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Katy Proctor

@AstroK80

final-year PhD student @ICRAR

 Perth, Western Australia
Joined May 2019
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am back to using @matplotlib to recreate physics related album covers...
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5. Another @ICRAR PhD student, Katy Proctor (@AstroK80), describing her work on intra-halo light and what it can tell us about galaxy assembly. Very cool research and I’m looking forward to seeing where this work goes 🌟
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Harassment experiences are common in Astronomy but navigating them can be a nightmare...♥️ Here are 10 ways we can improve support resources in astronomy 👇♥️ baas.aas.org/pub/2023i020/re…
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i think you should be required to look at this graph and explain what it shows before you can enter general society
Image from anna !!! :)) 🇵🇸🌸✨🌸🇵🇸 (@frogs4girls)
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Having fun discussing galaxy decomposition in Leiden today! Thanks @mschaller_ for organising 😊
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ANU say that it’s unethical to stick to the government stipend amount 🤔Any plans to match this at @uwanews? @UWAresearch @ProfChakma @perth_meso_dr @colmer_tim
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Very happy to hear that ANU is raising the minimum PhD stipend from $28,854 to $34,000 in Oct - an increase of about $100 a week (scholarships are tax-free). Still not much money but definitely heading in the right direction.
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Very happy to be back under moody Scottish skies after being away for so long. Also a nice surprise to see an astronomer has made it onto the currency since I was last home!
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new album drop, except it’s my thesis (photo from submission last month!) @ICRAR @UWAresearch
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AAS Nova@AASNova1 Mar 2022
Counting Clusters to Probe Ancient Star Formation @astrobites's @AstroK80 reports on @NASAHubble observations of globular clusters in an ultra-diffuse galaxy. What can these observations tell us about this galaxy’s star-formation history? aasnova.org/2022/03/01/count… @princetonideas
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ALT picture of a globular cluster

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Wordle 214 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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apologies to @ManasveeSaraf for having to deal with my reaction to this
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astrobites@astrobites14 Jan 2022
From @AstroK80: What can counting globular clusters tell us about a galaxy's star formation history? Today's authors investigate using Hubble Space Telescope observations. astrobites.org/2022/01/14/gc…
Counting clusters to probe ancient star formation

Counting clusters to probe ancient star formation

What can counting globular clusters tell us about a galaxy's star formation history? Today's authors investigate using Hubble Space Telescope observations.

astrobites.org
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We had a lot of fun at the Christmas quiz today snatching defeat from the jaws of victory 🥲🎄
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Despite the name, some black holes effectively “shine” as they suck up nearby material with such force that they begin to glow. New research by @ICRAR's @_jessthorne + @SabineBellstedt reveals a new method for detecting these active black holes. @uwanews bit.ly/3DUJ3Ot
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ICRAR@ICRAR1 Dec 2021
What can angular momentum and stellar mass tell us about galaxy evolution? A new paper from ICRAR-@uwanews' Jennifer Hardwick uses @NAICobservatory data to better understand how our local neighbourhood of galaxies formed. @ARC_ASTRO3D @astroquokka icrar.org/arecibo-fall/
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Friday mode of the coffee machine has been unlocked @_jessthorne
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astrobites@astrobites22 Oct 2021
From Astrobites: Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 5th (two weeks away). astrobites.org/2021/10/22/ap…

TWO MORE WEEKS: Apply to Write for Astrobites!

Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 5th (two weeks away).

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astrobites@astrobites4 Oct 2021
From @AstroK80: Are past interactions to blame for the death of isolated, ultra-diffuse galaxies? Today’s authors use the IllustrisTNG simulations to find out. astrobites.org/2021/10/04/de…
The Messy Pasts of Dead Ultra-diffuse Galaxies

The Messy Pasts of Dead Ultra-diffuse Galaxies

Are past interactions to blame for the death of isolated, ultra-diffuse galaxies? Today’s authors use the IllustrisTNG simulations to find out.

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I’ve put together an AGN unification diagram split into radio loud/quiet and low/high EM power. I’ve added rings to show whether a particular combination of radio emission+EM power+geometry is expected to produce broad or narrow emission lines, or MIR, radio, or X-ray emission.
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This is an awesome (and very pretty) resource for teaching/outreach: informationisbeautiful.net/v…
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And the answer that you get when selecting the 'lowest possible' values is... interesting
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