Visualization for Astronomy Research + Education + Outreach

Visualization for Astronomy Research + Education + OutreachPresentation Date: Sunday, January 12, 2025Location: Washington, DCAbstract: A talk explaining how today's data exploration tools can be used not only for research, but also for education and outreach. Highlighted in the talk are four of the many packages that are part of the astronomy piece of the new, open-source, "LIVE Environments" effort: glue (https://glueviz.org), WorldWide Telescope (https://worldwidetelescope.org), OpenSpace (http://openspaceproject.com), and JDaviz (https://jdaviz.readthedocs.io/en/stable).To showcase the modularity of the software tools, and how effectively they can be inter-connected, the talk presents examples from the MilkyWay3D.org and Cosmic Data Stories (CosmicDS) projects. The talk concludes with a view toward the future, highlighting the potential for new web-based frameworks for Solara to make tool-integration easier, and for augmented reality to enable discovery in both research and education. Files included are Keynote slides in .pdf format.