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astropixie: aurora australis
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Last night the skies over a lot of australia and new zealand glowed - the aurora australis. this photo was captured in perth, western australia by colin legg. You can also see the milky way shooting across the sky and the large magellanic cloud - a small irregular galaxy smudged just at the top of the red glowing gas. The southern hemisphere night sky is so lovely. That is an amazing shot! 3/19/15, 1:41 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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astropixie: How to present science to anyone
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. How to present science to anyone. This article is originally published. In early April 2015. Giving a presentation is your opportunity to share your passion about a topic with an audience and empower them to wonder "why? About the same questions that fascinate you. When the audience walks away with a deeper understanding of something you’ve convinced them is important, they will remember you and what you gave to them. 1 Isolate the BIG IDEA.
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astropixie: Observing Galaxies with SAMI
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Friday, February 20, 2015. Observing Galaxies with SAMI. I've been out at Siding Spring Observatory for the last week observing galaxies for the SAMI survey with the 4-metre Angle-Australian Telescope (AAT). Here's the story. Arrive at siding spring observatory and hope to see crisp blue skies above the telescope dome. Check the instrument hardware. Hope that you get to go for a ride with SAMI at prime focus (spot the astronomer! From a different place across the face...
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astropixie: 05/01/2015 - 06/01/2015
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed. An unexpected part of my position as "outreach officer" has been inheriting the role of "press officer" for the Australian Astronomical Observatory. AAO) this isnt something i want to spend too much time on, but i do enjoy the occasional challenge of turning technical science results into fun stories accessible to media sources and a more general audience. So here you go - new science! Galaxies grow by churni...
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astropixie: 01/01/2015 - 02/01/2015
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Crash course in astronomy. For a great intro to all things astronomy, tune into this crash course. Youtube series about astronomy. Hosted by my friend. Himself, phil plait. Links to this post. Sunday, January 18, 2015. The sirens of titan. I recently finished reading Kurt Vonnegut's second novel, The Sirens of Titan. Saturn's largest moon, Titan (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). Links to this post. Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
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astropixie: 12/01/2014 - 01/01/2015
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Almost time to enjoy sydney's famous end of the year ritual - FIREWORKS! But first, a slightly different perspective of the festive explosions. Flowerworks. Links to this post. Thursday, December 25, 2014. The water is cold and salty, but the activity feels great after a couple months necessary rest. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and manage to get some necessary down time with family and/or friends. Links to this post.
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astropixie: what kills a galaxy?
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Friday, April 17, 2015. What kills a galaxy? Or maybe a more appropriate title is "how do you know when a galaxy is officially old? Anyway, I wrote an article for the conversation. With astronomers Tanya Hill and Sarah Brough describing some new research on how galaxies stop forming stars. Giant galaxies die from the inside when they stop making stars. Galaxy clusters are impressive but do they hinder star formation? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Top 5 Under 40".
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astropixie: 11/01/2014 - 12/01/2014
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. Bouncing on a comet. Humans landed a robot on a comet last week for the first time. yeehaw! A collaboration of scientists and engineers from 20 countries made this happen through the european space agency. Traveled through the solar system for 10 years, getting gravity assists from earth a few times and mars before reaching its destination: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Space craft selfie with its solar panel and comet 67P. It's an excit...
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astropixie: the extended history of astropixie
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Friday, March 27, 2009. The extended history of astropixie. I've been asked a lot lately how i got interested in astronomy, what motivated me to study physics, and what brought about astropixie. So i thought i'd share the stories. My official science career began when i was eighteen and decided to change my undergraduate major to physics. Only to discover i was the sole female among the physics majors! There were always little tricks involved in the solutions and once...
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astropixie: I'm speaking around sydney
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Things and stuff astronomy and life. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. I'm speaking around sydney. If youre in sydney and want to hear some sciencey astro goodness - i'm speaking at a few events you can attend in the next week and a half. I'll think i'll be incredibly exhausted by the end of this run, but i'm really looking forward to ALL the events. let me know if you will be attending any! 1) The Storytelling of Science - Saturday, 16 May 2015, 2-5pm. The Storytelling of Science. Hosted by The Science Nation.
