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Doris Vickers

@doris_vickers

PhD student @univienna || Etymology task group chairperson IAU WG Star Names || Content manager @astronomyportal

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Incredibly humbled to have been able to hold a copy of the object of my dissertation project today ✌🏻πŸ₯°πŸ‘‹πŸ»

Incredibly humbled to have been able to hold a copy of the object of my dissertation project today ✌🏻πŸ₯°πŸ‘‹πŸ»
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I fell down the rabbit hole of the Protestant resistance against the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. Oh my word, the scale of the polemics! πŸ˜‚

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Awesome! We applied for a special session on digital technology and Neo-Latin studies at IANLS next year and it just got approved! Woohoo!

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Did you know stars have official names beyond scientific ones? The IAU Working Group on Star Names has added 19 new names, preserving our astronomical heritage. Total now: 491. #Astronomy #IAU #starnames #WGSN

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The IAU named ΞΈ Aquilae (HIP 99473) 'Antinous', preserving Ptolemy's 137 CE designation honoring Emperor Hadrian's deified favorite in the region of the extinct Babylonian constellation The Corpse. This star in Aquila continues a 2000-year tradition. #IAU #starnames #WGSN

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I learned yesterday that the Emperor of Austria & others tried to melt small diamonds into one bigger one in 1751. It didnβ€˜t work, but I’d loved to have been there just to see the faces of the people when they found out they had just evaporated diamonds for nothing πŸ€“

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I'm in Uppsala on a work & research trip and my colleague showed me Stoeffler's Calendarium today. Boring I hear you say... Well, this copy has Copernicus' handwritten corrections of the Latin :)