Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton (AAAP) Monthly Meeting

Astronomy has a rich history of surveys of the night sky, and Princeton played a major role in many of them.  In this talk, Dr. Bochanski will discuss the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO), the largest and latest astronomical survey.  The VRO, a billion-dollar, multi-decadal effort involving thousands of astronomers, engineers, and scientists, traces its roots to another foundational survey: the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.  Dr. Bochanski will discuss the science and collaboration enabled by these efforts, outline future endeavors, and reflect on how these surveys impacted his own scientific journey.