Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭

Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @UniofBath and online 🔭 I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌 @RoyalAstroSoc @UniofNewcastle

New paper by PhD student Devang Liya 🎉 This study demonstrates the power of JWST photometry to constrain the SEDs of AGN 📈 Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2510.26884

Congratulations to Carola Zanoletti for publishing her paper on principal components for modified gravity 🎉✨

The @AstroObsNCL team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle! We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨ #rtcnorth

Congratulations Ann Njeri! 🎉

Check out this paper on arXiv today by Carolyn Mill: arxiv.org/abs/2509.08052

@blackholephd presenting her poster on dust in nearby AGN with JWST ✨

@UniofNewcastle @NAM25_Durham @astro_fawcett @astro_sario @blackholephd @astrojocksteph Massive congratulations to @Rosedshepherd for winning the #NAM2025Durham 3 minute thesis competition!! 🎉🎉

@UniofNewcastle @NAM25_Durham @astro_fawcett @astro_sario @blackholephd @astrojocksteph Check out the amazing space art by @blackholephd! 🎨✨

Lots of @UniofNewcastle representation at @NAM25_Durham this week! ✨ First up, @astro_fawcett talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨 #NAM2025Durham

@UniofNewcastle @NAM25_Durham @astro_fawcett @astro_sario @blackholephd @astrojocksteph @beththeroman with their poster on multi-scale and multi-tracer 1-point statistics 📊

@UniofNewcastle @NAM25_Durham @astro_fawcett @astro_sario @blackholephd @astrojocksteph talking about emission line contamination in JWST imaging of nearby Seyferts 🔭

@UniofNewcastle @NAM25_Durham @astro_fawcett @astro_sario @blackholephd @astrojocksteph Check out the amazing space art by @blackholephd! 🎨✨

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A few photos from the Discover Festival at @UniofNewcastle - great event with lots of engagement from the public! ✨ @cosmicsheargirl @astro_fawcett @Rosedshepherd

Great watching the 3 Minute Thesis @UniofNewcastle final, featuring 3 of our brilliant astro PhD students! ✨ @Rosedshepherd @Cosmoletti Julie Thomas @3MT_official

Very honoured the our project Space Investigators: Astronomy in the North East won the @UniofNewcastle Engagement and Place Award for Engaging for Cultural Benefit ✨ Thank you to all the team! 🔭 Find out more here: spaceinvestigators.com #EngageAwards2025