Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
@eliothalley.bsky.social
dynamics of all the little guys: M dwarfs + BDs + planets
Smith College + FCAD postdoc fellow + RECONS
🏳️⚧️ he/him since 2012 🏳️🌈 http://www.science.smith.edu/~evrijmoet
Smith College + FCAD postdoc fellow + RECONS
🏳️⚧️ he/him since 2012 🏳️🌈 http://www.science.smith.edu/~evrijmoet
For a sec I thought this was Cambridge, U.S.A., and I was like WOW so much flying!
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
For a sec I thought this was Cambridge, U.S.A., and I was like WOW so much flying!
Reviewing my recent paper proofs has taught me that I really love hyphens... and my AAS journals copy-editors do not! 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Reviewing my recent paper proofs has taught me that I really love hyphens... and my AAS journals copy-editors do not! 🤣
After 2 weeks of daycare, baby (and I) are on daycare cold #2, and I'm realizing I should have just stopped my immunosuppressants this month 😓
February 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
After 2 weeks of daycare, baby (and I) are on daycare cold #2, and I'm realizing I should have just stopped my immunosuppressants this month 😓
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
Astronomers/physicists: is the postdoc job market this year ultra difficult? I know seven people with no job offers right now, and I feel like they would have had many offers in previous years. In my career, I have never seen this lack of jobs at the postdoc level before. 🔭
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Astronomers/physicists: is the postdoc job market this year ultra difficult? I know seven people with no job offers right now, and I feel like they would have had many offers in previous years. In my career, I have never seen this lack of jobs at the postdoc level before. 🔭
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
Our AAS Education Committee report on 'The Landscape of Undergraduate Astronomy and Astrophysics Degree Requirements' is now available on arXiv: www.arxiv.org/abs/2602.03959. Please give it a read!
The Landscape of Undergraduate Astronomy and Astrophysics Degree Requirements
In this document we summarize the results of a survey of undergraduate degree-granting programs conducted by the 2024-2025 American Astronomical Society Education Committee's Subcommittee on UndeRgrad...
www.arxiv.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Our AAS Education Committee report on 'The Landscape of Undergraduate Astronomy and Astrophysics Degree Requirements' is now available on arXiv: www.arxiv.org/abs/2602.03959. Please give it a read!
This is it! In most contexts I refer to it as ongoing.
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 AM
This is it! In most contexts I refer to it as ongoing.
Wow, the exact same date as the NOIRLab deadline? That is pretty brutal. :/
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Wow, the exact same date as the NOIRLab deadline? That is pretty brutal. :/
This paper was delayed for a few years, for many reasons -- dissertation, new job, pregnancy, depression -- so, even though it's not a fancy paper, it feels AMAZING to finally get it finished. I've got some wonderfully patient co-authors.
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This paper was delayed for a few years, for many reasons -- dissertation, new job, pregnancy, depression -- so, even though it's not a fancy paper, it feels AMAZING to finally get it finished. I've got some wonderfully patient co-authors.
The next issue of "the Solar Neighborhood" is up! 🔭
In TSN 54 we present 54 orbits of nearby M dwarf binaries. These come from our 300-star, 4-year speckle program at SOAR.
Also included: 1000+ relative astrometry points -- keep watching these for longer orbits later!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.18905
In TSN 54 we present 54 orbits of nearby M dwarf binaries. These come from our 300-star, 4-year speckle program at SOAR.
Also included: 1000+ relative astrometry points -- keep watching these for longer orbits later!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.18905
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The next issue of "the Solar Neighborhood" is up! 🔭
In TSN 54 we present 54 orbits of nearby M dwarf binaries. These come from our 300-star, 4-year speckle program at SOAR.
Also included: 1000+ relative astrometry points -- keep watching these for longer orbits later!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.18905
In TSN 54 we present 54 orbits of nearby M dwarf binaries. These come from our 300-star, 4-year speckle program at SOAR.
Also included: 1000+ relative astrometry points -- keep watching these for longer orbits later!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.18905
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
Some new recommendations from our AAS Working Group on Graduate Admission: aas.org/posts/news/2...
AAS Working Group Recommends New Best Practices for Graduate Admissions
The Working Group on Graduate Admissions wishes to highlight two recommendations for immediate adoption by the community to improve the current astronomy-wide graduate admissions process.
aas.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Some new recommendations from our AAS Working Group on Graduate Admission: aas.org/posts/news/2...
Holy crap, teaching while parenting is a serious step up in difficulty.
Will baby go to daycare tomorrow, or will she stay home sick? Will she be ok with going to meetings? Will two zooms in a row be too many? Should I just cancel everything now?
Will baby go to daycare tomorrow, or will she stay home sick? Will she be ok with going to meetings? Will two zooms in a row be too many? Should I just cancel everything now?
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Holy crap, teaching while parenting is a serious step up in difficulty.
Will baby go to daycare tomorrow, or will she stay home sick? Will she be ok with going to meetings? Will two zooms in a row be too many? Should I just cancel everything now?
Will baby go to daycare tomorrow, or will she stay home sick? Will she be ok with going to meetings? Will two zooms in a row be too many? Should I just cancel everything now?
And here's the Subaru, mid-excavation.
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
And here's the Subaru, mid-excavation.
We got 20 inches of snow (and counting) in western Massachusetts. Here you see our fence (4 ft high), trash bin, and a mountain formerly known as our 2007 Subaru Outback.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
We got 20 inches of snow (and counting) in western Massachusetts. Here you see our fence (4 ft high), trash bin, and a mountain formerly known as our 2007 Subaru Outback.
Baby's first trip to the emergency room ✅ done!
(She's fine -- turns out she's so big and strong, she just needs way more Tylenol than the box suggests)
(She's fine -- turns out she's so big and strong, she just needs way more Tylenol than the box suggests)
January 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Baby's first trip to the emergency room ✅ done!
(She's fine -- turns out she's so big and strong, she just needs way more Tylenol than the box suggests)
(She's fine -- turns out she's so big and strong, she just needs way more Tylenol than the box suggests)
It was so awkward but I wanted John to have company 😆
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
It was so awkward but I wanted John to have company 😆
It's like vacation! Everything is so peaceful! Never before have I had such fulfilling separation of work and life
January 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
It's like vacation! Everything is so peaceful! Never before have I had such fulfilling separation of work and life
Our paper has been accepted and is on its way through the journal machina. "The Solar Neighborhood #54" will feature 54 orbits. That worked out so perfectly! 🔭🧪
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Our paper has been accepted and is on its way through the journal machina. "The Solar Neighborhood #54" will feature 54 orbits. That worked out so perfectly! 🔭🧪
So apparently she cried so much, all the other babies in the room cried all day too. A natural born leader!
Just dropped baby off at her first day of daycare, and now I might cry -- from pure *relief*. She gets to be with real playmates and I get to have hours and hours of work, chores, coffee, all those wonderful boring adult things. 😌
January 21, 2026 at 12:58 AM
So apparently she cried so much, all the other babies in the room cried all day too. A natural born leader!
Just dropped baby off at her first day of daycare, and now I might cry -- from pure *relief*. She gets to be with real playmates and I get to have hours and hours of work, chores, coffee, all those wonderful boring adult things. 😌
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Just dropped baby off at her first day of daycare, and now I might cry -- from pure *relief*. She gets to be with real playmates and I get to have hours and hours of work, chores, coffee, all those wonderful boring adult things. 😌
Last two weeks of January was rejection season for me. But also when I had a very good interview! Hang in there.
January 18, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Last two weeks of January was rejection season for me. But also when I had a very good interview! Hang in there.
Night 3: captured this dramatic view of PRISM nearly sweeping the floor as the Perkins telescope slew deeply toward the east. 🔭
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Night 3: captured this dramatic view of PRISM nearly sweeping the floor as the Perkins telescope slew deeply toward the east. 🔭
Night 2: the students got more comfortable controlling the music, and consequently we listened to 11 hours straight of Beyoncé.
It would have been 12 hours, but at hour 11 my music app ran out of Beyoncé songs.
It would have been 12 hours, but at hour 11 my music app ran out of Beyoncé songs.
Night 1 completed with beautiful skies, and six new students now trained on the Perkins 1.8m! This group is really super excellent. At one point I got to take a nap.
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Night 2: the students got more comfortable controlling the music, and consequently we listened to 11 hours straight of Beyoncé.
It would have been 12 hours, but at hour 11 my music app ran out of Beyoncé songs.
It would have been 12 hours, but at hour 11 my music app ran out of Beyoncé songs.
Night 1 completed with beautiful skies, and six new students now trained on the Perkins 1.8m! This group is really super excellent. At one point I got to take a nap.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Night 1 completed with beautiful skies, and six new students now trained on the Perkins 1.8m! This group is really super excellent. At one point I got to take a nap.
My flight is leaving 45+ minutes late, so I'm definitely getting max 5 hours sleep. If anyone comes to my poster tomorrow it better be to bring me coffee. #AAS247
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
My flight is leaving 45+ minutes late, so I'm definitely getting max 5 hours sleep. If anyone comes to my poster tomorrow it better be to bring me coffee. #AAS247