STAROS Projects

Sep 1, 2023 · 1 min read
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STAROS Projects develops spectroscopy tools and observation campaigns to foster professional–amateur (pro-am) collaborations in astronomy.

As a member of the STAROS group, I participate in several instrumentation and spectroscopy-focused initiatives for observational astronomy.

Spectroscopic Database Development

Creation of a dedicated spectroscopic database derived from multiple observing campaigns. This resource supports analysis workflows for stellar, solar, and atmospheric spectra.

Collaborative Observation Campaigns

Organizing multi-month observation campaigns where astronomers contribute spectroscopic data. The alpha Draconis campaign mobilized several astronomers over several months, consolidating more than 10 consecutive days of observations from over 200 spectra.

Alpha Draconis — Orbital Parameters

Results of a STAROS monitoring campaign on the bright eclipsing binary star α Draconis. Over 200 high-resolution spectra were obtained by an international group of amateur astronomers.

Paper (arXiv) · Blog post

OHP Spectro Workshop

Co-organized a spectroscopy workshop at Observatoire de Haute-Provence with Shelyak Instruments (2025).

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Matthieu Le Lain
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AI for astronomy & astrophysics
PhD student at IRISA, Université Bretagne Sud (expected 2026), and lecturer in computer science, working on foundation models for astronomy and astrophysics, with a broader interest in deep learning applied to scientific data. Also contributing to the UniverseTBD collaboration on vision–language models for astronomy.