sam 💫
@samanthawong.bsky.social
(she/her) PhD student at McGill studying gamma-ray astrophysics with the VERITAS telescopes 🔭⚡️ | @astrobites.bsky.social author ☄️
happy new years i made my cat a hat and she hates it
January 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
happy new years i made my cat a hat and she hates it
pls appreciate that I put a hat on the observatory (and pray for me that it is somehow not cloudy for my event :))
December 6, 2024 at 10:09 PM
pls appreciate that I put a hat on the observatory (and pray for me that it is somehow not cloudy for my event :))
observing day 10/10(!) terrible weather, sat in the control room all night to follow up a gravitational wave through the clouds ☁️
November 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
observing day 10/10(!) terrible weather, sat in the control room all night to follow up a gravitational wave through the clouds ☁️
Observing day 5?/10 (losing track tbh) and finally spotted a coati (a desert raccoon)!!
November 26, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Observing day 5?/10 (losing track tbh) and finally spotted a coati (a desert raccoon)!!
Observing day 3/10! Venus sighting while looking for ringtails 🦝 before observations
November 22, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Observing day 3/10! Venus sighting while looking for ringtails 🦝 before observations
Just started day 1/10 of a yearly observing shift! gamma-ray observatories are different than others, so wanted to share a day in the life!
Winter shifts are pretty brutal —we’re working 15h sunset to sunrise and drive back up the mountain to get to the dorms (the telescopes are at the bottom).
Winter shifts are pretty brutal —we’re working 15h sunset to sunrise and drive back up the mountain to get to the dorms (the telescopes are at the bottom).
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Just started day 1/10 of a yearly observing shift! gamma-ray observatories are different than others, so wanted to share a day in the life!
Winter shifts are pretty brutal —we’re working 15h sunset to sunrise and drive back up the mountain to get to the dorms (the telescopes are at the bottom).
Winter shifts are pretty brutal —we’re working 15h sunset to sunrise and drive back up the mountain to get to the dorms (the telescopes are at the bottom).