plot of JWST/HST proposal submissions with time for current and recent cycles.

~2500 JWST proposals
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Two observations of the galaxy NGC 1512 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered and circular, with two prominent dust lanes crossing the large diagonal bar structure appearing toward the top left and bottom right. The central bar is blue at top, looking like a gap until a closer examination shows it feeds a larger, oval shape that looks braided with many spiral arms. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange. In Hubble’s image the bar is a light pinkish-brown and the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters and dark brown dust lanes.

And by popular request, high-res versions of the split-view Hubble and JWST images of PHANGS galaxies are now available to download. 🔭

Scroll to the bottom of the page here:
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...

Select your favorite galaxy, and then choose a Webb + Hubble option on the left sidebar.

The LGBTQ+ STEM Day logo (a stylized atom with the rainbow colors featuring in the external overlaps of the orbital ellipses) followed by LGBTQ+ STEM Day - and below the two versions of the hashtag #LGBTSTEMDAY or # LGBTQSTEMDAY and in between it’s written November 18. The background is a rainbow palette with a faint lattice structure.

Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM #LGBTQSTEMDay to all the brilliant folks in our community!

And here in the UK, it’s the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28 so join us in saying #NeverAgain to state sanction bullying and ignorance.

Dark Matter-Hunting Euclid Reveals Astonishing First Full-Color Images Of The Cosmos Never before has a space telescope achieved such high precision in a single sitting.

The first science images from Euclid are here and they are incredible!

Here’s the plot you all *really* wanted to see. Staggering numbers of JWST proposals submitted for Cycle 3, probably boosted by “easy” resubmissions of unsuccessful Cycle 2’s, which was < 1 yr ago. 🧪🔭

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Oh wow, that's a super helpful blog post you wrote! Thank you so much for dharing your work flow :)

Thanks! I am still in Heidelberg indeed, so that would be an option.
I've also heard about Zotfile to specifically sync Zotero - I'll probably try out different things.

Hey academic bluesky, does anyone have a recommendation for a tablet to digitally annotate papers?
I’d like to sync pdfs with my laptop so they appear in my Zotero citation manager. Did anyone manage to set up something like that? Thanks! 🙏

Hello! First post: Paper Day🥳 We mapped the intrinsic Ly-alpha nebulae around eight of some of the most powerful radio AGN (type-2 quasars) at 2.9<z<4.6 by |Taking care of the natural hydrogen absorption|
Check it on arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2309.15144

Best #astronomy title of the day (contents are nice also)

"WTH! Wok the Hydrogen: Measurement of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen in Noisy Urban Environment Using Kitchenware" arxiv.org/abs/2309.15163

Four authors from HKUST built a $150 teaching-lab radio telescope out of ... well, read the title 🧪🔭

🔭 Oops, forgot the telescope emoji

How can we study (quasar) outflows in the mid-infrared with JWST? 🤔
Here's a great summary of our latest #Q3D study lead by D. Rupke - a cross-comparison of MIR & optical tracers: aasnova.org/2023/08/23/j...

A screenshot of the start of the blog post.

New to Bluesky? I just made a blog post with tips and information to help you get started on the platform, including tips on how to find people here and information about feeds.

Check it out! 🔭

emilydoesastro.com/posts/230824...

Psst... new skeeters... do you like astronomy? Then you should check out the astronomy feed!