Science Art and Visualizations

Cosmic Cartography. An old-style map celebrating DESI's efforts to chart the Universe. See this blog post for a description of the details. Credit: Claire Lamman

This key figure used in DESI's Y1 the press release, displaying a narrow band on the sky spanning 190 degrees in right ascension and 14 degrees in declination. The magnified section consists of galaxies from our Bright Galaxy Sample and extends to a redshift of 0.2. The colors are scaled by declination to show depth in the slice: darker colors are "behind" brighter structure. In the background "butterfly", colors correspond to different types of galaxies observed: Bright Galaxy Survey, Luminous Red Galaxies, Emission Line Galaxies, and Quasars. This represents less than 0.1% of our full survey volume. Image credit: Claire Lamman/DESI collaboration; custom colormap package by cmastro.

I create many astro-themed treats! To see all bakes and descriptions of the science which inspired them, see my instagram.

Comparison between the famous CfA "stickman" and the same slice with DESI Y1 galaxies. See this blog post for more information. Credit: Claire Lamman | The CfA Redshift Survey: Data for the NGP +30 Zone. Huchra, Geller, de Lapparent, Corwin 1990

Design of DESI's LSS map and focal plane. Credit: Claire Lamman

Visualization of BAO created for DESI's Y1 press release. For the final visualzation, see this video from Berkeley Lab. Credit: Claire Lamman

Visualization of RSD created for a DESI press release (Press release and high quality imaage coming soon!). Credit: Claire Lamman

A series of comics featuring DESI's ambassador, BaoBan. Click here to see the full series. Credit: Claire Lamman

Made for fun during a boring observing night. Credit: Claire Lamman