February Event Recap
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Allegheny Observatory last week!
PyData Pittsburgh kicked off 2026 last week with a packed evening at the historic Allegheny Observatory.
Christopher Hernández, a physics Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, gave a fascinating talk on Characterizing the Transient Universe with the Pitt-Google Alert Broker. He walked us through how astronomers use machine learning and cloud infrastructure to process massive alert streams from modern sky surveys, helping researchers identify and study transient cosmic events such as Type Ia supernovae in real time.
After the presentation, attendees joined observatory staff and volunteers for a tour of the historic building, including the Fitz-Clark and Thaw refractor telescopes. Many thanks to the Allegheny Observatory staff and volunteers for being such wonderful hosts and making the evening possible!
Explore the links!
pittgoogle-client: A Python library for accessing astronomy data served by the Pitt-Google Alert Broker.
pittgoogle-user-demos: A repo containing tutorials on how to access and interact with alert data served by the broker.
