David Law

SDSS-IV MaNGA

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@AndrasGaspar I've lost track of the enormous number of hours I've spent dealing with this over the last few years...

[Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew]

check out this stunning #JWST-inspired stained glass artwork now adorning the @stsci lobby ❤️ designed & created jointly by @esa's @Noraluy and @stsci's David Law. A-mazing 😍✨

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@sarahkendrew @georgianroses @EstherHanko @stsci @esa @Noraluy No worries, I only rarely use it :)

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@AstroRJS We've looked into exactly this: dithers aren't in exact same position; diff refraction. Near (real) compact sources small changes in DAR affect flux in fiber substantially, so repeat observation flagging can produce more artifacts than it solves when applied to entire survey.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@AstroRJS @MaNGASurvey Some kind of detector artifact certainly; the flux is spread quite evenly into the inter-fiber region in a manner inconsistent with light down a fiber. Too smooth to trigger the cosmic ray routine though. Possibly transient electronic issue, or tail of the CR distribution.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

Posters for #astro2020s #WFIRST meeting now available at https://t.co/WNjXQ6VG4x !

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

DR13 is out! And all the details on the MaNGA data can be found at https://t.co/IbnP4p1a9t https://t.co/URDXvfXKRY

[Sloan Digital Sky Surveys @sdssurveys]

SDSS would like to welcome the world to our new data, Data Release 13. See the Universe in a new light at https://t.co/MNV9MP1N7n #DR13

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@astronomolly @jegpeek Josh, we should indeed chat! I can show you what we're doing for MaNGA.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

Astrophotography with @KarenLMasters and @demitrimuna Finally got a meteor in frame.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

More night sky, this time with a fisheye lens @demitrimuna

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

SDSS III/IV meeting in Utah; good to be back at a dark sky #sdss2014 Kudos @demitrimuna for the wide angle lens

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@niais @remcovdbosch Thanks! Great to have spectra starting to come in.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

First flux-calibrated data cube for the @MaNGASurvey ! g-r-i image made from the cube. One galaxy down, 9999 to go.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@MaNGASurvey first galaxy plate prior to plugging. Backlit to show the constellation of targets.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@DrDavidRLaw As @kevinabundy points out, this close to Roswell is it any surprise to find eerie glows?

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

SDSS 2.5m telescope with blue mood lighting from flatfield lamps. Too much rain to observe today though.

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

Sky-subtracted row spectra of @MaNGASurvey first galaxies, blue channel. Emission/absorption lines! Cubes soon...

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

Now observing the first of @MaNGASurvey 10,000 galaxies!

[David Law @DrDavidRLaw]

@KarenLMasters Thanks! I particularly like the how the greyscale of pieces lit by moonlight blends to color from the city lights