Matt Taylor

Assistant Professor of Astronomy at UCalgary. Cycle 1 JWST aficionado. Transplanted Vancouver Islander. favourite colours: optical/near-infrared.

[Rothney Observatory @RAOastronomy]

Comet C/2022E3 (ZTF) 2023Feb01 with the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory's Baker-Nunn Telescope. See our tweet from that night, and you will be amazed that this much detail was possible given the sky conditions. Thanks to BC for the data acquisition and image processing.

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@miabovill @scorfano @jgeach 👋🏻👋🏻

https://t.co/WEtnSdWkn9

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@PBarmby Be careful not to devalue senior folks’ presence at these meetings too much. For early career types that opportunity for in-person facetime and networking is incredibly important.

Just back from 1st in-person hybrid meeting, and for me there’s just no comparison at all.

[Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette @AngryAstroPanda]

Alright, so I couldn't make my huge live @NASAWebb debut quite the way we planned it, but this detection and how BEAUTIFUL the NIRISS data is truly remarkable.

And this is only the start!!!

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@briansiana Thanks! :)

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@briansiana Got snowed-out and isolated for three nights at SOAR with no internet, but this zorro kept us company.

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@PBarmby Fantastic Pauline, congratulations! :D

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

Hey, I know that guy…AND that star cluster!

[Space Telescope Live @spacetelelive]

Hubble is looking at the Ext Cluster UCD218 with Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS/WFC) for Dr. Matthew Taylor. https://t.co/67yz4LtDFG

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

Thrilled to announce a postdoc opportunity to work with JWST Cycle 1 data!

Are you interested in dynamical modelling of compact star clusters to search for black holes? (of course you are)

Then come work with Monica Valluri at University of Michigan!

https://t.co/i7fpGSlMGS

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

#UCalgary’s Rothney Astrophysical Observatory @RAOastronomy will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In celebration of this incredible milestone, Dr. Phil Langill, Director of the ROA, explains the history behind the most comprehensive university observatory in Canada.

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

Not exactly how I pictured my office setup for my first day as a Prof, but it'll do for now.

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

RT for the hover text. So glad to see things finally underway.

[SMBC Comics @SMBCComics]

Holes https://t.co/iuzckFKByM #SMBC #Hiveworks

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@PBarmby Thanks Pauline!

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

Good news everyone!

~15 years after leaving a young, (somewhat)promising career as a chef, I'm unbelievably happy to announce that in 2022 I'll be taking up a position as Assistant Professor at @UCalgary. Can't wait to get going!

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@VoltarCH @UCalgary Haha, classic! Coming from the only part of Canada that rarely gets snow, I fear this could ring true for me…

[US National Gemini Office @usngo]

@GeminiObs has two openings for Science Fellow positions, in Hilo and La Serena. These are split 50/50 between research and observatory support work. These are exciting times to join our team at @NOIRLabAstro | @NOIRLabAstroES | @AURADC! Details here: https://t.co/K8xN96UW73

[Universidad Católica @ucatolica]

Hoy despertamos tristes pero con esperanza de recuperarnos pronto. El incendio que afectó al edificio de @AstroUC no solo nos acongoja como #ComunidadUC sino que también afecta a la familia astronómica en Chile. Un abrazo compañeras y compañeros. + info: https://t.co/AZheF9l740

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

@saangel_ Es Mochi! :D

[Canadian Space Agency @csa_asc]

Congratulations to the astronomers from Canada 🇨🇦 who will be among the first to use @NASAWebb! Imagine the incredible discoveries they will make! Learn more: https://t.co/czaDHNVQuc

📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS.

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

Need to add a shoutout to @matplotlib for providing an amazing framework to produce figures crucial to the proposal! #JWSTCycle1

[Matt Taylor @taylored4astro]

*Tries desperately to come up with a perfectly nuanced, funny tweet.*

Screw it. My proposal was awarded #JWSTCycle1 time to search for black holes in compact stellar systems in Virgo! Let's Go!! #JWSTResultsMemes