Scott Trager
@sctrager.bsky.social
Geek. Astronomer at Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, U Groningen, NL. Sort of but not quite Dutch. Lover of loud noisy music and good food. WEAVE Project Scientist and Deputy PI. Scientific Director of NOVA but I don’t speak for NOVA on here
And this is what it looks like out the front window. Ah, the NL and NYE fireworks.
December 31, 2024 at 11:12 PM
And this is what it looks like out the front window. Ah, the NL and NYE fireworks.
Happy (almost) New Years! With thanks to @grumpykelson.bsky.social and @rachelpowers.bsky.social , who bought us this bowl many, many years ago!
December 31, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Happy (almost) New Years! With thanks to @grumpykelson.bsky.social and @rachelpowers.bsky.social , who bought us this bowl many, many years ago!
Better resolution version of the picture - no Photoshop, no AI - all practical lighting effects! Credit: Reyer Boxem
December 17, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Better resolution version of the picture - no Photoshop, no AI - all practical lighting effects! Credit: Reyer Boxem
The final slide of the symposium: “looking forward to the next 25 years of NOVA” - aren’t we all!
December 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
The final slide of the symposium: “looking forward to the next 25 years of NOVA” - aren’t we all!
Søren shows the work of our joint (wonderful) PhD student Svea Hernandez, who determined abundances in the globular clusters in Centaurus A!
December 13, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Søren shows the work of our joint (wonderful) PhD student Svea Hernandez, who determined abundances in the globular clusters in Centaurus A!
Last talk of the symposium: Søren Larsen takes us out of the Milky Way to ask how typical the MW actually is? #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Last talk of the symposium: Søren Larsen takes us out of the Milky Way to ask how typical the MW actually is? #NOVA25science
Amina Helmi leads out the last session of the symposium charting the rise of Galactic archaeology over the past 25 years #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Amina Helmi leads out the last session of the symposium charting the rise of Galactic archaeology over the past 25 years #NOVA25science
Maite Wilhelm closes the session by describing “Simulating Stellar Clusters” formation #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Maite Wilhelm closes the session by describing “Simulating Stellar Clusters” formation #NOVA25science
Sarah Brands follows now to discuss low-metallicity massive stars, like in the Magellanic Clouds #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Sarah Brands follows now to discuss low-metallicity massive stars, like in the Magellanic Clouds #NOVA25science
Lex Kaper takes us into the next session - star formation near and far - with the formation of the most-massive stars #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Lex Kaper takes us into the next session - star formation near and far - with the formation of the most-massive stars #NOVA25science
One of BlackGEM’s transients is actually in a Euclid early-release image!
December 13, 2024 at 1:02 PM
One of BlackGEM’s transients is actually in a Euclid early-release image!
Paul Groot now closes the transient session with a summary of “Time-domain astronomy” #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Paul Groot now closes the transient session with a summary of “Time-domain astronomy” #NOVA25science
There’s a new class of radio variables with periods of a few hours - at least one is a brown dwarf-neutron star binary…
December 13, 2024 at 12:44 PM
There’s a new class of radio variables with periods of a few hours - at least one is a brown dwarf-neutron star binary…
Antonia Rowlinson continues the session, connecting gamma ray bursts with (“not-so-“) fast radio bursts #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Antonia Rowlinson continues the session, connecting gamma ray bursts with (“not-so-“) fast radio bursts #NOVA25science
Now Jason Hessels tells us about Fast Radio Bursts
December 13, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Now Jason Hessels tells us about Fast Radio Bursts
Back after lunch with Philipp Mösta, who is telling us about “Extreme transients - connecting observations and theory” #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Back after lunch with Philipp Mösta, who is telling us about “Extreme transients - connecting observations and theory” #NOVA25science
Now @gijsnelemans.bsky.social and Andrew Levan introduce our session on transients - gravitational waves as astrophysical probes #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Now @gijsnelemans.bsky.social and Andrew Levan introduce our session on transients - gravitational waves as astrophysical probes #NOVA25science
We finish the sessio with @donnainfiorino.bsky.social telling us all about carbon chemistry in space: “the aromatic cosmos” #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 10:27 AM
We finish the sessio with @donnainfiorino.bsky.social telling us all about carbon chemistry in space: “the aromatic cosmos” #NOVA25science
Ko-Ju Chang describes the great work being done in the Leiden astrochemical laboratory on molecular astrophysics #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Ko-Ju Chang describes the great work being done in the Leiden astrochemical laboratory on molecular astrophysics #NOVA25science
And now she shows Melissa McClure’s spectacular ice data from JWST #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 10:06 AM
And now she shows Melissa McClure’s spectacular ice data from JWST #NOVA25science
Serena shows the amazing JWST spectra of a merging galaxy full of water by @astrovicto.bsky.social #NOVA25science
December 13, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Serena shows the amazing JWST spectra of a merging galaxy full of water by @astrovicto.bsky.social #NOVA25science
Serena opens her talk… (picture upload test!)
December 13, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Serena opens her talk… (picture upload test!)
The S8 tension rears its head!
December 13, 2024 at 8:19 AM
The S8 tension rears its head!