Sarah Brough
@curiousbutton77
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Professor, Astrophysicist, @UNSWScience. Also Mum, Reader, Proto-Surfer. All opinions my own. She/hers.
Joined July 2015
At @UNSWScience we have been investigating the tar balls that washed up on Coogee and other Sydney beaches. What do we know (and not know!) so far? Here comes our thread!
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If you'd like to know more about one of the next generation optical telescopes that astronomers will use, the Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile, this is a rather lovely podcast about it
abc.net.au
It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. We visit the site in Chile’s high dry Atacama Desert.
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I'm sure the contributions would also be substantial in Australia but that feels largely unseen by the community.
Our new report with London Economics shows that UK higher education and research contributes a massive £265 BILLION to the economy.🌟 #UniversityImpact
@LE_Education Find out more: https://t.co/W8d5vxiXDx
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Great team looking at the fascinating intracluster light with the Euclid telescope!
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A really important conversation about the impacts of low orbit satellites on radio astronomy with the SKA. Unfortunately, the satellites also have an impact on optical astronomy. https://t.co/Vfbo8z4j6U
abc.net.au
By 2030, the world's largest radio telescope will be operational in remote Western Australia, but by then tens of thousands of satellites will be orbiting Earth, blanketing it with radio noise.
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Professors - talk to students at conferences and events. Not everyone can just walk up and start a conversation. You have status, and it can be intimidating. Create balance. Smile. Introduce yourself. Ask them about their research.
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Some nice results from our SAMI Galaxy Survey research
1/2 Galaxies become more chaotic as they age, according to new research from @ARC_ASTRO3D. The study, involving @UNSW researchers, found that the randomness of star motion within galaxies is mostly driven by the age of a galaxy, not its environment or mass as previously thought.
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So good to see this being discussed publicly. Thanks in particular to Celine!
A huge thanks to Professor Celine D'Orgeville for discussing the effects of menopause in the workplace on ABC News, as a respondent to the Women in STEMM submission to the Inquiry on #Perimenopause & #Menopause. News: https://t.co/bshKwPHVVW Submission: https://t.co/rkGLNPjzgU
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#SMP2024 day 2 photos. Getting the opportunity to meet and discuss STEM with @PeterKhalilMP and managing to gather (nearly all) the astronomers together. Thanks to @ScienceAU for organizing!
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Attending #SMP2024, representing @AstroSocAus along with @astrogin amongst many others! So excited to meet everyone and hear all the lessons.
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Last week I had the privilege of representing the Australian astronomy community on the Council of the intergovernmental @ESO in Germany. I also got to take a selfie with a model of the amazing Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile @AstroAustralia @UNSWScience
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Wonderful to see this exciting research from A/Prof. Christian Wolf and @StromloANU colleagues, discovering this outstanding beast, thanks to @ESO observations!
📣 Using ESO's #VLT, astronomers have characterised a truly record-breaking #quasar! 1/ Discover more: https://t.co/5o52yuoUHy Artist's impression by ESO/M. Kornmesser
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Brilliant news! I can’t wait to see Sue’s lecture!
Theoretical physicist @sue_coppersmith has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of granular materials, biomaterials, magnetism & quantum computing. We are thrilled to announce Susan as our 2024 Women In Physics Lecturer. Read more: https://t.co/jBDqAn9Mox
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It's going to be an exciting 2024, I look forward to working with @AstroAustralia to represent Australia on @ESO Council.
As we wrap up 2023... big thanks to our outgoing committee members & welcome to new appointees starting Jan 2024! Huge thanks also go to @MatthewColless for representing Australia on @ESO Council. Congrats & thanks to @curiousbutton77 who will be taking on this important role.👏
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We're doing lots of work preparing to observe this important light with @VRubinObs. Our paper comparing Observable and Simulated Intracluster Light Fractions with LSST-like images has just been accepted by #MNRAS @RoyalAstroSoc @UNSWScience @mireiamontesq
What if we told you that the space between galaxies in a cluster isn't empty?...😱 It's filled with stars! This ghostly glow is called intracluster light, and it's been hard to study because it's incredibly faint. Until Rubin, that is ➡️ https://t.co/AfzqASzULn
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One of the many benefits of full @ESO membership for Australia would be the opportunity to access time on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) – which feels like a very apt name for this incredible piece of infrastructure, currently under construction in Armazones, Chile. 📷ESO
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Love this! I have some thoughts but would also like to see my papers published...
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