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Maria Vincent

@themariavincent.bsky.social
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Astro PhD candidate IfA Hawaii/Keck Observatory | Astrobites Author | Likes spacey-wacey, dusty-rocky stuff & tools that image them | Caffeinated, chocaholic raconteur from Dubai

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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Oohhh... dusty, crispy disks #ExoELT #astrodon
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Representing the #SCExAO collab at #ExoELT 1. Elsa Huby on Photonic Lanterns 2. Stephanie Rossini-Bryson on GLINT the Nulling Interferometer
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Lucie Leboulleux @lucieleboulleux.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
ALERTE PAPIER !!! AYÉ, je suis SUREXCITÉE, notre article démarré en 2022 vient d'être publié ! 👉 Titre : A socio-demographic study of the exoplanet direct imaging community 2 👉 Lien : baas.aas.org/pub/2025i028... 👉 Résultats marquants :👇👇👇
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A socio-demographic study of the exoplanet direct imaging community II
This article presents results from a 2022 Spirit of Lyot conference survey assessing diversity, visibility, and experiences of inappropriate behavior in the exoplanet imaging community. It reveals per...
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Ahhh now we're going to get to the funky instrument stuff... starting with the new ExAO suite SAXO+ #ExoELT
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Gave a talk at #ExoELT on this massive disk colloquially known as Dracula's Chivito and what more we know from Subaru and HST IR data. Had some great feedback and discussion on trying to understand what makes this disk soo "chonky" And giving a talk at @eso.org is a dream come true!
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Gave a talk at #ExoELT on this massive disk colloquially known as Dracula's Chivito and what more we know from Subaru and HST IR data. Had some great feedback and discussion on trying to understand what makes this disk soo "chonky" And giving a talk at @eso.org is a dream come true!
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Andrew Mann @amann.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New paper from my group! Stars aren’t born alone—they form in massive associations. If we want to understand how stars and planetary systems form, we need to figure out where today’s clusters came from… and where all their long-lost siblings ended up. arxiv.org/abs/2511.07533
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Lost Sisters Found: TESS and Gaia Reveal a Dissolving Pleiades Complex
Most star clusters dissolve into the Galaxy over tens to hundreds of millions of years after they form. While recent Gaia studies have honed our view of cluster dispersal, the exact chronology of whic...
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Easily my favorite cover slide so far. By Andrew Winter #ExoELT
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Pretty impressive given how JWST design is technically older than a lot of ground based instruments... and given how our whole deal as exoplanet nerds is to get closer to Earth like planets in solar system like config by improving high contrast imaging and hi res spectroscopy. #ExoELT #astrodon
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Matthew Kenworthy @mattkenworthy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
M. Nowak discussing synergies with VLT Interferometer (VLTI) and #ELT at #ExoELT - ELT has the >30m aperture for sensitivity, but VLTI combines all 4 VLT telescopes over a 200m baseline for better angular resolution, complementing sensitivity of ELT #astrodon #astrosci
Plot of angular separation versus achievable contrast for several astronomical instruments, including VLTI and its upgrades.
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Jayne Birkby @jaynebirkby.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It’s #ExoELT week! A week dedicated to discussing all things exoplanets and the ELT, @eso.org’s 39-m telescope coming online in 2029 😱 The size of this machine is just extraordinary. You can fit a whole VLT telescope on its Nasmyth platform 🤯
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Adding to the ELT discussion, here's me next to ELT (Oct 2025) to give an idea of the size (I'm 5 ft 2 in tall). I was completely blown away by the sheer largeness of this facility, and can only imagine the amazing science it will be capable of. #ExoELT
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Kick-starting a week long discussion on ELT science and instrumentation for planets and their formation at #ExoELT If you're around and would love to chat about disk imaging and AO instrumentation, you know where to find me :)
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It's been 2 weeks since #AO4ELT and must say, a very profound experience in terms of meeting new folks, sharing ideas, having lunch with, and obviously some amazing work in the ELT era presented in talks and posters :) And obviously, great time at the VLT and ELT sites!
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My #AO4ELT talk summarised the results from the new DM at @keckobservatory.bsky.social , and one of my favorite results is a video of applying a waffle on the DM. So here's my latest fun activities with the HAKA DM! HAKA: High Order Keck Adaptive Optics #astronomy #adaptiveoptics
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My #AO4ELT talk summarised the results from the new DM at @keckobservatory.bsky.social , and one of my favorite results is a video of applying a waffle on the DM. So here's my latest fun activities with the HAKA DM! HAKA: High Order Keck Adaptive Optics #astronomy #adaptiveoptics
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Back to microblogging for a bit. Here's what I'm up to now: - On the job market looking for positions in AO, esp. a combo of HCI science and instrumentation - Giving talks at #AO4ELT in Chile and Exo-ELT in Germany Here's a little teaser on what I'm working on at @keckobservatory.bsky.social
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Back to microblogging for a bit. Here's what I'm up to now: - On the job market looking for positions in AO, esp. a combo of HCI science and instrumentation - Giving talks at #AO4ELT in Chile and Exo-ELT in Germany Here's a little teaser on what I'm working on at @keckobservatory.bsky.social
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
There's nothing out there.
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
What is a CV? How is this different from a résumé? How do I start building a CV? All of these questions and more await within this guide written by many of our authors! 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/09/23/g...
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Guide to CVs
What is a CV? How is this different from a résumé? How do I start building a CV? All of these questions and more await within this guide!
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
From guest author Rajat Saxena: Today’s bite looks at how planets are formed in the “bumps” of protoplanetary disks.🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/08/26/b...
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Build-A-Planet Workshop: Planet Formation, One Bump at a Time
Today's bite looks at how planets are formed in the "bumps" of protoplanetary disks.
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
From Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social : In today’s bite, the author dives into this beloved classic to search for lessons it has for everyone in academic astronomy 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/09/12/a...
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A Commentary on Academic Astronomy: From the perspective of The Little Prince
In today's bite, the author dives into this beloved classic to search for lessons it has for everyone in academic astronomy
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Catherine 🌌 @catieslaughts.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New Astrobite! Check it out: astrobites.org/2025/01/17/f...
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Failure is Sometimes an Option: Supernovae and Star formation in Globular Clusters - astrobites
Recent research indicates that some supernova fail to ever explode. Today’s authors study what this means for our understanding of iron enrichment and star formation in nearby globular cluste…
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
For all #TheGoodPlace fans out there, this certainly looks like the interdimensional hole of pancakes! Very magical and mysterious indeed.
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Tick tock goes the clock.... those 12 years are gonna end soon, but leaving a legacy of data behind for us to explore and use
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Conference #fomo hitting hard right now.
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It was a pleasure to sit down and chat with one of JPL's best. Shouleh is an inspiring woman who has many lessons to impart from her journey of passion and perseverance from undergrad all the way to being team and division leader. @caltechipac.bsky.social @caltech.edu
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
As someone who has taken and TA-ed the course, I would highly recommend #CodeAstro for anyone who feel they need structured training and practice with astronomy programming
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A little guide to what's up (literally in some cases!) in astronomy and space exploration for 2025!
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
#MerryChristmas from home 🎄🎁🎅 Hope the holidays have brought some good cheer and break from the mundane hustle and stress.
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
End of the semester meant a lab readiness review- it was the first time I actually spoke and took accountability for work in an observatory review. I truly felt like an instrumentalist (do we use that term for astronomers too, or is it musicians only)? Needless to say, it went fine. Happy Holidays!
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Aline Novais @alinenovais.com · 06/12/2024
Looking for a PhD in exoplanets? Our group is announcing a 4-year PhD position here at Lund University, Sweden 🪐🇸🇪 Feel free to reach out if you want to know more about the group, our projects, and working environment lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Doctoral student in Astronomy and Astrophysics with focus on Exoplanet atmospheres
Division of Astrophysics, in the research group of Jens Hoeijmakers, on the topic high-resolution spectroscopy of exoplanet atmospheres. Work duties This doctoral project is part of a larger project i
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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
What I want from Bluesky
Kanye meme saying he doesn't want news about the world ending, only obscure science papers
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Bec Hill @bechillcomedian.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Context is important. To us, astronomers are impressive scientists. But to stars, they're perverts.
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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 29/11/2024
There is nothing worse than a paper that has extremely useful results but presented in the most confusing, worst possible way 🫠
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Pretty thankful to soak in this view at work every day... knowing that my work will have made a difference to two of the telescopes on this beautiful and sacred mountain. Happy Thanksgiving! #Grateful #Thanksgiving
Grainy image of a mountain- Mauna Kea- with orange hues because it was captured in  twilight. Seen atop the mountain are 5 orange, sunlit domes of telescopes.
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Why is feed filled with Kendrick/Drake info??? The only feud I'm concerned about right now is between the sheer panic about of upcoming deadlines and my anxiety of not being a well performing student at the moment #gradlife
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Maria Vincent @themariavincent.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hi All! I had this handle for a while but didn't make the move to here until now! If you knew me as the instrumentation grad in Hawai'i and @astrobites.bsky.social author with that kinda viral video of how a DM works, that's me! Will continue to blog here on my work, grad life & random thoughts :)
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