Erin M. May, PhDI've arrived to the conference and my poster is all hung up and ready to go! Excited for the #Science talks that start tomorrow and to see all my colleagues that I haven't seen in 2+ years!
(CW: image contains eye contact)
If you're interested in reading the paper that this poster is about, check it out here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15059
A New Analysis of 8 Spitzer Phase Curves and Hot Jupiter Population Trends: Qatar-1b, Qatar-2b, WASP-52b, WASP-34b, and WASP-140b
With over 30 phase curves observed during the warm Spitzer mission, the complete data set provides a wealth of information relating to trends and three-dimensional properties of hot Jupiter atmospheres. In this work we present a comparative study of seven new Spitzer phase curves for four planets with equilibrium temperatures of T$_{eq}\sim$ 1300K: Qatar-2b, WASP-52b, WASP-34b, and WASP-140b, as well as the reanalysis of the 4.5 $\micron$ Qatar-1b phase curve due to the similar equilibrium temperature. In total, five 4.5 $\micron$ phase curves and three 3.6 $\micron$ phase curves are analyzed here with a uniform approach. Using these new results, in combination with literature values for the entire population of published Spitzer phase curves of hot Jupiters, we present evidence for a linear trend of increasing hot spot offset with increasing orbital period, as well as observational evidence for two classes of planets in apparent redistribution vs. equilibrium temperature parameter space, and tentative evidence for a dependence of hot spot offset on planetary surface gravity in our $\sim$ 1300 K sample. We do not find trends in apparent heat redistribution with orbital period or gravity. Non-uniformity in literature Spitzer data analysis techniques precludes a definitive determination of the sources or lack of trends.
Also, yes, my poster IS hot pink! Thanks for noticing!
Pink is my favorite color and this poster I decided I didn't care if people found my poster "unprofessional" because of the color, I wanted to have fun with it!
Lots of other people made fun colored posters for this conference too, and I'm excited to see them all!
What matters is the science, not the colors and designs you use (as long as it's legible!)
Jim@_astronoMay It is my six yr. old's favourite colour. He made me paint an RC car in it, which of course I did. It looks crazy.
@_astronoMay I remember being stood before the paint cans and him zooming in on the hot pink. I just thought 'I can always do another shell at some point' but his enthusiasm for it really grew on me so it has stayed!
Christopher@_astronoMay
There's no reason why having style should be seen as unprofessional, and I'm really tired of academics and institutions that think otherwise.
You need style to communicate ideas to the public. The public cares about aesthetic. There's no reason that shouldn't carry over into your academic work, either.
Plus, academics care about style, too, even if they think they're above all that. Being confronted by that fact and being uncomfortable is *their* problem.
@Kichae
totally agree!
totally agree!
P Stewart@Kichae @_astronoMay Yep. While doing my master's a bunch of my cohort butted heads with the department over the claim that having a distinctive writing style *at all* was considered problematic, and that being able to convey things clearly to the *public* was not just terrible but unethical.
I'll never understand that mindset. It definitely wasn't explained to us (other than in circular, "it's unprofessional because it's inappropriate because it's unprofessional" ways).
@pstewart
That's fascinating and infuriating, and way beyond what I experienced. I just tried to convince other grad students to engage in discussions online, and they refused because "why would I want to do that?" and "I can't put that on my CV".
@_astronoMay
That's fascinating and infuriating, and way beyond what I experienced. I just tried to convince other grad students to engage in discussions online, and they refused because "why would I want to do that?" and "I can't put that on my CV".
@_astronoMay
@Kichae @_astronoMay I saw some of that within my cohort too, but it was just long enough back that "internet, scholarship, pick one" was still taken for granted. (And history can be a pretty conservative discipline methodologically speaking too.)
The deep, active hostility towards being accessible to the public was just stunning though. (And great for morale since public history was the *entire point of the program* for a dozen or so of us in that year's cohort!)
@pstewart @_astronoMay I genuinely do not understand the hostility toward public scholarship. Like, sure, ok, maybe the top schools don't consider it when assessing candidates or tenure applications, but, well... What's the point of adding to the body of human knowledge if you're just going to keep it tied up in arcane scrolls?
And to actively gatekeep it, rather than just not personally want to get involved?
That's wild.
mafe en españa@_astronoMay Pink is one of the best colors ever created!
apm77@_astronoMay The transfeminine community I'm part of has a word which roughly means "inspirational" and more specifically describes someone in whom we catch a glimpse of our own inner woman. I hope it pleases you to hear that you and your boldly feminine stylistic choices definitely qualify for me. (Though colours wise I lean more towards purple.)
penguin42@_astronoMay Oof as a CS person rather than a planet hunter, the thought of worrying about *intra*pixel variation is somewhat hairy!
absolutely terrifying detector effect! Can be 10x larger than our planet signal! We expect some of the JWST detectors will behave similarly, unfortunately
Beilby@_astronoMay why does Mastodon consider your photo sensitive content?
I marked it as sensitive! On mastodon many people hide pictures that may be triggering for others, such as those with eye contact, animals, etc.
There are options in your settings to always auto show sensitive content or things that are behind content warnings if you want :)
@_astronoMay ok, wow.
A picture with someone looking at the camera can trigger people?! Isn't that like, every profile pic?
A picture with someone looking at the camera can trigger people?! Isn't that like, every profile pic?
jeyradan@_astronoMay I just want to a) say your cool-coloured mask is great and b) explicitly thank you for wearing one at your conference.