A/Prof Natasha Hurley-Walker
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A/Prof Natasha Hurley-Walker
@colourfulcosmos.bsky.social
Radio astronomer, transport cyclist, board gamer, mum of two, survivor of the great Xodus 2024
Or have a play with our interactive optical/radio viewer and watch our video about it here: www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
A new, expansive view of the Milky Way reveals our Galaxy in unprecedented radio colour - ICRAR
Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled.
www.icrar.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We used the Murchison Widefield Array telescope to make these observations back in 2013 to 2018, but it's taken until the last few years for the computers and algorithms to catch up with the data! This view won't be bettered until the low-frequency part of the SKA observatory is complete.
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The map is ten times more sensitive than and covers twice the area of my previous efforts with GLEAM, and was created by my amazing PhD student Silvia Mantovanini! She worked with a supercomputer at @pawseycentre.bsky.social for a whole year of her thesis to create this.
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The slide with that moon certainly provoked some nervous laughter. A lot of audience members with Majora's Mask childhood trauma 😆
January 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I only had room for the Akkala Ancient Tech lab, but duly noted for next time :D
January 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Loving all the requests for slides and recordings, but it was a very participatory experience, where I had folks make measurements, pitch ideas, and generally argue just like a real academic conference. Happy to run it again -- DM me!
January 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
*I* would be interested in the historical influences on video games! I'm sort of embarrassed to say that I learned about the Muslim conquest of Spain in the 700s because I went down an internet rabbithole of trying to find out why the Gerudo Valley theme tune is so amazing.
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Is it a selection effect?
December 12, 2024 at 11:46 PM
May you add me too, please?
December 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM
It's always reassuring to hear that data reduction rabbitholes are extant all across astronomy and not just one's own domain 😅
December 10, 2024 at 12:09 AM