1. Gretchen Stahlman, PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
ASTROLABE
Navigating Astronomical “Dark Data” through Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
Gretchen Stahlman, PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
DPS 48 / EPSC 11
October 18, 2016

2. The “Astrolabe” Project
Astrolabe is a new data repository and computational environment being created at University of Arizona (UA).
Partners include:
UA School of Information
UA Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
UA University Libraries
CyVerse (formerly the iPlant Collaborative)
American Astronomical Society
Astrolabe is currently funded by:
UA Office for Research & Discovery
National Science Foundation

3. The “Astrolabe” Project
Astrolabe has a mission to:
Collect, preserve, disseminate
Provide tools for analysis and data sharing
Expose research data

4. CyVerse.org Discovery Environment Atmosphere Data Store
Use hundreds of Apps and manage data in a simple web interface
Atmosphere
Custom cloud-based scientific analysis platform or use a ready-made one for your area of scientific interest
Data Store
Store, manage, access, and share all the data related to research

5. Current Status of Astrolabe
Searching for potentially “dark data” by mining the literature, and by contacting authors individually based on our team’s review of particular types of publications
Hiring software developer to accomplish objectives specified in recently-awarded NSF grant (award # )
Working on IMLS proposal to create protocols for migrating data from obsolete media into Astrolabe
Will be at AAS 229 in Grapevine
Eventual citizen science to assist with populating metadata

6. Data sources: author contribution
Will Grundy (Lowell Observatory) - Image of Solar System objects
Deidre Hunter (Lowell Observatory) - Image of dwarf galaxies
Kevin Wagner (U of Arizona) - Images of exoplanetary systems
Feryal Ozel (U of Arizona) – Event Horizon Telescope for Outreach
David Crown (PSI) - Stereo-pairs of DEM+Images of the Moon

7. Data sources: NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey Data
200 Gb image data covering 3 ˚ x3 ˚ in the northern hemisphere and 2.3˚ x 4 ˚ around the southern hemisphere,

8. Talk to us! Principal Investigators Affiliates Postdoctoral Researcher
Bryan Heidorn, PhD, UA School of Information
Dennis Zaritsky, PhD, UA Department of Astronomy
Affiliates
Julie Steffen, AAS Director of Publishing*
Doug Roberts, PhD, AAS/WorldWide Telescope Project Director*
Postdoctoral Researcher
Huanian Zhang, PhD, UA Department of Astronomy*
Graduate Research Associate
Gretchen Stahlman, UA School of Information*
Webmaster
Kyle Morris, UA School of Information
* Here at Caltech

9. Thank you!