Patrick Irwin

Professor of Planetary Physics at the University of Oxford in the Department of Physics (sub-department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics).

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Fancy doing a planetary PhD (DPhil) in Oxford University's sub-department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics? We still have a studentship available! See the list of projects here: https://t.co/MpnArI3ATE. Deadline is end of May.

[Leigh Fletcher @LeighFletcher]

@PatrickIrwin1 @OxfordAOPP And if you want a little more "behind the scenes" information on this study, Pat wrote an article for the Conversation that explains the process: https://t.co/zWI6YecH8X

[Leigh Fletcher @LeighFletcher]

Work led by @PatrickIrwin1 @OxfordAOPP used careful characterisation of VLT visible spectra of #Uranus and #Neptune to explore their colours, revealing their subtle differences in blue hue, and an explanation for Uranus' apparent changes in average colour with Uranian season.

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

For more information, the paper has been published with @SpringerNature in @NatureAstronomy and an online version can be found here: https://t.co/PTIFTcFE5g

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Check out our new paper in Nature Astronomy on the spectral characterisation of a Dark Spot on Neptune.

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Check out our new paper in Nature Astronomy on the spectral characterisation of a Dark Spot on Neptune.

[ESO @ESO]

👀 Astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it

Get the gist of the discovery in our #ESOCastLight video below.

#BiteSizedAstronomy

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Check out our new paper on haze and cloud in the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune! Thanks to all my co-authors for their help in pulling this all together! https://t.co/j5r5zK4tdU

[Department of Physics at University of Oxford @OxfordPhysics]

Scientists led by Professor Patrick Irwin @OxfordAOPP explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colours.
Read all about it:
https://t.co/F2gGNglG3m

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

@DrJoVian Congratulations!!

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

@StAnnesLibrary Here's the original image on which Hazel based this window. It was observed in February 2004 with the LWS instrument at the Keck I telescope by my JPL colleagues Glenn Orton and Padma Yanamandra-Fisher (10.1126/science.1105730). It shows thermal emission at 17.65 microns.

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Absolutely! Maarten Roos-Serote was instrumental in getting this production off the ground! Fantastic job!

[Colin Wilson @PlanetaryColin]

@XtrasolarKohler @PatrickIrwin1 @DrJoVian @ThePlanetaryGuy Many thanks also to Maarten Roos at Lightcurve Films (@MaartenatLCF), who helped with graphics & video & audio production!

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Hi all - I hope you enjoy these videos as much as I enjoyed making them! With the help of lots of people!

[Dr Jake Taylor @AstroJake]

Want to see what it would be like to approach and then descend into Uranus and Venus? @PatrickIrwin1 uses the NEMESIS model to calculate and visualise the process!
Uranus: https://t.co/DgPbZUy20W
Venus: https://t.co/vaT5JJsISd
Article describing them: https://t.co/QPv6yWNwAo

[Dr Joanna Barstow @DrJoVian]

And to round off the week, something very cool: @patrickirwin1 has been using NEMESIS to simulate the view from atmospheric descent probes for Uranus and Venus! The Venus cloud structure model I developed for my thesis gets 15 minutes of fame. https://t.co/8oDIUyqNpQ

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

@DrJoVian @STFC_Matters Many congratulations Jo!

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

@AstroJake Go, NEMESIS, go! See you all tomorrow!

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

@V_Parmentier Not that I know of. An eclipse on Jupiter will be pretty quick so my intuition says probably not very much.

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Hurrah!

[Vivien Parmentier @V_Parmentier]

@AstroJake @GleeAstro @DrJoVian @AirborneGrain @PatrickIrwin1 & @ryanrgarland, all the team is on tweeter then !

[Patrick Irwin @PatrickIrwin1]

Sorry - still trying to catch up with 21st Century!

[Dr Joanna Barstow @DrJoVian]

@AirborneGrain @V_Parmentier @AstroJake @GleeAstro @PatrickIrwin1 Pat is a first-class lurker - no tweets at all!

[Dr Joanna Barstow @DrJoVian]

Check out our cool new paper on 2.5-D retrievals from exoplanet phase curves by Pat Irwin, coauthors @V_Parmentier, @AstroJake, @AirborneGrain, @GleeAstro and Ryan Garland, + me of course! https://t.co/EhfaBkm20k