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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan was the architect of WorldWide Telescope project, which I was gifted to work on with him back 15 years ago. I'll also miss knowing he might sneak up on us at some meeting somewhere (he liked to appear unexpectedly). And he was one of those people with near boundless curiosity! Rest well. ♥️

August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 1d

Damn it, Jonathan Fay, I am gonna miss knowing you are in the world.

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 1d

Damn it, Jonathan Fay, I am gonna miss knowing you are in the world.

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 7d

wait how did you get a Matthew Graham interview at the CfA?

August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 7d

Finding linked data and linked software are critical! Nice quotes and reflections on ADS's leap forward!

Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 7d

Transparent, reproducible, and open - #SciX supports research integrity by connecting curated publications, data, and software in one trusted platform. Here's what Dr Sarah Stamps and Danie Kinkade from our Advisory Board say #SciX #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #TrustedResearch

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 7d

Transparent, reproducible, and open - #SciX supports research integrity by connecting curated publications, data, and software in one trusted platform. Here's what Dr Sarah Stamps and Danie Kinkade from our Advisory Board say #SciX #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #TrustedResearch

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 8d

Astronomers have long been blessed by the existence of #ADS - excited for the new @scixcommunity.bsky.social platform, expanding to other disciplines - developed via NASA #openscience funding. Look forward to trying it out! 🔭🧪

Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 8d

#SciX is created by the #ADS team & operates out of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA Cooperative Agreement. Created and developed by scientists, for scientists, SciX builds on decades of open research infrastructure and collaboration: https://bit.ly/CfASciXNews

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 8d

We have lift-off! Science Explorer, or #SciX to its friends, is excited to be your new home for open, connected, and trustworthy science. Explore. Share. Discover at scixplorer.org #OpenScience #ResearchInfrastructure #SpaceScience #EarthScience #PlanetaryScience

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 11d

Only 3 days until launch! From #stars to #seas, and from #Earth to the edge of the #universe, #SciX connects #research across disciplines. Discovery has never been this open. Explore with us from Monday 29th September. Get involved at scixplorer.org #ResearchTogether

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 13d

Would be willing to add an issue to our AASTeX7 GitHub repo? To document the incompatible package? Don’t have to be super precise or complete, but a minut minimum working example would be awesome

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 13d

Are you certain you are using the most up2date bst file? We had a problem where a broken alpha bst was initially released with v7.0 and have updated it since. I do not see this problem in any of the ms I'm working with.

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 15d

✨ New AAS Journal Author Series video!

Ruella Ordinaria (York Univ) talks about her research on the Europa Clipper mission & where this exciting journey could take us next.

This series connects authors with their research, their stories, and the broader astronomy community. youtu.be/zQ4kcvDUQU4 🔭

AAS Journal Author Series: Ruella Ordinaria on 2025RNAAS...9..175O

YouTube video by AAS

youtu.be

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 20d

Hmm, maybe "a scourge as fearful as floods" is a chatbot take on Shakespeare's "a pox upon both your houses"?

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 26d

wait, parent refs take training courses? 😜

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 27d

AAS Social Media Task Force
The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force to strategically increase the Society's social media presence, including communicating the value of astronomy & science funding to the broader public and promoting advocacy actions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔭

Apply to Join the AAS Social Media Task Force

The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force, to strategically increase the social media presence of the Society, including communicating the value of astronomy and science funding to the ...

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · Sep 5

I don't have an answer, but that is not our bsky account!

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Dr. Stéphanie Juneau @stephajuneau.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you have a few mins and have used (or you're thinking about using) the Astro Data Lab, our team would love to hear from you!

Astro Data Lab @astrodatalab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Your opinion matters!

We invite current and future users of Astro Data Lab to take the first User Survey. Please help us shape our future development!

👉 User Survey: datalab.noirlab.edu/usersurvey

#astronomy 🔭

Astro Data Lab annual user survey 2025

Thank you for participating in the first annual user experience survey of the Astro Data Lab science platform. Your answers are collected anonymously, i.e., we are not linking your responses to any pe...

datalab.noirlab.edu

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sssh, people might hear you. ;-)

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · Aug 21

Nice to AAS Journals is going to be assigning DOIs to Data Published in the articles. journals.aas.org/news/digital...

Assigning DOIs to data published in the journals - AAS Journals

Starting in 2025, we are further enhancing the digital data published in the AAS Journals by giving each contributed dataset or online-only figure a unique digital object identifier (DOI).

journals.aas.org

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ethan Vishniac to Step Down as Editor in Chief of AAS Journals in 2027 Congrats to @ethan-vishniac.bsky.social on building the journals to what they are today. Wishing you all the best on the next adventure aas.org/press/ethan-...

Ethan Vishniac to Step Down as Editor in Chief of AAS Journals in 2027 | American Astronomical Society

Dr. Vishniac’s retirement will mark the end of a 12-year term, during which he has led the journals through a period of remarkable growth and innovation.

aas.org

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · Aug 20

Today's Virtual Astronomy Software Talk is a session on "Teaching Computational Astrophysics in the Era of AI". Come hear from several people's experiences.

vast-seminars.github.io

#astrocode

Also, sign up for a talk to share your own codes!

Virtual Astronomy Software Talks

vast-seminars.github.io

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yeah a decision was made when we switched from Chicago to iop to not retroactively reformat the articles to match the iop style, but to keep the Chicago HTML static. Not pretty. There might be a solution in the works.

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Ethan Vishniac 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 @ethan-vishniac.bsky.social · Aug 11

youtu.be/r1WAea9sVvE
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Emily Pass (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) chats about her article on the population of exoplanets
with and without atmospheres.

AAS Journal Author Series: Emily Pass on 2025ApJ...986L...3P

YouTube video by AAS

youtu.be

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · Aug 8

I can't believe I'm being a crankmeister over a PR, but I logged into Zenodo at 8pm EDT to publish the data for these ApJL results in coordination with the preprint releases. And they are ApJL results. And thank you, authors, for entrusting us with these publications. #crankyApJEditor

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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · Aug 8

Um, what is this social media image shown in your bsky post? Because that's not Robert Hurt's original image; it's been manipulated. And this is not a Nature published result. Seems super disingenuous to use that image that way. #crankyApJEditor @fredrasio.bsky.social @ethan-vishniac.bsky.social

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · Aug 5

Call for Astronomy, astrophysics and space science Editors at the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) blog.joss.theoj.org/2025/08/call...

Call for editors | Journal of Open Source Software Blog

Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software • <a href='https://joss.theoj.org'>https://joss.theoj.org</a>

blog.joss.theoj.org

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