Hello #Astrodon

I'm a gravitational-wave astronomer researching the formation and evolution of black holes and neutron stars

I primarily work on LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA data analysis, inferring source properties, but I'm also interested in space-based observatories like LISA

I enjoy #SciComm (I want to get back into blogging https://cplberry.com/blog/), and I'm currently a member of the community-science Gravity Spy project https://gravityspy.org/

I also like cake

#Introduction

Hey #Astrodon folks! I see a lot of yous are migrating to the astrodon instance (and that's great) but PLEASE PLEASE keep using the #Astrodon hashtag somewhere in your posts as some of us might stay on more general servers and I STILL WANT TO FIND YOUR STUFF! 🖤✨

Have a Galactic Day!

My #introduction post was so long ago that I've changed jobs and Tootsville has blown up, so #AllowMeToReintroduceMyself

Professionally, I'm an astronomer at Harvard & Smithsonian studying black holes at the dawn of time and working on the #Chandra X-Ray observatory. #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon

Personally, I like #running, #hiking, #climbing, #camping, etc.

Lately, I've been on a real big #PublicTransit #Rail #Transit kick on here -- #Trains and #Mastodon both go Toot Toot!

Greetings #astrodon world!

I am Matthias, I am director of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and professor at U Potsdam.

I love stars and galaxies, in particular Galactic archeology, galaxy formation, large surveys and big simulations.

Astronomy is not only very cool science, but also part of our culture, and I find science history fascinating.

I also enjoy doing astrophotography (www.astrobin.com/users/GalacticRAVE)

so to make it short: a space nerd.

#introduction

#PaperDay – published today in the #AstronomicalJournal: “The #Arecibo #Galaxy Environment Survey. XII. Optically Dark HI Clouds in the Leo I Group” Taylor et al. 2022. The latest paper from the AGES survey, which I’m PI of. AGES detects radio emission from neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) in galaxies and intergalactic clouds.

The image (figure 5 in the paper) shows the HI clouds between the galaxies M95 and M96.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac96e8

#Astronomy #Astrodon