Sarah Loebman

@sloebman.bsky.social

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Astrophysics faculty, diversity, equity, & inclusion enthusiast, passionate about Big Data and the Milky Way.

Many small birds swooping and chirping (near an unseen canal below). A large black German shepherd ambles on the right, unperturbed by the birds. A long dry road extends behind the dog and bleach blonde grass frame either side of the road. A very calm scene.
Screenshot of a message from UC Merced's web interface for Canvas. This webpage shows a cartoon of a rocket ship and two robots repairing a damaged fin. Underneath a message reads "Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. Check back soon."
A bright flash of lightning shines in electric blue on the top, contrasting the yellow street lights illuminating a walking path on the bottom right. Between some soggy tennis courts shimmer purple blue at UC Merced.
Big black fluffy German shepherd with pointy ears and a floppy tongue stretched out and relaxed in a field of small yellow daisies, with a few small white flowers and long grass behind and to the left of him, framing him and providing a little shade. Moments later he had a huge bowl of water (not pictured) for an hour hike well done. Excellent doggo.
Full moon taken from a Seestar S50 telescope. Impact basins filled with dark mare trace the "rabbit in the Moon."
A big, black German Shepherd runs down a long straight dirt road, which fades into the distance. Sun bleached long grass grows in fields on either side, lined and is separated from the dirt road by a thin barbed wire fence. Very blue sky and white clouds fill the rest of the field of view. A calm, quiet and largely empty place for dog and owner to have a morning walk.
Big, black German Shepherd patiently sits while four tiny eight week old kittens (teo black and white, one tiger tabby and one gray tabby) poke at him.
Big, black German Shepherd wearing sunglasses and looking very silly.
A completed LEGO Milky Way galaxy display set. The intricate build features thousands of small colored pieces to represent spiral arms, star-forming regions, and the central bulge. A tiny LEGO Gaia telescope is included on the model, along with an arrow labeled “You are here” pointing to the solar system’s approximate location. The whole display is colorful and detailed, capturing the structure of our galaxy in LEGO form.
Crescent Moon and Venus brightly shining in dark early evening sky as students walk down a central path lit up by lights shining down on UC Merced banners.
Large black German Shepherd puppy with perky ears sitting in the backseat of a car waiting for children to get out of school.
This image shows a gold telescope with a black eyepiece on a white background. The telescope is a Coronado PST Personal Solar Telescope made by Meade Instruments and used for viewing the Sun. It has a non-removable H-alpha filter for safe solar viewing.