Who is ready for #SpaceTalkTuesday ????
This week follow along as I walk you through how #JWST observes transiting* #exoplanets, what spectroscopic data looks like straight from the different instruments on the telescope, and why we have/use different instruments
(*there are other ways to observe exoplanets with JWST, but I'll only talk about planets that cross between us and their star in this thread)
Long ๐งต Warning!
check out one of my previous #SpaceTalkTuesday threads on how exoplanets get their names:
https://mastodon.online/@_astronoMay/109269717092820537
WASP stands for the Wide Angle Search for Planets โญ ๐ช ๐ญ
Attached: 1 image That's right - it's #SpaceTalkTuesday time! ๐ ๐ญ ๐ช Today it's going to be a short one all about: ~How We Name Exoplanets~ #astrodon #exoplanet #astronomy #science #scicomm
I have some posts on my old instance @_astronoMay - look for #SpaceTalkTuesday, I think one of the early ones talked about this!
There were some rate limit errors during my #migration to the home of #astrodon & I lost ~25% of my followers, so I'm reposting an #introduction in the hopes they find their way back to me!
I'm Erin! An astrophysicist that studies atmospheres of planets outside our solar system (#exoplanets) using telescopes & climate models ๐ช ๐ญ
When I'm not working on #JWST data, I'm #knitting, #reading, watching Star Trek, or making #stickers
I also love to share #science with others! #SpaceTalkTuesday ๐
Hi #astrodon! I've just #migrated over to this instance so that I don't miss all the fun over here! ๐ช ๐ญ
All my follows/followers are slowly migrating with me, but since my posts stayed behind I'll be boosting some of my original #SpaceTalkTuesday threads over to this account (slowly, as to not clog the feed).
Looking forward to getting to know everyone in our little astro community here! ๐ ๐
#Science #Astronomy #Academia (is there an official Academia hashtag on mastodon yet??)
pretty much! If you search through the #SpaceTalkTuesday hashtag I have some older threads about how we find these planets.
574 Posts, 185 Following, 5.7K Followers ยท Professional Astrophysicist. Crafting Enthusiast. You can find me studying atmospheres of planets around far away stars with space telescopes (she/her) Header picture is from a simulation of the atmosphere of an Earth-like exoplanet. Other things I like and will occasionally toot about: Star Trek, Knitting, Books, Cats (all follows welcome, no need to ask!)
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