Jay Strader

Astronomer at Michigan St. Former Blue Devil and Banana Slug. I love goats, birds, the Celtics and globular clusters.

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

i had a dream where lebron wrote a gaia DR2 paper

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

@SethPartnow A decent way to assess jobs is the turnover you see in them. I notice that despite the intense interest a lot of folks have in these front office roles, my impression is that turnover is higher that I would have guessed, which says something about what the job must be like.

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

yes, it would be quite the problem if someone broke into my account to finish my NSF progress report

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

fantasy: with more pianos in public places, i'd hear jazz standards or etudes being played

reality: 98% of the users are bored 4 year olds

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

even by the normal inscrutable standards of the NSF, this change to have the GRFP letters due *before* the application is odd and a bad idea.

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

https://t.co/NLEo9tArZo

[Prof. Carl E. Fields 💥 @carlnotsagan]

i’m excited to announce that i am hiring!

i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about massive stars, stellar transients, and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group at @StewardAstro.

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

@astrogrant even tycho got 1% for uraniborg

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

https://t.co/fH7x6gdgHd

[Malika Andrews @malika_andrews]

What an incredible photo from legendary NBA photographer Nat Butler

[josh @JoshHorford]

Have fun up in them mountains dawg

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

18.

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

Bang!

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

@SethPartnow what is the O/U time left to miss the 2nd up 2?

[JJ Hermes @jotajotahermes]

Amazing as the aurora this weekend were, an active Sun has a cost to astronomy. Here is the Hubble Space Telescope's lifetime altitude (thanks @planet4589) with marks for boosts from Space Shuttle servicing missions. In orange are sunspots, a proxy for the Sun's activity. (1/6)

[dan @ArchineerLock]

There is an insane amount of Steve Albini recordings you could highlight, but the fact that him and Jason Molina got this in the first take will always be his peak to me. https://t.co/Do1phLoW8L

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

jamal crawford is a billion times better at color than jj redick

[NYT Wirecutter @wirecutter]

If you're just starting your birding journey, this trio of apps will help you track nearby birds, identify them (and their sounds), log your finds, and beyond. https://t.co/GSDKvd73HT

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

@david_kipping @Astro_Wright @AIP_Stats Based on some unofficial and incomplete work I did a few years ago, conditional on getting an astro PhD, the number seemed like > 10% (but < 30%).

[Jay Strader @caprastro]

@david_kipping @Astro_Wright @AIP_Stats People get tenure-stream faculty jobs 10+ years post-PhD. It's tough to do this well.