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Comment on Title of the week? by f88988bd55aa

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Comment on Planetary Embryo is Youngest Yet by Will

Will — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:47:53 +0000

Sorry Admin (Rob?) and Bengu for the late reply.

I think what the team is saying is that we are seeing a cloud of material (of roughly 14 Jupiter masses) composed of dust and gas including rocks and pebbles in this system. In other words this is really only the very beginnings of a planet rather than a fully fledged 14 Jupiter mass planet of the enormous gas giant kind we see around other stars.

Bengu - Dr Jane Greaves is the leader of the team that made this discovery; though a nebulous region was detected in the location of this planet a few years earlier by another team. However the resolution of the instrument then was, as I understand it, insufficient to tell exactly what the nature of the ‘nebula’ was.

Best,

Will

Comment on Planetary Embryo is Youngest Yet by bengu Shail

bengu Shail — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:42:02 +0000

Hello,

I wonder if you can help me. I am keen to find who found this planet and when exactly it was discovered.

Would anyone here be able to lead me to the right person?

Best wishes,

Bengu Shail

Comment on Facebook Astronomy by Edward Gomez

Edward Gomez — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:33 +0000

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Comment on NAM Blog Closing Remarks by Rob Simpson

Rob Simpson — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:38:19 +0000

Well thank you both. I’ve enjoyed it!

Comment on NAM Blog Closing Remarks by Alan Fitzsimmons

Alan Fitzsimmons — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:00:23 +0000

And on behalf of the organisers, I’d like to thank and congratulate the bloggers and all concerned for doing a spiffing job reporting on the NAM!

Comment on NAM Blog Closing Remarks by Stuart Lowe

Stuart Lowe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:04:21 +0000

I would like to say a huge thanks, on behalf of all those that posted, to Rob for providing the infrastructure and technical support here at Orbiting Frog. You did a great job Rob and I hope you managed to get some of your holiday at the same time.

Comment on NAM Poster: 3D HARP Data by 3D Observing - NAM Blog

3D Observing - NAM Blog — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:04:33 +0000

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Comment on Crisis, What Crisis? by Paul Crowther

Paul Crowther — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:38:50 +0000

Having listened again to the session, I have clarified a number of claims made at the NAM STFC Community forum at:

http://pacrowther.staff.shef.ac.uk/gemini_clarification.html

Drop me a line if you have robust evidence contradicting other claims. All I will add here is that for a research council head to blame Gemini Board (astronomers and representatives of funding agencies in US/Canada/Australia etc.) in public for the Gemini debacle, rather than admit their own failings in communciation, is disrespectful and ill-advised. Anyone who has served upon a telescope Board (I have) acts in the best interests of that observatory. Had I served on the Gemini Board and been in their position, I would have reached the same decision (to eject the UK) given the “untenable” position of STFC. It was the change in the UK position that led to the final outcome, which was welcome, but at the expense of our international reputation, not that of US/Canada/Australia.

Comment on Observing alert : Asteroid occultation by Nick Cross

Nick Cross — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:33:19 +0000

Damn: I will be away from Edinburgh in Barcelona then. Hopefully the weather will be good in Edinburgh for other observers.

Comment on STFC Session MP3 by Stuart Lowe

Stuart Lowe — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:50:33 +0000

There are higher quality versions of this audio at: http://www.jodcast.net/archive/200804NAM/stfc_community_forum.mp3
and http://www.jodcast.net/archive/200804NAM/stfc_community_forum-high.mp3

Comment on ESO Interview by Douglas

Douglas — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:40:50 +0000

I think that URL for the MP3 is supposed to be:

http://www.jodcast.net/archive/200804NAM/20080403-jodcast-pierce-price.mp3

Comment on Crisis, What Crisis? by Admin

Admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:02:05 +0000

Thanks to Robert Evans for the heads up: you can listen to the audio at http://tinyurl.com/6l55j8

Comment on Eureka Moments by Daniel Fischer

Daniel Fischer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:02:21 +0000

That’s Adam Riess, actually …

Comment on Crisis, What Crisis? by Robert Ryans

Robert Ryans — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:57:32 +0000

Anyone who was not in Belfast (for shame!) can now download an MP3 of the entire STFC session from the NAM08 website.

Comment on Crisis, What Crisis? by Anna

Anna — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:46:14 +0000

It’s true that most of us are in science because we prefer to have interesting jobs, and so in that sense yes, we are not worried about earning lots of money. However nor should we have to worry about money - and having no job security adds another level of stress to what is already a precarious career path. I am sick and tired of hearing the more senior members of the profession make such patronising comments. We are highly educated professionals who have spent years training to be in this career - and to be told that I should not expect to be paid reasonably is frankly pitiful.

Comment on Crisis, What Crisis? by dave

dave — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:22:21 +0000

fEC is not new money, lets be entirely clear about this. fEC is the first stage in a process which ends up with complete separation (transparency) of funds for teaching and research. In which, if you have no fEC percentage you have no research time. In which if you have no research time, you have to fund your salary from July to September by teaching vocational courses. Apologies to those who do this already.

Comment on Observing alert : Asteroid occultation by madge

madge — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:58:56 +0000

I have been following this blog from the beginning and loving every post! Thank you and everyone responsible for keeping us all informed! Fascinating stuff!

Comment on Observing alert : Asteroid occultation by Tina Russell

Tina Russell — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:32:24 +0000

I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

Tina Russell

Comment on Worth a thousand words by Ross Collins

Ross Collins — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:03:34 +0000

Confusingly, perhaps for political reasons with it being a European project, UKIDSS actually stands for the “UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey” see:
http://www.ukidss.org/

Comment on Title of the week? by Andrew Pontzen

Andrew Pontzen — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:51:29 +0000

I’m honoured to be considered for “title of the week”! But I should point out that the actual title was “Bianchi models and why you *probably* don’t need to know about them”…

Comment on Worth a thousand words by UpComingCamera.Info » Blog Archive » Worth a thousand words

UpComingCamera.Info » Blog Archive » Worth a thousand words — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:37:32 +0000

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