Laura Fissel

Astronomer and ballooning enthusiast. Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy @queensu. (Pronouns: she/her)

[Queen's University @queensu]

Solar eclipse glasses are available starting today!🌞🌑 #QueensU is providing 120,000 ISO-certified eclipse glasses for the safety of our campus and #YGK communities. Get your free 🕶️ on Queen's campus or at a @KFPL branch. Find glasses near you: https://t.co/WHyBQbuknQ

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

@IBJIYONGI @demonicground Thank you so much for visiting! Both of your talks were absolutely fantastic.

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

@mcycee @stratoballoon The smaller balloon deflates as the main balloon + flight train ascends. It's job is just to make the gondola float a little bit so that it is easier to launch with the big balloon.

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

Launching in 1.5 hours! I'm in Kingston so all I can do to check the status of our experiment is to watch our status LED blink on the HiCIBaS live video feed.

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

@stratoballoon And it our experiments are off to the stratosphere! Thanks to Hicibas for streaming the launch so we could follow along from home.

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

@stratoballoon Live feed for the balloon launch here: https://t.co/nYpX9dCkNj

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

Our experiment will launch after we are back in Kingston but as a bonus we got to watch the BeSAFE experiment launch last night at sunset and it was spectacular!

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

Leaving Timmins, ON after a busy few days!

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

To test out our ability to track position the Canadian Space Agency will launch BVEXTracker. Basically it is a shoebox-size plastic box full of position tracking sensors.

[Queen's University 2024 Eclipse @queensu_eclipse]

On April 8th, 2024, the first total solar eclipse in almost 700 years will pass through Kingston! A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon lies perfectly between the Earth and Sun, completely blocking the Sun's light. In Kingston, this blockage will last 3 minutes and 4 seconds!#ygk

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

@annalikesstars Congrats Anna!!!!!

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

@terry_tjb It was lovely today, and clear on April 8th last year, so fingers crossed....

[Laura Fissel @LauraMFissel]

Exactly one year from today at 3:22pm Kingston time there will be a total solar eclipse. The Moon will fully block our view of the Sun and we will have a full 3 minutes of darkness! #Eclipse2024

[Itziar Aretxaga @ItziMex]

Our first @LMT_TolTEC images from commissioning data are beautiful. Here M1 (Crab Nebula) at 1.1/1.4/2.0mm. More engineering and commissioning data tonight, hopefully, and more info on first images here: https://t.co/7IhwXVkjLE @gtmlmt_oficial @inaoe_mx

[chrislintott @chrislintott]

This story from @nasa is causing confusion- black holes don’t make sounds! So what’s actually happening?

[Allan I. Carswell Observatory @yorkobservatory]

Our next Astronomer in Residence (AIR) is arriving at Killarney Park this July 18th! Astronomer Parisa Nozari will be up at Killarney Park until July 31st. Parisa is a graduate student in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Queen's University.