SN 2023ixf is an amazing opportunity to study a supernova interacting with material surrounding the progenitor star in exquisite detail. Check out how the spectra evolve within the first night with our incredible @azstewobs and DLT40 dataset! arxiv.org/abs/2306.10119

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Hi! I'm on the SOC for a really cool conference - .Astronomy 13 - coming up at the end of April in Madrid. If you're interested in all things software, astronomy, and the web, then I can highly recommend it! Link to express interest in attending: dotastronomy.com/thirteen

Paper day today! 🎉 So excited to share this work investigating how mass transfer leaves imprints on the asteroseismic signals of a star: arxiv.org/abs/2403.05627. More in the thread below! 🧵

I'm thrilled to share that the UW Planetarium has been featured as the #2 must-see attraction in WA state by the Seattle Times PNW magazine. As program director, I couldn't be prouder of our community, providing free access to the wonders of the cosmos! seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

In a new paper today we coin the new acronym RATRATARRATRATTS! We explore how Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) could come together with Runaway T-Tauri Stars (RATTS) to form a binary RRATRATTS and how irradiated rats could evolve on a planet nearby. tomwagg.com/pdf/rats.pdf

What can we say, we've got a pretty great view! ...which is probably not a surprise. Rubin Observatory's site in Chile was chosen in large part because of dark skies 🌌 As #DarkSkyWeek kicks off, we're looking up! Turn down your lights and celebrate the dark with us✨ #IDSW2024

We are so excited about this major milestone: NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory successfully coated the 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror with a shiny, new layer of protected silver! Congrats to all of our colleagues✨ Read more: noirlab.edu/public/news/no…

A ghostly hand appears to be emerging from the interstellar medium and reaching out into the cosmos. This cloudy, ominous structure is CG 4, a cometary globule. 🧵⬇️ noirlab.edu/public/images/…

So happy to present, with Andy Tzanidakis, demo of our LSDB and TAPE software at Rare Gems in Big Data conference. Even if you are not attending, have a look how to crossmatch and do analytics on large amount of astronomy data: github.com/lincc-framewor… #raregems2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in Rare Gems in Big Data this week! We enjoyed the meeting and look forward to continuing the conversations. noirlab.edu/science/events… #RareGems2024 📷 NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld

Applying for PhDs/grad school, postdocs, internships, faculty jobs in Astronomy this fall? Here's a website that aims to list a lot of incredible resources that the astro community has made: Check out: tinyurl.com/nhdt9us2 [1/4]

I'm so excited to announce the release of a small Python package I've been working on for accessing and data-mining data from Gaia Alerts. Go check out some awesome Gaia alert light curves! 🤩 Readthedocs: gaiaalertspy-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/inde… Github: github.com/AndyTza/GaiaAl…

We officially have glass on the telescope! 🤩 Last week, Rubin Observatory staff safely installed the 3.5-meter secondary mirror—the first glass to be installed on the telescope! 🥳 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/secondary…

Farewell NEOWISE 😢

Excited to share the release of my new code cogsworth (cogsworth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) that YOU can use to make seamlessly self-consistent population synthesis and galactic dynamics simulations! The paper is out on arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2409.04543) but read on here for more details 🥳