JWST cycle 5 personal statistics: participated to 66 proposals (~2.24% of the total, ~2940), total requested time ~4000 hr (~50% of the available time, ~8000hr). Estimated over-subscription rate is about 11-12, so only 5-7 proposals will survive in the end 🥲...

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

Experience the Cosmic Cliffs like never before! #NASAWebb’s iconic image of dusty “mountains” and “valleys” is featured in a new 3D visualization from NASA’s Universe of Learning: webbtelescope.pub/4jRHIh9 🔭 🧪

New AASTeX just dropped! Are you considering submitting a paper to an AAS journal? There’s a new tool available now to help you prepare your manuscript. aasnova.org/2025/03/04/a... 🔭

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

I am sad to let everyone in the astronomy community know that Glenn Schneider passed away yesterday. I've worked together with him closely in the past decade and learned a lot from him. He had a long career, culminating in various HST related projects. He was a lead scientist of the NICMOS project,

I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

I ran almost every moring during the #dg2024 conference and logged 70+ km running distance in Hiroshima. Enjoyed the mountains, the trails, the falling leaves and singing birds. I am thinking of planning my next visit to Japan very soon.

Tanio Diaz-Santos kicks off the meeting with a fantastic review of what we've learned about LIRGs and hidden starbursts/AGN with JWST from PHANGS and GOALS. Thanks for the shoutout to our 2022 paper on AGN feedback in NGC7469 and all the fantastic work from GOALS! Spitzer didn't solve everything 😆

Some random photos of #GeminidsMeteorShower last night from 11:00 pm-1:30 am, shot near the Saguaro NP, Tucson, AZ. Clearly it was not the peak with a ZHR < 40-50 (roughly estimated).

I guess the meteor shower would be more spectacular for people in Asia. (UTC 19:00, Dec 14)