Initial sky localization. 90% area 1,200 sq deg.

Initial three-dimensional volume localization. Distance around 96 Mpc.

Oo! Interesting #GravitationalWave candidate #S251112cm potentially from a *subsolar* mass source

If real, the source is probably has chirp mass ~0.1–0.87 solar masses

False alarm rate 1 in 6.2 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
Rating 📏🍬

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GR & Amaldi logo, a reference to the Scottish flag and an inspiralling binary Designed by Shai Rilov

Excited for #GR24Amaldi16: there will be so many excellent talks and posters

Early registration deadline is Friday 9 May

iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1...

Our website includes more information for those considering travel, e.g., visas, funding support, transport links

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@merrdiff.bsky.social !!! So great to connect with you after all these years & see that you are doing cool astronomy work too!!

Summiting Eagle Cap for 2nd time (Fall 2024)—first summit in 2015 & failed summit attempt in 2022. Best views up there & got to share it with Pris! #Hiking #backpacking #summit #EagleCap #GoProMAX
#IndigenousHiker #TrailblazingNiitsitapi #BlackfootHiker

I remember her PhD work & maybe NASA. Had no idea about marriage (CONGRATULATIONS!) and law school--awesome! Recently went thru exercise of LHO operators...think I worked with Dani from around 2006-2010-ish. Please say "hi" to her for me & wish her luck on the bar!! :)

Ohhhh, Dani!! Yes, that's right--I remember she was our Laser Safety Officer way back when! Now you got me trippin' then. Maybe there was a time we did have a recorded voice! (and maybe only the Laser Safety Officer would do this). My memory could definitely be off! :)

Oh interesting. Now I'm curious about this announcement!

And I wonder if I met your wife. I've been an operator at LIGO Hanford Observatory since '98. :)

"...terminal that uses text-to-speech software to create a "verbal alarm"" that announces different states/alarms for the detector. (thought this was computer voice)

Would it be that voice perhaps? If so, I could try to record it during my eve shifts this/next week. Hope this helps! :)

Hey @asleepywanderer.bsky.social & @sevenrasmussen.com:
Ooo, what voice we are talking about? Whenever operators announce we are Laser SAFE/HAZARD, we speak over the intercom (hate hearing my voice! LOL).

However, since about 2015 (when aLIGO went online), we have used a script "run from a...

LIGO -- Dave Reitze We have Detected Gravitational Waves YouTube video by sciencejedi

Nine years ago we announced to the world that we have detected #GravitationalWaves we did it!

youtu.be/lslUF9gdYI8

Excited to be a part of this online-event:
"More #Blackfoot Legends of the Cosmos"
(This Sunday at 4pm (PST) & 5pm (MST). Limited tickets available; link below & in my bio.)

Got mom set up on zoom yesterday!

Art CREDIT: Souta Calling Last

Event Tickets LINK: bit.ly/BlackfootLeg...

I miss shelter cove!!

Take me with you! 🥰

Awww, I miss Perseus & you!!

Show Your Stripes Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

A graphic showing the change in temperature since 1850 in Seattle. You can look up your own location here:
showyourstripes.info/c/northameri...

Those Ghibli Clouds!! ☁️

@Caltech Magazine Published An Article This Week About My Headdress Transfer Ceremony!
(link in my bio & below)
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2nd photo is a screenshot of the front page of Caltech's webpage!
LINK: magazine.caltech.edu/post/ligo-bl...
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#SiksikaNation #Blackfoot #Caltech #CaltechMagazine
#saaam
#headdress

I started a #NativesinSTEM starter pack. If you want to be added, tell me a little bit about yourself, including who your people are and what you study

go.bsky.app/4hoZMPV

@taramcallister.bsky.social I'll try to figure out how to turn this into a feed too.

Oh, another friend on here mentioned me and then I think you added me. :) And thanks for explaining how Starter Packs work! :)

I'm not totally sure how a Starter Pack works, but it looks like I'm added, I clicked the Follow All button, and I introduced myself! Look forward to connectin' with ya'll! :)

LIGO Operator Presented with Blackfoot Headdress — Caltech Magazine Caltech's Corey Gray honored by the Siksika Nation for his work in gravitational-wave science. by Whitney Clavin Corey Gray, a senior operations specialist for the Laser Interferometer Gravitatio...

#GravitationalWaves from colliding black holes (helping confirm Einstein's work!) AAND:
I had Sharon Yellowfly (my mom!) translate the press release into Blackfoot! Oh & here's an article from Caltech from a couple days ago about my Headdress transfer in Jun2024:
magazine.caltech.edu/post/ligo-bl...

Oki All! Looks like I'm added but I didn't share about myself! (I'm a total bsky newbie!)
I’m Corey Gray; member of the #SiksikaNation (Blackfoot); working at Caltech/LIGO since '98 after finishing undergrad in Physics & Applied Math.
We made news in 2016 for the historic discovery of....

Oh and I forgot—I work at the LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington state. 🤓

Oki @asleepywanderer.bsky.social, @astroholbrook.bsky.social, @ordinarystarman.bsky.social !
I’m Blackfoot (Siksika Nation). There is also a newly formed Society Of Indigenous Physicists too!

Oki/Hello!
Excited to return to #Blackfoot lands in #Mohkinstsis/#Calgary in a few weeks & share about #LIGOVirgoKAGRA, #GravitationalWaves, #SharonYellowfly's translations of #astrophysics, & #SciComm at #CCTC2024!
LINK: www.cctca.com
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#ScienceCommunication #SiksikaNation #AlbertaBound #NerdAlert

Reading Time With Pris Tonight.
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#LandBack #IndigenousLand #Doggo #RelenrlessIndigenousWoman #Reading

I Want To Go To THERE!

Any high school physics teachers wanna visit LIGO Hanford Observatory in WA state next summer for a week-long workshop in #GravitationalWave #Astronomy?
Apply Here: www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-...
And please SHARE!
Below are photos of a #LIGOmagazine article and photos of the 2023 teachers.

In the US, you can order a copy of #REFLECTIONS from California #Indigenous-owned book store #QuietQuailBooks here:
quietquailbooks.com/shop-books/p...
#Blackfoot #Yurok #IndigenousFuturism #SciFi #SiksikaNation #niitsitapi #ChagLowry #EliHyder #CoreyGray #comic #Comics #IndyComics #Astrophysics

Sooo happy to reconnect with my dear friend Mónica (biologist, amazing science communicator)!!
#REFLECTIONS #Blackfoot #Yurok #SiksikaNation #ChagLowry #EliHendry #CoreyGray #IndyComic #SACNAS #SACNISTAS #2023NDiSTEM #SciComm #SciCommExcellence
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