Aafia Zainab

Astrophysics PhD candidate @DrRemeis, looking for X-Ray binaries in the Milky Way. Writes when not exhausted. Opinions own. Misses the sea and dosas. (she/her)

[@MPE_Garching @MPE_Garching]

🥳Ta-dah! The @eROSITA_SRG consortium has unleashed the colossal first #eROSITA #AllSkySurvey #eRASS1 data release #eROSITAdr1 with a record-breaking 900,000 cosmic sources & ~ 50 scientific publications. Get ready for a cosmic revolution and dive in➡️1/9
https://t.co/4afdshzqd8

[Andrea Merloni @andmerloni]

Finally the time has come: In 50 days (on Jan. 31) the German #eROSITA Consortium will release the first all-sky survey data!

[Dusán Tubín Arenas 🌳 @DusanTubin]

The first @eROSITA_SRG (De) data release is coming with a lot of cool new science and X-ray emitting objects!

Your favorite source is not bright in X-rays? Don't worry, we will also provide nice flux upper limits 👀

🛰️⚡🌀

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@ManamiSasakiDE Such a great view!

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix Oof, this is amazing!

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@ASleepyWanderer Whoa, this is so cool!! I love all of them but the latest one blows my mind. 👏🏼

[Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory @DrRemeis]

Do you have plans for the weekend?
Come visit us at the @w_jahr #universeontour roadshow in Bamberg. You can experience a black hole through VR, ask astronomers everything you might want to know, and visit the amazing planetariumsshow!

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix Well, Eid Mubarak in advance then!

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@KonHaubner Thank you! It would’ve been great if you could’ve gone too. But there will be a next time!

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

I had a lot of fun giving this talk in Athens! It’s always fun to meet your X-ray astronomy friends, and to make new ones. :)

[Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory @DrRemeis]

Finally, @z_aafia gave a talk on the distribution of X-ray binaries in the galaxy as seen by eROSITA, and how it looks when they’re not in outburst.

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix I wish they’d let me know there was a deadline of some sort :( oh well, I guess there’s always the potential of another cat-pawed painted jar. 🤞🏼

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

Found a pottery cafe (relatively) nearby and had a lovely two hours dawdling in pottery painting. I can’t wait to see how it turns out!

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@cm_diez I’m so proud! Congratulations!!! 💙

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@ASleepyWanderer I like it! The spiral arms and the background look great :)

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix Oh it’s that time of the year again 🤔

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix @astronerdika I worried about that too, but shall rest easy at the satisfaction that pulsar puns won out during black hole week xD

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix @astronerdika Thanks, just needed some pole-ishing.

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix @astronerdika Thankfully, I’ve still got my pulse though.

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix @astronerdika That was a really good one and I’m still thinking of a comeback. “That’s how they manage to stay neutral?” No, never mind.

[Aafia Zainab @z_aafia]

@TheAstroPhoenix @astronerdika Blasphemy!