KIPAC's Rubin Observatory Public Engagement Series Continues at De Anza College Planetarium

The second in our 2026 lecture series was a sold out event at the De Anza College Planetarium
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Josh Shiode
KIPAC Rubin Fellow John Franklin Crenshaw shows the history of the universe on the dome of the De Anza College planetarium dome at our second 2026 Rubin Series lecture (credit: Xinnan Du, KIPAC).

In 2026, KIPAC is running a new Rubin Series of public engagement activities in partnership with local community organizations. In our second event, a collaboration with the De Anza College Planetarium, KIPAC Rubin Fellow John Franklin Crenshaw gave a very engaging talk with break-taking full-dome visuals, including one of the First Look images and a detailed simulation of galaxy mergers. The sold out crowd of more than 70 people was super engaged and asked many great questions related to Rubin and cosmology writ large. 

The KIPAC team is grateful to the incredible team at De Anza College Planetarium for their partnership, and we look forward to more future collaborations!

Galaxy merger simulation
Detailed simulation of galaxy merger John Franklin showed off at the De Anza College Planetarium (credit: Xinnan Du, KIPAC)
Speaker showing astronomical images on dome
John Franklin shows the sold out crowd at the De Anza College Planetarium the incredible Rubin First Look images on the full dome (credit: Xinnan Du, KIPAC)
Speaker showing visualization of telescope dome on mountaintop
KIPAC Rubin Fellow John Franklin Crenshaw shows off the incredible full dome view of the Rubin Observatory dome on the De Anza College Planetarium dome (credit: Xinnan Du, KIPAC)

We look forward to seeing you at the next event (more information coming soon)!

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