Is there a good resource for what the data that astronomers get from there kinds of telescopes look like, and how they parse it? Data nerd here, but I don't understand astronomical sciences.
Former astronomer here! You can download a lot of data from open access websites such as data.nasa.gov or any of the big digital surveys.
I don't know about today's data format, but it used to be all on the FITS format, with lots of libraries in Python/Matlab/etc., and also the excellent SAOImage DS9, all available for free.
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cybervseas@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 149d
Is there a good resource for what the data that astronomers get from there kinds of telescopes look like, and how they parse it? Data nerd here, but I don't understand astronomical sciences.
i_love_FFT@jlai.lu · 20 pts · 149d
Former astronomer here! You can download a lot of data from open access websites such as data.nasa.gov or any of the big digital surveys.
I don't know about today's data format, but it used to be all on the FITS format, with lots of libraries in Python/Matlab/etc., and also the excellent SAOImage DS9, all available for free.
Here are some links:
SAOImage DS9: https://sites.google.com/cfa.harvard.edu/saoimageds9/download
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS
Space Telescope Science Institute, managing Hubble and JWST data: https://www.stsci.edu/scientific-community/stsci-library-and-institutional-archive/our-collections
Sloan digital sky survey also has a lot of open data: https://www.sdss.org/dr19/data_access/
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 149d
Username checks out.
degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io · 7 pts · 149d
mkwarman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 149d
If you haven't read Seveneves you might like it
edg@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 148d
It gave me nightmares for about a year. Time to read again I think.