Mike Kuhn
@mikeakuhn.bsky.social
Astronomer interested in star formation and statistics. Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire. Formerly Caltech, Universidad de Valparaíso, and Penn State. https://star.herts.ac.uk/~kuhn/
The @herts.ac.uk astronomy MSc and PhD applications are open.
I'm offering PhD projects on JWST spectroscopy of young stars in Tr 14 and star-cluster formation.
I'm also offering an MSc project on variability of YSOs.
www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
#galactic #stellarastro #astro #Physics
I'm offering PhD projects on JWST spectroscopy of young stars in Tr 14 and star-cluster formation.
I'm also offering an MSc project on variability of YSOs.
www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
#galactic #stellarastro #astro #Physics
Solar, Stellar and Time-domain Astrophysics
Star formation and Stellar Evolution PhD Projects.
herts.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The @herts.ac.uk astronomy MSc and PhD applications are open.
I'm offering PhD projects on JWST spectroscopy of young stars in Tr 14 and star-cluster formation.
I'm also offering an MSc project on variability of YSOs.
www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
#galactic #stellarastro #astro #Physics
I'm offering PhD projects on JWST spectroscopy of young stars in Tr 14 and star-cluster formation.
I'm also offering an MSc project on variability of YSOs.
www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
#galactic #stellarastro #astro #Physics
Giving a Zoom talk at NAM this afternoon on 'The Imprint of Clustered Star Formation on Kinematics of Young Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood' (room TLC116; Anne Buckner's Star Clusters session)
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Giving a Zoom talk at NAM this afternoon on 'The Imprint of Clustered Star Formation on Kinematics of Young Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood' (room TLC116; Anne Buckner's Star Clusters session)
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
🔭☄️🧪 #galactic
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🎉 #50YearsOfESA: for half a century, we've been serving Europe as its space agency and inspiring its citizens. Join us this anniversary year to reflect not only on our past achievements, but also on our future perspectives!
May 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎉 #50YearsOfESA: for half a century, we've been serving Europe as its space agency and inspiring its citizens. Join us this anniversary year to reflect not only on our past achievements, but also on our future perspectives!
We are hosting the 2025 UK & Ireland Discs meeting at the University of Hertfordshire (8-10 September). Topics include discs of all sorts, but especially protoplanetary discs and white dwarf debris discs.
Abstract submission deadline is 15 May:
ukidiscs.github.io/discs2025/
🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Abstract submission deadline is 15 May:
ukidiscs.github.io/discs2025/
🔭🧪⚛️☄️
About
The UK & Ireland Discs Meeting 2025
ukidiscs.github.io
May 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are hosting the 2025 UK & Ireland Discs meeting at the University of Hertfordshire (8-10 September). Topics include discs of all sorts, but especially protoplanetary discs and white dwarf debris discs.
Abstract submission deadline is 15 May:
ukidiscs.github.io/discs2025/
🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Abstract submission deadline is 15 May:
ukidiscs.github.io/discs2025/
🔭🧪⚛️☄️
The time of year where England turns into fairyland. #Bluebells around the corner from my office at @herts.ac.uk. #uniofherts
April 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The time of year where England turns into fairyland. #Bluebells around the corner from my office at @herts.ac.uk. #uniofherts
First bluebells in UH’s coppiced woods.
March 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
First bluebells in UH’s coppiced woods.
Airplane + internal reflection image of the sun (upside down) from my phone camera 🔭
March 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Airplane + internal reflection image of the sun (upside down) from my phone camera 🔭
Eclipse, as seen using shopping receipts. 🔭
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Eclipse, as seen using shopping receipts. 🔭
Looking forward to a high-resolution view of Tr 14 with JWST pre-imaging.
March 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Looking forward to a high-resolution view of Tr 14 with JWST pre-imaging.
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Our next talk will be about star formation in the galaxy, Dr Calum Morris, an Astronomer from the University of Hertfordshire, on 15th April 2025.
March 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Very excited to start using this dust map! You can query it with the dustmaps Python package. #galactic
A Deep, High-Angular Resolution 3D Dust Map of the Southern Galactic Plane
We present a deep, high-angular resolution 3D dust map of the southern Galactic plane over $239^\circ < \ell < 6^\circ$ and $|b| < 10^\circ$ built on photometry from the DECaPS2 survey, in combination...
arxiv.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Very excited to start using this dust map! You can query it with the dustmaps Python package. #galactic
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So many cool new #galactic papers came out today! ☄️
Paper #1 on my list is by @catherinezucker.bsky.social et al. They use the DECaPS2 photometric survey to create a massive, 6.1 billion voxel 3D catalogue of dust in the southern galactic plane! It complements the existing Bayestar map really well.
Paper #1 on my list is by @catherinezucker.bsky.social et al. They use the DECaPS2 photometric survey to create a massive, 6.1 billion voxel 3D catalogue of dust in the southern galactic plane! It complements the existing Bayestar map really well.
March 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So many cool new #galactic papers came out today! ☄️
Paper #1 on my list is by @catherinezucker.bsky.social et al. They use the DECaPS2 photometric survey to create a massive, 6.1 billion voxel 3D catalogue of dust in the southern galactic plane! It complements the existing Bayestar map really well.
Paper #1 on my list is by @catherinezucker.bsky.social et al. They use the DECaPS2 photometric survey to create a massive, 6.1 billion voxel 3D catalogue of dust in the southern galactic plane! It complements the existing Bayestar map really well.
Full moon from St Albans.
February 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Full moon from St Albans.
Reposted by Mike Kuhn
Our next talk on Café Scientifique - Harpenden would be effects of micro-organisms on climate change. Please see the attached flyer for details, and hope that you can join us.
January 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Our next talk on Café Scientifique - Harpenden would be effects of micro-organisms on climate change. Please see the attached flyer for details, and hope that you can join us.
Reposted by Mike Kuhn
"If I'd have seen it, I probably would've been standing right there, so it probably would've ripped me in half."
Wow!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wow!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first | CBC News
A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite's impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he'd been standing minutes earlier.
www.cbc.ca
January 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"If I'd have seen it, I probably would've been standing right there, so it probably would've ripped me in half."
Wow!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wow!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Mike Kuhn
The @esa.int Gaia satellite will take its final scientific measurements on Wednesday. 🔭
This will conclude a 12 year series of continuous observations.
Larger Gaia data releases are still in progress, but Gaia has already had a HUGE impact on our understanding of the #milkyway.
(Image: ESA)
This will conclude a 12 year series of continuous observations.
Larger Gaia data releases are still in progress, but Gaia has already had a HUGE impact on our understanding of the #milkyway.
(Image: ESA)
January 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just got my copy of the Protostars and Planets VII book! 🤩
February 14, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Just got my copy of the Protostars and Planets VII book! 🤩
A SPICY new EXor outburst!
arxiv.org/abs/2401.09522
One intriguing result is that, while the outburst faded, TiO absorption appeared but then disappeared, a behavior not previously seen. This unexpected finding places strong constraints on where the outburst emission originates.
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arxiv.org/abs/2401.09522
One intriguing result is that, while the outburst faded, TiO absorption appeared but then disappeared, a behavior not previously seen. This unexpected finding places strong constraints on where the outburst emission originates.
🔭 🧪⚛️
The 2022-2023 accretion outburst of the young star V1741 Sgr
V1741 Sgr (= SPICY 71482/Gaia22dtk) is a Classical T Tauri star on the outskirts of the Lagoon Nebula. After at least a decade of stability, in mid-2022, the optical source brightened by ~3 mag...
arxiv.org
January 20, 2024 at 3:48 PM
A SPICY new EXor outburst!
arxiv.org/abs/2401.09522
One intriguing result is that, while the outburst faded, TiO absorption appeared but then disappeared, a behavior not previously seen. This unexpected finding places strong constraints on where the outburst emission originates.
🔭 🧪⚛️
arxiv.org/abs/2401.09522
One intriguing result is that, while the outburst faded, TiO absorption appeared but then disappeared, a behavior not previously seen. This unexpected finding places strong constraints on where the outburst emission originates.
🔭 🧪⚛️
If you're applying for grad school in astronomy, the University of Hertfordshire (just north of London) is accepting PhD applications (due by the end of the month). I have two projects (linked below), one on mapping the Galaxy and the other on the variability of young stars. 🔭 🧪
Solar, Stellar and Time-domain Physics
Star formation and Stellar Evolution PhD Projects.
www.herts.ac.uk
January 8, 2024 at 1:34 PM
If you're applying for grad school in astronomy, the University of Hertfordshire (just north of London) is accepting PhD applications (due by the end of the month). I have two projects (linked below), one on mapping the Galaxy and the other on the variability of young stars. 🔭 🧪
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A couple of weeks ago the first paper of the XUE collaboration was accepted 🔭. We are studying the properties of disks in extreme UV radiation environments and trying to figure out what massive stars do to the forming sites of Earth-like planets.
www.mpia.de/news/science...
www.mpia.de/news/science...
November 30, 2023 at 9:01 AM
A couple of weeks ago the first paper of the XUE collaboration was accepted 🔭. We are studying the properties of disks in extreme UV radiation environments and trying to figure out what massive stars do to the forming sites of Earth-like planets.
www.mpia.de/news/science...
www.mpia.de/news/science...
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Aardachtige planeten kunnen zelfs ontstaan onder barre omstandigheden
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/aarda...
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/aarda...
November 30, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Aardachtige planeten kunnen zelfs ontstaan onder barre omstandigheden
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/aarda...
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/aarda...
Enjoyed an engaging talk by Prof Christian Iliadis from UNC on experimentation and statistical modelling in nuclear astrophysics. 🔭 🧪
Nuclear Astrophysics – Prof Christian Iliadis
This special talk was given at the UH Centre for Astrophysics Research. For our regular seminar programme, please see: https://www.herts.ac.uk/research/centr...
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Enjoyed an engaging talk by Prof Christian Iliadis from UNC on experimentation and statistical modelling in nuclear astrophysics. 🔭 🧪
Interested in a PhD in astronomy? Check out the University of Hertfordshire's projects for this year, including several in star formation.
www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
Application deadline 1 Feb 2024.
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www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
Application deadline 1 Feb 2024.
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November 24, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Interested in a PhD in astronomy? Check out the University of Hertfordshire's projects for this year, including several in star formation.
www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
Application deadline 1 Feb 2024.
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www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...
Application deadline 1 Feb 2024.
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