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Anne-Marie Weijmans

@amweijmans.bsky.social

Astronomer, oboist, knitter - @sdssurveys.bsky.social Data Product Manager - Public Engagement

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Anne-Marie Weijmans@amweijmans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On Friday I'll be in an amphitheatre in Pitlochry to talk and answer questions about space! I've been promised that there will be no lions set loose, but there will be drinks and baps: www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/spa...

Space - What is out there? | Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Join astrophysicist Dr Anne-Marie Weijmans as she takes us on a journey through the Universe and the remarkable space objects within it. Together, we'll explore questions like: Was there ever life on ...

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Sloan Digital Sky Surveys@sdssurveys.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fast and furious! Check out this discovery of the fastest ultraviolet wind ever detected near a supermassive black hole, with gas racing at 30% of the speed of light! www.yorku.ca/news/2026/06...

Fastest and most furious ultraviolet wind near a black hole found by York University researchers - News@York

A team led by York University researchers has discovered the fastest wind near a supermassive black hole ever found at ultraviolet wavelengths, driven by the disc of matter, or quasar, surrounding the...

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper@localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📃Check out this paper: "SDSS-V LVM: A Spatially Resolved Study of the Physical Conditions and the Chemical Abundance Discrepancy in the Lagoon Nebula (M 8)" (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026ApJ....) if you want to read about the abundance discrepancy problem in the Lagoon Nebula with LVM ✨🔭

SDSS-V LVM: A Spatially Resolved Study of the Physical Conditions and the Chemical Abundance Discrepancy in the Lagoon Nebula (M 8)

The abundance discrepancy problem refers to the systematic differences observed between chemical abundances derived from collisionally excited lines (CELs) and recombination lines (RLs) of heavy ions....

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Dr Ryan MacDonald@distantworlds.space · 7mo ago

🚨 Job vacancy! We are recruiting a Computing Officer for the School of Physics and Astronomy at St Andrews ⚛️🔭 High-Performance Computing is critical to our work on understanding the Universe, including the search for life on other planets. 🪐🧑‍💻🖥️ www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Computing Officer (Academic Computing) - AD2860

Computing Officer (Academic Computing) - AD2860, IT Services Salary: Grade 6 / £38,784-£46,049pa Start date: 1 June 2026 Full time Permanent, <p style="color: #212529; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0...

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper@localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📃Check out this paper: "Unified Spectrospatial Forward Models: Spatially Continuous Maps of Weak Emission Lines in the Rosette Nebula with SDSS-V LVM" (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026ApJ....) if you want to see spectrospatial models applied to LVM data of the Rosette Nebula ✨🔭

Unified Spectrospatial Forward Models: Spatially Continuous Maps of Weak Emission Lines in the Rosette Nebula with SDSS-V LVM

Analyses of integral field unit data are typically performed on a per-spaxel basis, with each spectrum modelled independently. For low signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) features such as weak emission lines,...

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper@localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📃Check out this paper: "SDSS-V LVM: Collisionless Shocks in the Supernova Remnant RCW86" (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026ApJ....) if you want to learn about shocks in RCW 86 with LVM ✨🔭

SDSS-V LVM: Collisionless Shocks in the Supernova Remnant RCW86

The supernova remnant (SNR) RCW86 is among the few SNRs with Balmer-emission lines containing broad and narrow spectral components that trace fast, nonradiative shocks in partially ionized gas. These ...

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Rita Tojeiro@ritatojeiro.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Come work with me! I'm hiring a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the link between large scale structure and galaxy evolution using DESI data. The position is for 3 years, starting Oct 1st 2026. Details in the link below. www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Research Fellow - AR3245

Research Fellow - AR3245, School of Physics and Astronomy Salary: £38,784 - £42,254 per annum Start Date: 1 October 2026 Hours: 36.25 hours per week Fixed Term - 36 months, <p style="text-align: justi...

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper@localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📃Check out this paper: "SDSS-V LVM: Resolving physical conditions in the Trifid Nebula"(www.aanda.org/articles/aa/...) if you want to learn about resolved and integrated electron densities, temperatures and oxygen abundances in the Trifid Nebula with LVM ✨🔭

SDSS-V LVM: Resolving physical conditions in the Trifid Nebula | Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is an international journal which publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics

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St Andrews School of Physics and Astronomy@physastrostand.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We welcome applications for consideration for this year's UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships. Internal deadline is 2nd Feb. Please email physdor@st-andrews.ac.uk for the UstA UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships application form. Call details are on: www.ukri.org/what-we-do/d...

Future Leaders Fellowships

Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) support talented people in universities, businesses, and other research and innovation environments. They also allow universities, research institutes, independent res...

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper@localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📃Check out this paper: "SDSS-V LVM: Detectability of Wolf-Rayet stars and their HeII ionizing flux in low-metallicity environments: I. The weak-lined, early-type WN3 stars in the SMC"(ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...) if you want to learn about Wolf-Rayet stars with LVM ✨🔭

SDSS-V LVM: Detectability of Wolf-Rayet stars and their He II ionizing flux in low-metallicity environments: I. The weak-lined, early-type WN3 stars in the SMC

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is the nearest low-metallicity dwarf galaxy. Its proximity and low reddening has enabled us to detect its Wolf-Rayet (WR) star population with 12 known objects. Quanti...

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SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper@localvolumemapper.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📃Check out this paper: "SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM): revealing the structure of the Rosette Nebula"(ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRA...) if you want to see the Rosette Nebula with LVM ✨🔭

SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM): revealing the structure of the Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula is a well-known H II region shaped by the interaction of gas with the OB stars of the NGC 2244 stellar association. Located within the remnant of a giant molecular cloud, it exhibit...

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