
Astronomy at MSU
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Astronomy at MSU
@MSU_astro
Astronomy & Astrophysics research at Michigan State University




Meet the 2023 class of the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program! These 24 Fellows will pursue independent research in any area of NASA Astrophysics. The program grants them three years of support at an American university or research center of their choosing: go.nasa.gov/3zsHoA1

Are you ready for our first open night of 2023?🚨🚨🚨 Join us on Friday April 7th for our first public observing event of the year for a chance to gaze through our telescopes 🔭🪐🌕 and engage with local astronomers. This event is free of charge and is weather permitting.


SAVE THE DATES 🚨🚨🚨 Our 2023 public observing schedule is now out!! We are looking forward to hosting you at the MSU Observatory for our bi-monthly events for a lot of fun, observing through telescopes, hands on activities, and of course chatting about Astronomy. 🔭🪐🌕💫

📢📢📢 MSU Observatory will be open for public observing twice a month between April and September. Stay tuned for our public events schedule.. 🔭🌕🪐💫 @MSUNatSci @michiganstateu Video credit: EA Photography Audio credit: Epicomposer

-- Grad student Erica Thygesen will be presenting @ 10:20am on Mon in room 2A in the Transits Ephemerides & TESS session -- Grad student Teresa Panurach will be presenting her dissertation talk @ 10:30am on Tues in room 2B in the Accreting Neutron Stars session

Paper Alert!!!! I am so happy to share the second paper in the K2 & TESS Synergy Project where we revisit 26 K2 systems that were reobserved by TESS during its primary mission. arxiv.org/abs/2301.01306





