Imad Pasha

PhD student/NSF grad fellow doing some galaxy evolution stuff at Yale, formerly UC Berkeley. he/him

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Das me in da beanie

[Yale University @Yale]

A telescope with 1,140 eyes is setting its sights on the universe’s hidden structure.

Called MOTHRA, the instrument is designed to capture the first images of the “cosmic web” — the vast network of matter believed to connect galaxies across the universe.

“All galaxies are connected by a giant web of unseen cosmic matter,” says Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum. “We want to construct a telescope to take the first picture of it.”

See how the project is taking shape in Chile: https://t.co/Or3hMKkavh

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

First time using this bad boy

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

I can't tell if I'm missing something about station groups but my airport connector doesn't seem to register for any of the airport pops... they walk an hour to the main line instead, despite the loop running every 2-3 min. selfishly asking @Colin_d_m ?

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Initial SB thoughts --- such an awesome idea, very fun to play, and tons of room for growth/enriching the game play (tourist traffic, airport traffic, major events(?) like music festivals or sports). Having followed this for months, super excited for @Colin_d_m!

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

@astrogrant But McKinsey doesn’t acquire the risk either because when the project implodes and the company says “not our fault”, others still hire them, so where does the risk go? Into a risk black hole? As a commodity with value how does it liquidate?

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Went car shopping but couldn’t afford any of them

[Grant Tremblay @astrogrant]

just fyi 👀

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Like I’m sorry but has anyone shown me the fifth or the cadence you wanted me to play?

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

I don’t think we talk enough about the place where he inserted the blade

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

@astrogrant Thanks grant!

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

@Cmdr_Hadfield @NASAHubble Never thought I’d see an astronaut retweeting my paper! Thanks for sharing it!!

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Guys not to be dramatic or anything but my favorite astronaut just tweeted the Hubble image of the galaxy from my latest proposal/paper, which is about as surreal as it goes…

[Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield]

Bullseye! @NASAHubble just spotted this 9-ring galaxy. The smaller blue dwarf galaxy flew through the huge one, leaving ripples on a cosmic pond.
details: https://t.co/WS9aW0OBXa

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

@astro_jaz Was a fun one! https://t.co/wMbJH0q34P

[Space Telescope Science Institute @SpaceTelescope]

Bullseye! Researchers using Hubble found a massive galaxy rippling with nine star-filled rings after an “arrow,” the blue dwarf galaxy to its center-left, plunged through its core 50 million years ago. A thin trail of gas still links the pair: https://t.co/yPaVpQpywh

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Finally, having rings out to large radii is a great way to study the DM distribution for this galaxy, as they trace the potential in the DM-dominated region. We've gathered complete IFU mapping of the system to investigate this in future work!

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Happy to share a really fun paper on a galaxy we discovered with 9 rings! This is an example of a collisional ring galaxy (formed when a smaller system impacts through the core of a spiral), and we believe this galaxy has more rings than any seen before! https://t.co/5qrH5ftscY

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

*Some* simulations of CRGs have indicated they may transition eventually to giant low surface brightness galaxies (like Malin I). Here, we see both inner rings and faded ring structure in the outskirts that closely resembles the size/SB of GLSBs.

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

You can check out the job ad linked and of course feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or want to know more about the instrument.

[Imad Pasha @prappleizer]

Interested in working on the development of novel data analysis techniques? Our team at Dragonfly is hiring for a data algorithms position for a forthcoming 1000 lens array observatory in Chile! 5 year position w/great benefits and location flexibility: https://t.co/YaBDn0KDa9