Public Invitation for Rubin First Look Watch Party and Panel Discussion

[Emily Rice]

Hello Astro Outreachers!

Part of this event is open to the public, so please consider this an invitation to you (if you are not CUNY/Columbia/Rutgers affiliated) as well as something to share with your networks. 

Please register here by Thursday June 19th

We are hoping to have a media presence at the event and generate some local news buzz, which should be at least a brief respite from other news.

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Rubin First Look Watch Party and Panel Discussion 

Date: Monday, June 23, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, doors open: 9:30 am
Location: 309 Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University
Register here by Thursday June 19th

Join your neighbors and NYC-area astronomers to celebrate the US’s newest exploration of the Universe during Rubin’s First Look Watch Party! Using the largest camera ever built, Rubin Observatory will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 years to create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition movie of our night sky. It will discover millions of asteroids and exploding stars and billions of new stars and galaxies.  These objects will reveal the content of our solar system, structure of our galaxy, and nature of our universe.

10am  - 11am Local astronomers will tell us about the many ways that Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time is poised to revolutionize Astronomy.
11am - noon We’ll join the “First Look” at Rubin images streamed live from Washington, DC.

Hosted by Columbia University in collaboration with Rutgers and The City University of New York (CUNY). With the support of Schmidt Sciences, Rubin Observatory and the LSST Discovery Alliance.

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--Emily

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