Important dates:
- August 21 (Friday): Fornax User Panel nominations due
- August 31: OpenUniverse2024 workshop registration deadline
Hands-On Science with OpenUniverse2024 Roman and Rubin Simulations
Join us for this free, hands-on workshop to explore OpenUniverse2024 data. OpenUniverse2024 is a collection of simulated observations designed to resemble future data from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, including simulated wide-field imaging, time-domain observations, and mock source catalogs. We’ll use Python Jupyter notebooks to explore the data and demonstrate how complementary survey data can be combined for scientific analysis in scalable workflows.
- When: September 15, 2026 at 10 - 11:30am PDT (1 - 2:30pm EDT)
- Where: Virtual workshop conducted over Zoom
- Registration deadline: August 31, 2026
- Capacity: Limited to 30 participants
- Register: OpenUniverse2024 Virtual Workshop Signup Form
Call for User Panel Nominations - Help Shape the Future of Fornax!
The Fornax Initiative is convening a User Panel of community researchers to give feedback on Fornax’s goals, current status, and future plans. Nominations are due August 21. See the full announcement for details.
Manage Scratch Storage from the Dashboard
You can now manage your own scratch storage space directly from the Fornax Dashboard! Scratch storage is a working area for large data in cases where your S3 storage isn’t performant enough and your home directory is too small. You can expand your scratch area up to 3 TB for days or weeks at a time while you process large data and release it when you’re done. For details, see Data Storage in the Fornax User Documentation.
