Dr Vicky Fawcett
@astrofawcett.bsky.social
Astronomy Research Associate at Newcastle University studying active galaxies ✨ Science communicator, music lover, #WomenInSTEM
www.astrofawcett.com
www.astrofawcett.com
Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
Had a great time visiting @unisouthampton.bsky.social, presenting my latest work on outflows in DESI QSOs ✨
Now on to Portsmouth!
Now on to Portsmouth!
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Had a great time visiting @unisouthampton.bsky.social, presenting my latest work on outflows in DESI QSOs ✨
Now on to Portsmouth!
Now on to Portsmouth!
That's a wrap on another great #STEMFest in Newcastle!
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
That's a wrap on another great #STEMFest in Newcastle!
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle!
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle!
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
Tiago Costa giving the quasar feedback overview talk 🌌
July 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Tiago Costa giving the quasar feedback overview talk 🌌
Houda Haidar presenting her poster on dust in nearby AGN with JWST ✨
July 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Houda Haidar presenting her poster on dust in nearby AGN with JWST ✨
Nice to catch up with Samuel Ward, presenting his work on simulating AGN-driven outflows 💨
July 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nice to catch up with Samuel Ward, presenting his work on simulating AGN-driven outflows 💨
First time visiting @aippotsdam.bsky.social this week presenting a poster on my recent dusty QSO work 🔭
July 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
First time visiting @aippotsdam.bsky.social this week presenting a poster on my recent dusty QSO work 🔭
If you’re at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week, check out the North East Astronomy exhibition in TLC39! ✨
July 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you’re at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week, check out the North East Astronomy exhibition in TLC39! ✨
We need your help to create immersive and accessible educational experiences!
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
June 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We need your help to create immersive and accessible educational experiences!
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
June 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Enjoying my first ever EAS at @ucc.ie Cork! 🇮🇪🚀
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
June 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Enjoying my first ever EAS at @ucc.ie Cork! 🇮🇪🚀
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
I'm attending EAS this year in Cork, speaking at the AGN outflow session (SS27) 🌌
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm attending EAS this year in Cork, speaking at the AGN outflow session (SS27) 🌌
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
Very honoured the our project Space Investigators: Astronomy in the North East won the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Engagement and Place Award for Engaging for Cultural Benefit ✨
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
April 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Very honoured the our project Space Investigators: Astronomy in the North East won the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Engagement and Place Award for Engaging for Cultural Benefit ✨
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
Enjoyed visiting Scarborough over the weekend and giving a talk at Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society 🔭
April 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Enjoyed visiting Scarborough over the weekend and giving a talk at Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society 🔭
If you're in the North East of England, come along to the Discover Festival hosted by @newcastleuni.bsky.social on the 7th June! ⭐️
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
March 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If you're in the North East of England, come along to the Discover Festival hosted by @newcastleuni.bsky.social on the 7th June! ⭐️
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
Looking forward to giving my first seminar of 2025 (virtually) at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ⭐️
February 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Looking forward to giving my first seminar of 2025 (virtually) at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) ⭐️
Always enjoy answering students questions on @imascientist.org.uk
Space is big! ✨
Space is big! ✨
January 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Always enjoy answering students questions on @imascientist.org.uk
Space is big! ✨
Space is big! ✨
We also find that radio-quiet/intermediate quasars tend to have radio SEDs characterised by steep power-law slopes ⭐️
January 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We also find that radio-quiet/intermediate quasars tend to have radio SEDs characterised by steep power-law slopes ⭐️
We find that dusty quasars are more likely to display steep radio spectral slopes compared to blue quasars, which are more likely to have peaks in their radio SED ✨
January 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We find that dusty quasars are more likely to display steep radio spectral slopes compared to blue quasars, which are more likely to have peaks in their radio SED ✨
A couple of pics from #CelebrateScience last October in Durham ✨
Image credit: @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
Image credit: @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A couple of pics from #CelebrateScience last October in Durham ✨
Image credit: @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
Image credit: @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
I’m so happy to have organised my first conference: DEX at @newcastleuni.bsky.social ✨🎉
Very grateful to my amazing LOC who made everything run so smoothly! @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social
@bethmg.bsky.social Steph Campbell, Carola Zanoletti, Carolyn Mill, Rose Shepherd
Very grateful to my amazing LOC who made everything run so smoothly! @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social
@bethmg.bsky.social Steph Campbell, Carola Zanoletti, Carolyn Mill, Rose Shepherd
January 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’m so happy to have organised my first conference: DEX at @newcastleuni.bsky.social ✨🎉
Very grateful to my amazing LOC who made everything run so smoothly! @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social
@bethmg.bsky.social Steph Campbell, Carola Zanoletti, Carolyn Mill, Rose Shepherd
Very grateful to my amazing LOC who made everything run so smoothly! @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social
@bethmg.bsky.social Steph Campbell, Carola Zanoletti, Carolyn Mill, Rose Shepherd
A couple more talks by myself and Jürgen 🔭
December 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM
A couple more talks by myself and Jürgen 🔭
Looking spectacular tonight! 😍
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Looking spectacular tonight! 😍
Dr Jürgen Schmoll giving a great talk about astrophotography on our cruise 📷🌌
@gostargazing.bsky.social @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
@gostargazing.bsky.social @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Dr Jürgen Schmoll giving a great talk about astrophotography on our cruise 📷🌌
@gostargazing.bsky.social @durhamuniversity.bsky.social
@gostargazing.bsky.social @durhamuniversity.bsky.social