Helping people better appreciate the world through science and museums! Sometimes tweets about space telescopes, but I only speak for myself. he/him/his
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We were finally given a partial refund last week, but only for "unflown milage". We're still out over $1000 plus the train travel back. Is there anything @Delta can do to help?
I get that things were a mess and don't blame anyone for us missing my first niece's first Christmas, but I am very upset over @Delta not refunding us and assuming they provided a service by getting us to Atlanta.
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The Eagle Nebula offers views of a stellar nursery in multiple wavelengths, allowing us to see both the dense cocoons of dust and the stars forming within.
➡️ Slide through the different wavelengths in this new interactive tool: viewspace.org/interactives/u…
I loved the hands on science session at #ASTC2022. Museums around the country giving back to the Pittsburgh community with science demos for kids out on a bridge that we closed down.
I'm seeing lots of great pictures from #ASTC2022. Can folks add in some alt text descriptions? Bad descriptions are better than no descriptions!
Day 2! #ASTC2022 Twitter seems pretty quiet. Probably cause there isn't much to complain about ;). Been some great conversations. Astronomy, accessibility, community partnerships, and more for me!
We will be chatting about the keynote sessions in 306/307. the conversation is up to you! Come join us to figure out "What's Next?" #ASTC2022
#ASTC2022 has started! Intro in progress, about to get into the keynote. Join the What's Next? session at 1:00 to continue the discussion on small groups.
Made it to Pittsburgh for #ASTC2022. What's up with the fireworks show outside my window right now?
Time to warm up the twittering. I'll be off to #ASTC2022 next week! I'm actually excited about this conference being in person. Let me know if you're going to be there and we can meet up!
Another cool article about @NASAWebb @SpaceTelescope alt-text! I don't claim to be a scientist, but we had some great ones on the team like @KellyLepo.
I love space and I loved talking to some of the scientists who put @NASAWebb's otherworldly images into words. 🔭✨ niemanlab.org/2022/08/space-…
I was on @MorningEdition today for @SpaceTelescope and the importance of alt-text! That's as big as it gets in my book. How do they make me not hate the sound of my own voice?! npr.org/2022/07/22/111287886…
I'd like to say to folks who found my personal twitter, thanks to @SinaBahram and Prime Access Consulting for their work, past and future, helping us improve our text description game (and lots of other accessibility stuff!)
I got a chance to speak with @byTheresaVargas from the @washingtonpost yesterday about the alt-text that @mwcarruthers, @KellyLepo, and I along with others created for the first images from @NASAWebb @SpaceTelescope. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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As a blind person who has had dreams of doing astronomy since I was 6 ... thank you to whoever not only remembered to write alt text for this -- but did so in such a beautiful way. I'll likely never know who you are. But you touched my heart this day, alt-text writer. 💜
It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
ALT The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.
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👋 The alt text on the recent @NASAWebb first images posts were written by a small team at @stsci, including myself and @timrhueii. It was a collaboration between SMEs, scientists who focus on outreach, education specialists, and professional science writers.