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William Thompson

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Herzberg Fellow at the NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics. Exoplanets, direct imaging instruments, and stats tools. #julialang enthusiast.

Victoria, B.C., Canada
Joined January 2020
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1 year
Announcing Octofitter (šŸ™), an ambitious tool for all kinds of exoplanet orbit modeling workflows: fit planet orbits to relative astrometry, proper motion anomaly, radial velocity, images, and more! [1/7].
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RT @docmilanfar: A surprising & little-known results in classical statistics:. Mean (μ) and median (m) are within one std deviation:. |Ī¼āˆ’m|….
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RT @Hajime_dxdydz: Our paper on a differentiable spectral model, ExoJAX2, has been accepted by ApJ. In this paper, we use HMC-NUTS to anal….
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Just learned that am being awarded the J. S. Plaskett medal for most outstanding doctoral thesis in astronomy in Canada. Thank you @AstroCanada, and my committee & @PHASTatUVIC for the nomination!.
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RT @AstroJake: Taking my glasses off when I get home after a long day because I’ve seen enough.
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RT @CdnHeritage: The Flag That Unites Us. Happy #FlagDay! šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦
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RT @fherwig: Researchers from UVic’s Astronomy Research Centre used the James Webb Space Telescope to captured a rare glimpse of how young….
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A Canadian-led team of international astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery about how young planets form and grow using a creative approach with
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RT @FullAsMuchHeart: Just saw someone saying using the em-dash is a sign of something being written by AI, because real people rarely use i….
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RT @AJamesMcCarthy: Load in 4k to spot the ISS
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RT @owainkenway: The heretical thought occurs to me as I dig into ā€œThe Stars, Like Dustā€ that I do not in fact enjoy Isaac Asimov’s long fo….
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RT @NASAWebb: Though many events in space take place over vast timescales, these rings (Webb spotted 17 of them) are moving outward from th….
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RT @astro_Pettit: One photo with: Milkyway, Zodical light, @Starlink satellites as streaks, stars as pin points, atmosphere on edge showin….
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Silver lining of being in unexpectedly Ottawa this week instead of at #AAS245 is the shawarma.
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RT @ludwigABAP: whole article is incredible and has 5-6 ā€œkoansā€ about git’s (horrible) quirks
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RT @arxiv: Wishing everyone a happy and healthy arXiv2501 . šŸ˜‰šŸŖ©šŸŽ‰. So thankful for everyone around the world who uses arXiv to share and….
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RT @ksm_wilson: @AstroWrt I'm a big fan of Julia programming!
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Attending AAS in DC this January? Join us at our introduction to Julia programming for astronomy workshop!
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RT @astro_Pettit: Cosmic fireflies. Actually, these are Starlink satellites momentarily flashing sunlight towards @Space_Station. https://t….
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