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Prajwel Joseph
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Project scientist at the AstroSat UVIT Payload Operations Centre, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. http://prajwel.github.io
A rare case of large AstroSat pointing drift captured in UVIT visible channel images

UVIT VIS channel captures images every second, used for telescope pointing drift correction. This movie, created from ~600 VIS channel images, highlights a particularly severe but rare case.
October 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
ARTSonomy!

Bringing arts and astronomy together at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.

#astronomy #arts #IIAPBangalore #bengaluru #bangalore #nationalscienceday
March 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AstroSat UVIT observation of SN 2023ixf! #AstroSat #UVIT #SN2023ixf
February 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Version 2: A simple @manim_community animation to show how AstroSat UVIT observes the sky in photon counting mode. If you are interested, the source code is at https://github.com/prajwel/manim_stuff
February 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A simple @manim_community animation to show how AstroSat UVIT observes the sky in photon counting mode. source: https://github.com/prajwel/manim_stuff/blob/main/UVIT_photon_counting_mode_animation.py
February 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We studied the effect of Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) on star formation in the galaxy NGC 3982 using GALEX, MaNGA, and VLASS data in a new article (Accepted in A&A). The manuscript (check out the interactive figure inside!): https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.04914 @sdssurveys @plotlygraphs
February 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM