astro will

astro will

short for astronomy william o balmer ;~)

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  • a simple plot belies tremendous difficulty

    a simple plot belies tremendous difficulty

    research log
    February 20, 2023

    William

    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. the exercise states, Section 3.6 discusses “imperfections” in equations of state that make life difficult for the stellar modeler. One of these imperfections arises […]

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  • open sky, heavy heart

    open sky, heavy heart

    personal
    September 14, 2022

    William

    “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 […]

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  • i helped capture the first image of an exoplanet taken with JWST!

    i helped capture the first image of an exoplanet taken with JWST!

    research log
    September 7, 2022

    William

    coronagraph, differential imaging, direct imaging, HIP 65426 b, JWST

    I helped work on the publication that showcased the first direct images of an exoplanet taken with JWST, and I made some art from our data!

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  • first time out of the country

    first time out of the country

    personal, research log
    September 1, 2022

    William

    in which I travel to “across the pond” for astronomy conferences and enjoy the summer sun

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  • my first article as a freelancer is out!

    my first article as a freelancer is out!

    Interviews, personal, research log
    June 12, 2022

    William

    my first article as a freelance science journalist has been published at the Planetary Society!

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About

William is a graduate astronomer studying planet and low mass star formation and characterization. To learn about their astronomy, visit the research page or their academic website, where their CV is readily available. To learn more about their journey to date, visit the about page. To hear William’s thoughts (only the good ones, I promise), check the logs. To view William’s published fiction, visit the hypertext page or their profile on itch.io.

Contact

Academic website

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6396-8439

wbalmer1 (at) jhu (dot) edu

@astrobalmer on twitter

Last updated Feb 22nd, 2023

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