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i published another science paper
This past month I published another peer reviewed article as first-author, this time in The Astrophysical Journal. The pre-print of the article is currently available on arXiv. In this paper, we used the VLTI/GRAVITY instrument down in Chile to study the orbit and atmosphere of a failed star. This object, HD 72946 B, didn’t form…
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jwst cycle 2, and n+1 time’s charm for vlti
in which i discuss proposing for space telescope observing time, and resubmitting a failed telescope proposal.
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the fellowship of the observatory
in which i reveal to those interested baltimorians the nature of the cosmos. and now my watch is over.
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i made a star in python with these 4 easy equations (clickbait)
stars are complex, dynamic objects, but we can simulate the interior of a star using some simple equations.
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a simple plot belies tremendous difficulty
there’s an exercise, exercise 3.8, in Stellar Interiors: Physical Principles, Structure, and Evolution (2nd ed) by Hansen, Kawaler, and Trimble (HKT) that’s stuck in my brain. let me try to explain.
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open sky, heavy heart
“When I die, I can breathe back the breath that made me live. I can give back to the world all that I didn’t do. All that I might have been and couldn’t be. All the choices I didn’t make. All the things I lost and spent and wasted. I can give them back to…
