Citizen Science At NOIRLab


Wednesday, 21 April 2021 5 p.m. — 6 p.m. MST

Online event

Live from NOIRLab
Aaron Meisner Knut Olsen Connie Walker (NSF's NOIRLab)
Website URL: https://youtu.be/cvb6s3czMj0

This episode of Live From NOIRLab celebrates Citizen Science Month. Citizen science lets anyone contribute to our understanding of the universe.  Three NOIRLab scientists will discuss their citizen science projects. Aaron Meisner will talk about how people can help discover nearby brown dwarfs in with Backyard Worlds. Knut Olsen will tell us about the results of the Local Group Cluster Search and Connie Walker will tell us how people can help measure the brightness of the night sky with Globe at Night.

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