It's #internationaldarkskyweek and there's no shortage of incredible locations for viewing our night sky in Nevada 🌠🌌Spring Valley, which is the future location of the DSA, tops our list! Check out this article from Visit Ely NV with their Top 5 Places for Dark Sky Photography: bit.ly/4tSdmj0
The City of Ely is the first in the state of Nevada to resolutely celebrate #InternationalDarkSkyWeek! Just another reason we are proud to be developing the DSA in Ely and White Pine County. Their commitment to keeping the skies dark and star-studded is unparalleled. 📸: Kelly Carroll & Ed Ruiz
Last week, DSA Lead Project Manager, Dr. Katie Jameson, attended "On Target NV", an event hosted by Northeastern Nevada Regional Development Authority (NNRDA) in Elko, NV. Not only did Katie drop in on the event, but she was also a guest on the "New Business & Game Changers" panel.
Have you been following the Travel Nevada series "Get A Little Out There w/ Alex Honnold"? Episode 4 is a showcase of White Pine County and features a familiar face: DSA Project Manager Dr. Katie Jameson! Watch the full episode and Katie's feature exclusively on Outside Watch now: bit.ly/4d6YyIw
The first of @caltechastro.bsky.social and DSA’s Science Fiction Film Series featured free screenings of “Interstellar” and “WALL-E”, each with a short intro on the real science behind the movies. The day also featured a visit to the 5th grade class in McGill. Thanks for joining us at the movies!
It was a great night, and we were happy to bring “Science Fact vs. Science Fiction” to Ely!
#ThrowbackThursday to when Cameron and Katie from the DSA team joined the 2026 Fire and Ice Festival in Ely, NV back in January!
We always enjoy connecting with the folks in Ely, and we’re looking forward to returning to next year’s festival!
It’s been an exciting #AAS247 as the DSA was announced to be part of the Schmidt Observatory System and we can share that we are funded for construction by Schmidt Sciences! We are looking forward to opening up the dynamic radio sky to the worldwide astronomy community. 🔭
Packed splinter session at #AAS247 for the announcement of The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System—a modular, rapid-response network of four novel observatories designed to democratize access to the cosmos.
Read more about the initiatives here: www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-a...
We are an account for a future radio astronomy array being led by Caltech and would like to connect with Astronomers to update them on our progress.
Come check us out at #aas247 - we our giving away our own special coffee beans hand delivered to us by Polly Alstatt at Headframe Coffee from Ely, NV (our future DSA operations center)!
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DSA Lead Project Manager, Dr. Katie Jameson, accepted on behalf of Caltech the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows serving White Pine County award for Volunteer of the Year. (8/8)
Prof. Gregg Hallinan, Principal Investigator of the DSA, gave a standing-room only public talk on DSA as part of the Caltech Astronomy Stargazing Lecture Series. (7/8)
Dr. Cameron Hummels coordinated the second year of Astronomy on Tap at the Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival in Baker, NV, which featured two talks on aspects of the DSA. (6/8)
We brought reflectors to private property in Spring Valley, NV to provide a test of the receiver design and carry out further measurements of the radio frequency “noise” in the valley. (5/8)
Dr. Cameron Hummels and Dr. Katie Jameson from the DSA team joined the White Pine County 5th grade classrooms to teach about gravity and the Solar System. (4/8)
The DSA provided Caltech Astronomy volunteers for the Nevada Northern Railway’s Star Trains for the 2025 Season. (3/8)
The test array of DSA dishes was installed at Caltech’s Owens Valley Radio Observatory. (2/8)
2025 has been a busy year for the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA) - from our first reflectors in our future location (Spring Valley), to public lectures and volunteering, to finalizing many aspects of the array’s design, the team has been hard at work - a 🧵 (1/8)