IAU CPS @IAU_CPS
We're an @IAU_org centre working to mitigate the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy! Co-hosted by @NOIRLabAstro and @SKAO cps.iau.org Joined May 2022-
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🥳 We are delighted to share that @IAU_org and our partners @NOIRLabAstro and @SKAO have agreed to continue supporting the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky for the next five years! Our mission continues: loom.ly/ppg-A9o
Two weeks left to register for the @UNOOSA/@SKAO workshop on dark and quiet skies for science and society! 🌌 📍 Vienna International Centre 🗓️ 9 to 11 December 2025 More information: loom.ly/tH6jPcI #DarkAndQuietSkies
Join the discussion at the @UNOOSA - @SKAO #DarkAndQuietSkies workshop from 9 to 11 December 2025 in Vienna and online. Abstract submission closes on 31 August ⤵️
Join the discussion at the @UNOOSA - @SKAO #DarkAndQuietSkies workshop from 9 to 11 December 2025 in Vienna and online. Abstract submission closes on 31 August ⤵️
📣 The latest edition of the IAU CPS newsletter is out now! 🗞️ Read it here: loom.ly/VD2y9Wc ✍️ Sign up for the newsletter: loom.ly/8t2ErGQ @IAU_org @NOIRLabAstro @SKAO @IAU_Outreach
🗞️ Have you subscribed to our quarterly CPS newsletter? It brings together updates on activities from across our four hubs! ✍️ Sign up – and read the first issue – here: cps.iau.org/resources/news… @NOIRLabAstro @SKAO @IAU_org @IAU_Outreach
📻 The latest episode of @ska_switzerland's French-language Radio Cosmos podcast focuses on dark and quiet skies, including the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy and efforts to reduce space debris. 🎧 Listen to the conversation: loom.ly/NdBv2Y8
As the Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs gears up to begin surveying our cosmos using the largest digital camera ever built, @Nature speaks to IAU CPS members about the tools that are helping astronomers to manage the impact of satellite constellations. 🛰️ loom.ly/G1j1Ors
📣 The first IAU CPS newsletter is out! It features updates on the activities of our four hubs, useful resources, and a special interview on astrophotography in the age of satellite constellations. 🛰️ 🗞️ Read it here: loom.ly/3q59o_k ✍️ Sign up: loom.ly/X-Q2iGs
Our colleagues @esa's new Zero Debris Technical Booklet has a chapter dedicated to protecting #DarkAndQuietSkies, produced with input from our CPS experts. 🌌 It's a "to do list" identifying technologies needed to minimise space debris. Take a look 👇 loom.ly/aRtFnEU
🇨🇭Swiss broadcaster @SRF reports on astronomers' concerns about the increasing number of satellites and their adverse effect on dark and quiet skies, including speaking to @IAU_org President Prof. Willy Benz. 📺 Watch it here (in German) 👇 loom.ly/fq2jBtY
NEWS: For the first time, the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy has been discussed as an agenda item in a key @UN subcommittee. Read more 👉 loom.ly/2tNk-a0 #UNCOPUOS @UNOOSA @AfricaAstronomy @ESO @SKAO
📖 Great explainer from @EPFL_en on international efforts to protect dark and quiet skies: loom.ly/Y43eGIA “Our societies, not private companies, should decide whether to protect our dark and quiet sky as a resource shared by all humankind,” says Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib.
"We're actively working with satellite operators to try to find a solution" - CPS Community Engagement Hub Co-Lead Dr @JohnBarentine. Read about efforts being made across continents to protect #DarkAndQuietSkies in this @IFLScience piece by @DrCarpineti. loom.ly/8RA8E3c
NEWS: The US National Science Foundation @NSF has awarded a major grant to a satellite mitigation project led by the CPS, to develop publicly accessible software tools to precisely predict the positions, time of passage & brightness of satellites. 🛰️ More: loom.ly/vyJ5WI4
If you're attending #IAUGA2024 @astronomy2024 in Cape Town, don't miss our session on 7-8 August on protecting #DarkAndQuietSkies 🌌! Hear about the latest developments on policy, technical mitigations and dialogue with commercial space operators. More: loom.ly/UBw_RUc
It's great to see #DarkAndQuietSkies being featured at UN #COPUOS2024 with a side event panel discussion organised by the Permanent Missions of Chile 🇨🇱 and Spain 🇪🇸 tomorrow, 20 June, in Vienna. See the full programme here: loom.ly/vZujOgI #satellites
Working on the impact of large satellite constellations on astronomy? We're inviting abstract submissions for a special session at the UK National Astronomy Meeting on July 16. Get in before the deadline! nam2024.hull.ac.uk/the-impact-of-…
Working on the impact of large satellite constellations on astronomy? We're inviting abstract submissions for a special session at the UK National Astronomy Meeting on July 16. Get in before the deadline! nam2024.hull.ac.uk/the-impact-of-…
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