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I can barely think of words to tweet after what we have done these last 2.5 days... 🫠
But here you have the first results of the greatly awaited DDT observations 😃
(Spoiler: two new spectroscopically confirmed z > 10 galaxies! 😱)
arxiv.org/abs/2303.15431
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An intimate look at Canadian mining giant Hudbay’s activities today near Helvetia Cemetery in Ariz’s Santa Rita Mountains. Hudbay is working on exploratory drilling & mine preparations. If allowed to continue Hudbay will pollute the land, air & water & leave Arizona poorer.
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Here is the great @Cackowski reading @susanorlean’s fantastic drunk tweets, as recorded by @carlacackowski
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The Department of Astronomy/Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona (@azstewobs) will not require nor accept either general or physics GRE score for next year's admission. And the admissions committee will not view negatively classes completed P/F in spring 2020.
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Pictures from @azstewobs @UArizonaLPL @UAZSkyCenter Mt. Lemmon Observatory in the last few days during the #BigHorn fire. Thank you USFS and all firefighters to protect our facilities; Jim Grantham, Steve Bland, Chip Beiner, Joe Hoscheidt for your hard work and for the pictures!
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“This “Space is the Place” CD was flown for Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen aboard the international space station during expedition 55 & 56 in appreciation of your support during this mission.” @sivadda1
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“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”
Retweet if your immigrant ancestors wouldn’t be let in if this means tested immigration policy was in place then.
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When I saw Star Wars, I felt when they talked about forces they most certainly were correct.
(Sun Ra)
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Public lecture in Spanish @azstewobs by Prof. Dennis Zaritsky facebook.com/azstewobs/photo…
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This is a weird tweet to type but the Petting Zoo scheduled for @ArizonaSoccer tonight just called.The goats & sheep escaped at a previous event and are currently being chased through the streets of Tucson.
The zoo is still happening?May be postponed a bit..?This is all we know.
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The MMTO is seeking a Queue Observer to support nighttime operations. Job ad here - uacareers.com/postings/41232
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Near Earth space has yet to be included in global environmental protection narratives and this must happen if we are to truly make gains toward the long term sustainability of the space environment! #OS19 – at Geneva, Switzerland
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Nick Woolf walking us through how unique and difficult it was 40 years ago to have two institutions build one telescope. #mmt40th
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You still have until this Friday to register for the 40th Anniversary Symposium and to sign up for our hands-on workshops. 40th.mmto.org
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Have you registered for our 40th Anniversary Symposium yet? Sign up! 40th.mmto.org
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Celebrating #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM at the MMT Observatory. #InternationalDayOfWomenInScience Our telescope operators, queue observer, and staff scientist.
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An MMT Binospec image of the low surface brightness galaxy UGC1378, which was one of the first targets observed in November of 2017. Image by I. Chilingarian.
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ICYMI (I missed it!) The NAS has put out the call for White Papers regarding the Decadal Survey of Astrophysics priorities. They are due in 2019 January.
sites.nationalacademies.org/…
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Looks like we timed our annual shutdown pretty well.
#Lightning over the mountain behind @casinodelsol_ve this evening. #azwx #Monsoon2018 #StormHour #KVOAwx @TucsonNewsNow #Tucson @jeffbeamish @VisitTucsonAZ
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New paper: Photometric identification and MMT spectroscopy of new extremely metal-poor galaxies: towards a better understanding of young stellar populations at low metallicity arxiv.org/abs/1806.00551