Paul G. Kalas

Astronomer discovering exoplanetary systems. Author of two guidebooks: @CreteSwim for #OpenWaterSwimming around Crete and “The Oneironauts” for dreaming.

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Our new reprocessed #JWST image of dust belts around #Fomalhaut also shows background objects found using @keckobservatory. The "Great Dust Cloud" is a galaxy in the background. https://t.co/HwLgsyZ26N

#exoplanets #esa #NASA #Webb #NASAWebb #space #TheUniverse #astronomy

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The James Webb Space Telescope just captured this amazing image of huge dust belts swirling around the nearby star called #Fomalhaut. 😀👏🌟

#JWST #exoplanets #esa #NASA #Webb #NASAWebb #amazing #TheUniverse

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Beautiful new #JWST image of the dust belts orbiting the nearby star #Fomalhaut. I used the data provided by Gaspar et al. (2023) and show the size of Saturn's orbit for scale. #NASAWebb #exoplanets

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@AndrasGaspar Thanks for making everything available including fits files. Beautiful work!

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Karen Gillan in 360VR on playing Amy Pond in Dr. Who. Later I asked her if she had a sister that helped her in portraying the love-hate relationship between Nebula and Gamora. It turns out she's an only child!

#GotGVol3 @karengillan #doctorwho https://t.co/VVqc26Fwea

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Amazing new exoplanet discovered (De Rosa et al. and Mesa et al. accepted for publication in A&A, Feb. 13, 2023.) #exoplanet #astronomy @ESO #space https://t.co/6F5VZBX602

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@ESAGaia 2. They used the SPHERE instrument, which corrects atmospheric turbulence and blocks the light from the star. As we scan through different wavelengths, the brightness of the planet changes due to the absorption of molecules in its atmosphere.

Credit: @ESO /De Rosa et al.

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Amazing live stream of the volcanic eruption on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Nice to watch around sunrise. https://t.co/ugvxnOk25b via @YouTube
#maunaloa #volcano #hawaii #eruption #lava

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Trick or treat from space! JWST finds a ghostly nebula expecting some candy from Earth.

#jwst #space #nasa #astronomy #telescope #alienworld #jameswebbspacetelescope #EagleNebula #M16 #pillarsofcreation #Halloween

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If you have a #VR headset check out my #metaverse experiment of going to an #exoplanets #astronomy conference #SpiritOfLyot. Hope it helps with #accessibility #inclusion #dei #carbonfootprint #sustainability #diversity #access #equity
https://t.co/cYCKNz91jv

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Webb Telescope images Jupiter-like planet 350 light years away https://t.co/KfDAIAZz3v

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Put on my #Artemis1 bumper sticker just in time for the launch!🚀🌗
#Artemis

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@ReciteSocial Thanks! Nice to see the pics from a few people who were able to get closer to Cillian Murphy.

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Christopher Nolan filming #Oppenheimer outside my office at UC Berkeley. Or, my window is a time machine and it's showing me 1942. So, it's either physicist Robert Oppenheimer or actor #CillianMurphy who gets out of a car and walks into the physics building.

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@El_Ron_Hubbard Thanks. This is a Samsung Galaxy A30s clip. I used iMovie to stabilize the shaky video and the Ken Burns effect to create the zoom-out effect. Wish I had a real zoom lens!

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@Greggo325 He Gregg, yes, this is my original video. CBS may use it with credit to me. I am an astronomer at UC Berkeley. The astronomy building is next to the physics building where Robert Oppenheimer and other Berkeley physicists worked.

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@nbatalha Yes. The key shot was having Oppenheimer get out of the car and go up the stairs to enter Le Conte through its very tall wood doors.

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@BadJesika I haven't heard of any more filming here on the Berkeley campus.

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@Antonio_sadorra Ha! My building is only 10 yrs old and wouldn't be in the shot. Interesting how the crew spent a full day removing parking signs and bicycle racks along that road.