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owlice.bsky.social

Trained in med sciences, worked in IT, retired into astronomy, now faculty at R1 uni and still astonished at that. Dark skies, travel, music, wildlife, research software & transparency. Sometimes I take pictures.

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Look out for Mercury and Saturn in the dusk sky this evening. They will be tricky to spot but worth the effort. Make sure the Sun has set before searching with any optical aid. Try from around 18:00 UT. They will be below Venus and close to the horizon. #Astronomy

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Another short video from the series: The Quantum Atlas - published by The University of Maryland www.olenashmahalo.com/project/quan... Ion Trap Qubits. Info: link ↑ / ALT 🧪 ⚛️ #physics #scicomm #SciArt #3Dart #C4D #mograph #NoAI

submitted 105 days ago • 5 comments

Have you checked our Graduate Trainee opportunities? 👉 jobs.esa.int/ If you’re in the final year of a Master’s degree (or recently graduated) in engineering, science, IT or business, don't miss this out 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car... 🧪🔭

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Hey American astronomers! Did you know you can apply for European Research Council grants while in the US and, were to bring an ERC to University College Cork, you would automatically get a permanent position!? ERC starting grants (2-7 yrs post PhD) are €1.5M for 4 yrs with. ~10% success rate! 🔭

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The European Astronomical Society 2025 Meeting is in Cork 23-27 June! There are lots of awesome sessions planned, including one chaired by myself and John Regan! If you work on massive black holes in the Early Universe, consider submitting an abstract! (Due 3 March) 🔭 eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/...

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“I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. “I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.”

submitted 11 days ago • 383 comments

Virtual Astronomy Software Talks (VAST) returns this Wed, Feb 19, 2025, at 11 AM ET via Zoom! Presenters are: Rhys Taylor for FRELLED—The FITS Realtime Explorer of Low Latency in Every Dimension Marc Pound for PDR Toolbox—PhotoDissociation Region Toolbox #Astronomy 🔭

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Not late, because every day should be a Superb Owl day! Four #birds 🦉🪶

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Our government is being dismantled in a fast-moving coup because a bunch of ostensible adults are afraid of mean tweets from a spent 78 year old skin bag who wears Oompa Loompa makeup.

submitted 18 days ago • 109 comments

🔭 The Variable Nebula NGC 2261 Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease (Denver Astronomical Society) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25013...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

submitted 31 days ago • 893 comments

🔭 Hydrogen Clouds of M33 Image Credit & Copyright: Pea Mauro apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25013...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

8 years ago, at AAS 231 in DC, I started my Astro Vlog! If #aas245 is your first time attending, or you want to see what a big astronomy conference is like, check out my daily vlogs from a bunch of AAS meetings! youtu.be/nliApj5M59Y?...

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Four local #birds I walked around a nearby lake some days ago -- before the snow came (so cold!!) -- and saw a few things. Here are four of them. 🦉🪶

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

The @aasoffice.bsky.social will issue full registration refunds for all of our colleagues impacted by the devastating fires in CA. If you are an #AAS245 registrant and in CA standby for an email on how to request your registration. We at the AAS are heartbroken for you and ready to support.

submitted 53 days ago • 5 comments

Walked on the C&O Canal Towpath with a couple of friends on Wednesday on New Year's Day and saw a few birds; here are four of them.

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

‎⁨This pic came up in my memories today; I took it five years ago today at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve⁩ in ⁨Honolulu. I did not travel again, except alone, car-camping, fully self-sufficient, for a long time after this. Western Cattle-Egret 🦉🪶

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments