Lisa Kelsey
@lisakelseyastro.bsky.social
Not the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna... ⭐️ Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge ⭐️ Working on the environments of Type Ia Supernovae. ⭐️
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(Formerly @supernova_lisa on the other site)
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First Light for 4MOST!
The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) has captured its very first spectra!
Video Credit: AIP/R. de Jong, AIP/K. Riebe, AIP/A. Saviauk, CRAL/J.-K. Krogager
The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) has captured its very first spectra!
Video Credit: AIP/R. de Jong, AIP/K. Riebe, AIP/A. Saviauk, CRAL/J.-K. Krogager
First Light for 4MOST!
YouTube video by 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
First Light for 4MOST!
The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) has captured its very first spectra!
Video Credit: AIP/R. de Jong, AIP/K. Riebe, AIP/A. Saviauk, CRAL/J.-K. Krogager
The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) has captured its very first spectra!
Video Credit: AIP/R. de Jong, AIP/K. Riebe, AIP/A. Saviauk, CRAL/J.-K. Krogager
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The road has been winding, but the destination is now in sight! 4MOST is almost at first light! Stay tuned 👀
📷: F. Laurent
#4MOST #telescope #astronomy #astrophysics #science #observatory
📷: F. Laurent
#4MOST #telescope #astronomy #astrophysics #science #observatory
October 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The road has been winding, but the destination is now in sight! 4MOST is almost at first light! Stay tuned 👀
📷: F. Laurent
#4MOST #telescope #astronomy #astrophysics #science #observatory
📷: F. Laurent
#4MOST #telescope #astronomy #astrophysics #science #observatory
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Get to know the people working in the UK to make the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST happen. We caught up with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social to find out more about his work with @4most-eu.bsky.social TiDES and what he's looking forward to most about the Rubin survey 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Get to know the people working in the UK to make the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST happen. We caught up with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social to find out more about his work with @4most-eu.bsky.social TiDES and what he's looking forward to most about the Rubin survey 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
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Welcome to the official 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) Bluesky account! Stay tuned for our first-light events coming very soon, and updates on all of the amazing science we will be completing over the years to come!
📷: Y. Beletsky/ESO
#4most #ESO #telescope #astronomy
📷: Y. Beletsky/ESO
#4most #ESO #telescope #astronomy
September 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Welcome to the official 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) Bluesky account! Stay tuned for our first-light events coming very soon, and updates on all of the amazing science we will be completing over the years to come!
📷: Y. Beletsky/ESO
#4most #ESO #telescope #astronomy
📷: Y. Beletsky/ESO
#4most #ESO #telescope #astronomy
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Don't miss our expert @astro-pwise.bsky.social on BBC Four tonight.
He's been speaking with Sky at Night about how astronomers are measuring the expansion of our universe by watching stars explode.
Watch it here from 10pm 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j9vz
He's been speaking with Sky at Night about how astronomers are measuring the expansion of our universe by watching stars explode.
Watch it here from 10pm 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j9vz
September 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don't miss our expert @astro-pwise.bsky.social on BBC Four tonight.
He's been speaking with Sky at Night about how astronomers are measuring the expansion of our universe by watching stars explode.
Watch it here from 10pm 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j9vz
He's been speaking with Sky at Night about how astronomers are measuring the expansion of our universe by watching stars explode.
Watch it here from 10pm 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j9vz
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One of the awesome bits of supernova science I always love is when someone finds a new ancient record of a supernovae! In this case new Arabic records for SN1181 and SN1006 from poems!
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04127
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04127
New Arabic records from Cairo on supernovae 1181 and 1006
The remnant of the historical supernova SN 1181 is under discussion: While the previously suggested G130.7+3.1 (3C58) appears too old (3000-5000 yr), the unusual star IRAS 00500+6713 with a surroundin...
arxiv.org
September 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
One of the awesome bits of supernova science I always love is when someone finds a new ancient record of a supernovae! In this case new Arabic records for SN1181 and SN1006 from poems!
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04127
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04127
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Spot a logo that gives off superhero vibes? 😉
Meet "Fantastic 4MOST", which will soon join our league of extraordinary instruments.
@4most-eu.bsky.social comes packed with superpowers. Discover them: www.eso.org/public/image...
📷 ESO/4MOST/Steffen Frey
🔭 🧪 #instrumentation
Meet "Fantastic 4MOST", which will soon join our league of extraordinary instruments.
@4most-eu.bsky.social comes packed with superpowers. Discover them: www.eso.org/public/image...
📷 ESO/4MOST/Steffen Frey
🔭 🧪 #instrumentation
July 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Spot a logo that gives off superhero vibes? 😉
Meet "Fantastic 4MOST", which will soon join our league of extraordinary instruments.
@4most-eu.bsky.social comes packed with superpowers. Discover them: www.eso.org/public/image...
📷 ESO/4MOST/Steffen Frey
🔭 🧪 #instrumentation
Meet "Fantastic 4MOST", which will soon join our league of extraordinary instruments.
@4most-eu.bsky.social comes packed with superpowers. Discover them: www.eso.org/public/image...
📷 ESO/4MOST/Steffen Frey
🔭 🧪 #instrumentation
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Breaking my Bluesky hiatus to share that our paper on GOTO0650, the new dwarf nova discovered by Kilonova Seekers and followed up with a worldwide team of citizen scientists, was published today in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Read the full press release here: warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...
Read the full press release here: warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...
Public take the lead in discovery of new exploding star
warwick.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Breaking my Bluesky hiatus to share that our paper on GOTO0650, the new dwarf nova discovered by Kilonova Seekers and followed up with a worldwide team of citizen scientists, was published today in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Read the full press release here: warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...
Read the full press release here: warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...
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Hello, hallo, hola and g'day @bsky.app! We're a collection of telescopes, software agents, and actual humans that make up the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) network and collaboration! Follow us to keep up with our adventures in transient astronomy
June 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hello, hallo, hola and g'day @bsky.app! We're a collection of telescopes, software agents, and actual humans that make up the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) network and collaboration! Follow us to keep up with our adventures in transient astronomy
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Hey everyone! Its time for a paper thread! My first here on Bluesky 😁
This time on the weird and wonderful transient AT 2018dyk 😎
You can read along in this thread, or if you'd prefer to get straight to the paper you can find it ...
Via MNRAS: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
This time on the weird and wonderful transient AT 2018dyk 😎
You can read along in this thread, or if you'd prefer to get straight to the paper you can find it ...
Via MNRAS: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
academic.oup.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hey everyone! Its time for a paper thread! My first here on Bluesky 😁
This time on the weird and wonderful transient AT 2018dyk 😎
You can read along in this thread, or if you'd prefer to get straight to the paper you can find it ...
Via MNRAS: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
This time on the weird and wonderful transient AT 2018dyk 😎
You can read along in this thread, or if you'd prefer to get straight to the paper you can find it ...
Via MNRAS: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
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🚨 Exciting announcement 🚨
Professor Dr Isobel Hook has been awarded the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal for her "pioneering" work on distant supernovae and the accelerating universe! 🌌 💫🏅
Congrats Professor Hook! #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy https://buff.ly/3EBkg8f
Professor Dr Isobel Hook has been awarded the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal for her "pioneering" work on distant supernovae and the accelerating universe! 🌌 💫🏅
Congrats Professor Hook! #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy https://buff.ly/3EBkg8f
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚨 Exciting announcement 🚨
Professor Dr Isobel Hook has been awarded the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal for her "pioneering" work on distant supernovae and the accelerating universe! 🌌 💫🏅
Congrats Professor Hook! #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy https://buff.ly/3EBkg8f
Professor Dr Isobel Hook has been awarded the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal for her "pioneering" work on distant supernovae and the accelerating universe! 🌌 💫🏅
Congrats Professor Hook! #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy https://buff.ly/3EBkg8f
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Almost certainly being paranoid, but astronomers: someone outside the US has ADS backed up, right?
February 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Almost certainly being paranoid, but astronomers: someone outside the US has ADS backed up, right?
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I've been trying to get my head around these attempts to erase women from history (see also: covering up photos at the cryptography museum). It's not about equity in future hiring or funding decisions.
It's an implication that women can only be successful though DEI initiatives, not merit. Grim.
It's an implication that women can only be successful though DEI initiatives, not merit. Grim.
NASA did a feature on me last year. It was up this weekend but now when you click on the link you get a 404 message.
February 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I've been trying to get my head around these attempts to erase women from history (see also: covering up photos at the cryptography museum). It's not about equity in future hiring or funding decisions.
It's an implication that women can only be successful though DEI initiatives, not merit. Grim.
It's an implication that women can only be successful though DEI initiatives, not merit. Grim.
Finally given up on the other place - hello Bluesky!
January 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Finally given up on the other place - hello Bluesky!