PESSTO

We are ePESSTO+ survey (200 members) working on time domain astronomy with the @ESO NTT. Focusing on supernovae (SNe) and unusual transients.

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To end the decade, we bring you an awesome discovery: last week, ePESSTO+ took a spectrum of an OGLE transient, SN 2019xis. It turns out it's a light-echo from SN 1987A!
https://t.co/aRD4akqAiG

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Here's the earliest photo we could find of Cosimo at a PESSTO meeting.

how it started vs how it’s going

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Congratulations to ePESSTO+ PI, Dr Cosimo Inserra @COSMO_83, for winning the 2021 MERAC Prize for Best Early Career Researcher in Observational Astrophysics! 🏆🎉🥂 https://t.co/NCeyT8LH1Z

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Cosimo has been recognised for his pioneering work on time-domain astrophysics, cosmology, and machine learning. But we know him best for leading ePESSTO+.

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Today we classified SN 2020acat. Please reply with cat-based supernova puns!

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ePESSTO+ records the nearest Tidal Disruption Event ever discovered. Congrats @mattnicholl56 and the rest of the team!
https://t.co/en0HhbQqS0

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We haven't observed any supernovae for a long time now, but this week we have managed to have a collaboration meeting! We had some great talks and discussion, and it was nice to be reminded of the wonders of stars, supernovae and black holes.

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We miss you too @COSMO_83 !

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A little host galaxy eye-candy 😍😍

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When looking for supernovae, it is not everyday you find two beautiful galaxies playing ! ⁦@PESSTOsurvey⁩

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And we have to say, she was right.

W.O.W.

😍😍😍😍😍😍

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Let's get to know our observing team a little better!

Meet our first observer, Anais Möller (@anais_moller), postdoctoral researcher at Clermont-Ferrand!

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Before starting this run, Anais took the opportunity to visit the Torres del Paine and Parque Los Glaciares. She said the the views of the towers and Fitzroy were worth an early start to see the sunrise on the top of the trail!

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Our observers have had a very productive start to their run this month, check out our latest astronotes here!

https://t.co/vPKFMeuiMv

https://t.co/4I5cSGytfR

https://t.co/BCEAKogo90

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That's right folks, we're back on sky tomorrow night with a cracking team from @IN2P3_CNRS and @UoS_SNe!

The weather's looking good! We're excited for what new classifications may be in store!
#supernova #transients #howmanyIas

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Today arrived at La Silla in Chile where we will be observing for the @PESSTOsurvey until the end of the month! will be tweeting about the site & observing in different languages, lets see how it goes! To start: what an amazing landscape up here in the mountain