pay, of course) for the workshop, and you'll also be able to submit paper...
The folks at Stanyan Park agreed to hold rooms for another day, which means that you can still contact them today about rooms for the Astronomy Visualization...
First off, a reminder that the Stanyan Park Hotel will hold our rooms through TODAY, after which time we will not be able to guarantee their availability! Call...
Hi All- I have heard rumors about some astronomically related visualization/ imaging workshops and conferences scheduled for this year, but I am looking for...
Posted for those who might like to track these things... As many of you know, the early 21st century is the dawning age of "new media". From video on cell...
We produced a number of products for the "Methane on Mars" release. http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3574 We've also released a big product that might be of use...
Hello, I just recently found out about this group and joined. I'd been looking to improve the background star fields in the SVS visualizations and finally had...
Sorry for the cross post. _________________________________________________ *Hubble Outreach Coordinator*, *European Southern Observatory, Garching near ...
Hi folks, After my last posting of a 600+ Mpixel image source, folks have expressed considerable interest in very large images. As I have a visualization wall...
As I previously noted on this list, we don't seem to be having any kind of astro-viz meeting this year, and I'm interested in thinking ahead to next year, to...
Astro-Viz Folks, I'm happy to announce that my DVD course is now available from the Teaching Company. In my course, I present 24 half-hour lectures on the...
Hi, all. I'm wondering if anyone has seen something created already like this, and can point me in the right direction... The task is to illustrate the Earth's...
I wanted to pose an informal question to this group... We don't seem to be having any kind of astro-viz meeting this year, and I'm interested in thinking ahead...
Hubble Space Telescope Public Lecture Series at the Space Telescope Science Institute Speaker: Nolan Walborn, Space Telescope Science Institute Topic: Life...
Lars Christensen and company have been working hard to get the next version of the Photoshop FITS Liberator out the door this week. For those unfamiliar, it's...
Hubble Space Telescope Public Lecture Series at the Space Telescope Science Institute Speaker: David Radburn-Smith, Space Telescope Science Institute Topic:...