Pratik Gandhi
astrogandhi.bsky.social
Pratik Gandhi
@astrogandhi.bsky.social
Astro PhD student @UC Davis, interested in low-mass galaxies and simulations. Originally from Mumbai, undergrad Yale '18. Involved in Astrobites and AoT Davis. he/him
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I'll be at #AAS243 this week! I'm speaking on Monday at 2pm in Session 157 on our new *spectacular star* discovered in SDSS-V @milkywaymapper.bsky.social 🌟💥
January 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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#AAS243 we have a booth in the exhibit hall! Stop by for goodies like stickers and pins, and during the morning poster sessions this week we’ll have “meet the authors” where you can come by any ask us any questions! 📝✨
January 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM
I'll be at #AAS243, giving my dissertation talk on Thursday the 11th from 10-11:30am! Come by to learn about Local Group low-mass galaxies and how their fossil record sheds light on the high-z universe, complementing direct JWST observations -- session 416, room 210! ✨
January 5, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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The shadow through the leaves is making a million pinhole cameras. #solareclipse2023
October 14, 2023 at 4:47 PM
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JWST can produce beautiful images, but it's not quite a point-and-shoot camera.

For example, the stars in the Pillars of Creation don't actually have black centers, it's an artifact introduced by the NIRCam detector.

🧵 on JWST image artifacts. 🔭🧪
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Learn more: webbtelescope.org/contents/art...
October 2, 2023 at 2:54 PM
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"Please explain this gap in your resume"

Oh I'm sorry Mr. LaTeX formatting genius
"Please explain this gap in your resume"

It was a well-known retail store back when I worked there.
"Please explain this gap in your resume"

ToTK
September 29, 2023 at 6:12 PM
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Girls do think about the Romans. The Romans(pace Telescope).
September 22, 2023 at 4:32 AM
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So, it’s looking like COVID is really ripping through communities, finally felling people who’ve avoided it so far. As a member of team “I am totally screwed if I get COVID again”, here is some stuff you might want to consider layering on until more boosters are distributed and surges slow.
September 21, 2023 at 2:09 AM