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cosmicpinot Google logo Australia features Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy Ruby Payne-Scott who would have been 100 today 3:38 PM May 27th via web Retweeted by astrobiased and 28 others
16 year old made this as extra credit for his chem class. Impressive to say the least: youtube.com/watch?v=WcWeUU… 8:16 AM May 27th via web
Space-suit ballet: youtube.com/watch?v=PA5dYU… 7:13 AM May 26th via web
@astropixie I agree with @SciBry on that. Happy post-b-day! 12:06 AM May 26th via web in reply to SciBry
j2labs YES. Virtualenv will be packaged with Python itself! HUGE win. 9:09 AM May 25th via Tweetbot for iOS Retweeted by astrobiased and 63 others
@chrisinembra Actually, I'm curious how the numbers between Chini et al. and the VFTS results would compare if you due bin. frac. vs Sigma? 6:25 AM May 25th via web in reply to chrisinembra
@chrisinembra That's a good point. I don't necessarily agree with the results - it's just the most interesting paper I saw on arXiv :) 6:23 AM May 25th via web in reply to chrisinembra
Anyone have a mirror link to the SKA Telescope announcement? Really want to know about the details! Congrats to SA, AU and NZ 6:22 AM May 25th via web
SciBry My main thought on @SKA_telescope decision: congratulations to @SKA_Africa, who today have achieved something incredible. 6:06 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPad Retweeted by astrobiased and 3 others
Delayed paper of the day: Multiplicity of massive stars in a range of environments - arxiv.org/abs/1205.5238 4:29 AM May 25th via web
@LittleLujy Nope - not me. Someone in Japan took it. 1:48 AM May 22nd via web in reply to LittleLujy
And an awesome collection of other eclipse photos: boston.com/bigpicture/201… 1:30 AM May 22nd via web
One of my photos of the recent eclipse - flickr.com/photos/tamegoe… 1:26 AM May 22nd via web
AstroPython ATpy 0.9.6 is out! atpy.github.com - fixes a number of bugs, and adds support for specifying URLs instead of filenames! 11:50 PM May 20th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by astrobiased and 3 others
@tharries Spic and span already! 2:11 AM May 21st via web in reply to tharries
Feast your eyes on many different data viz tools you can use ... on one webpage: selection.datavisualization.ch 2:10 AM May 21st via web
@sarahkendrew Bring it on buddy... 7:38 AM May 17th via web in reply to sarahkendrew
@augustmuench Me too :) #dotastro 6:32 AM May 17th via web in reply to augustmuench
@karinsandstrom @dalcantonJD Thanks for the note. Looking forward to seeing your result on this :) 6:31 AM May 17th via web in reply to karinsandstrom
@dalcantonJD Is it possible to apply your Av method to compare it to the CO? Or is the angular resolution too low at M51's distance? 1:36 PM May 16th via web in reply to dalcantonJD

Name Eli Bressert
Location Munich, Germany
Web http://about.me/e...
Bio PhD astrophysics student, Chandra Science Imager, & contributor to astrobetter.com & astropython.org. Develops Python apps like ATpy, APLpy, and Luj.