Jackie Faherty

Astrophysicist at @AMNH. Enthusiast for bringing the cosmos to the public @backyardworlds #womeninscience #BDNYC #manhattanhenge #astronomy #scicomm

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

Last night @CapricePhillips gave a moving introductory speech to the film “hidden figures”. It was shown at the @UnitedPalaceNYC theatre as part of their summer series. Caprice reflected on her journey through science and celebrated all things #blackinastro. Follow her for more!

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

Last night was a gorgeous sunset in #nyc . We are close to the summer solstice (six days out) so we are in the high part of #manhattanhenge effect season. At 8:08 last night the sun crossed the city grid about 2.5 degrees above the horizon. Lighting up the canyon brilliantly.

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

An excellent write up of the annual summer event of Astronomy in your face!!! #manhattanhenge season arrives today May 28th. Get your cameras ready.

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

The annual event brings New Yorkers together to celebrate longer days, warmer weather and epic summer sunsets. https://t.co/2KxpToLWMr

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

Today is the official start of #manhattanhenge season! Get your cameras ready as the day is looking gorgeous. The sun will set far enough north today that it just kisses the grid of the city before setting. It lights up the concrete jungle in perfect golden hour colors. @AMNH

[Research Corporation for Science Advancement @RCSA1]

Congratulations to our #RCSAFellows, and many thanks to the Facilitators, advisory committee members, panelists, host institution representatives, and other participants who helped make the 1st Annual RCSA Fellows Conference a success!

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

There was a great team contributing to this including those on twitter: @substellarfella @jgagneastro @johannamvos @AstroShair @AstroCaroline @rociokiman @dancaselden @marckuchner @astro_daniella @exoEhsan @EGonzales788 @AstroA19 @n_whiteford @JWSTObservation @AMNH @GC_CUNY

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

PAPER DAY!!!: Methane Emission from a Cool Brown dwarf https://t.co/BW0gwcBZcB

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

In all, it's SUPER exciting to see such an unexpected result. And now we get to follow this thing up and search for more details about this phenomenon. It's an EXCELLENT comparative object for solar system objects, exoplanets and other brown dwarfs. So it wins on all fronts.