Andrew Mann

@amann.bsky.social

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Associate professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNC Chapel Hill studying young exoplanets and stars. Dad to one human and one cat. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ’—πŸ’œ. Carrboro Citizen. http://andrewwmann.com

3D printed model HST. About 2-3 feet long.
plots of rotation periods from TESS. There's a rectangular "hole" caused by scattered light from the Earth + Moon. It will get filled as the orbit precesses, but that takes time. I am not patient.
limb-darkening effect for the star HIP 67522 at various wavelengths. Stars are not smooth on their surfaces.
clouds fucking suck
3391 scientific papers for 2729 days of science.
Badge for the Secret Jewish Space Laser Corps (Mazel Tough!)
"The Loeb Scale: Astronomical Classification of Interstellar Objects" a paper from arxiv. Dude named a scale after himself...
Sky and Telescope coverage of TIDYE-1B
Schematic of the system showing the stellar orbit (a), the disk (b), the planet’s orbit (c) and the planet (d). The scale is correct within each panel and the inclination angle is preserved between panels. It is noted that the ascending node (Ξ©) is not known for the star or the planet, but are drawn to match the binary.
Test Student
invoice for $3480 from Springer Nature
screenshot from LCO indicating I already took 10,000 images of this target, but I'm asking for more because MORE DATA.
github repo under construction
TESS coverage, darker = more data
95% installing python packages and 5% complaining on BlueSky