Jason Wang
Astronomer. I take images of extrasolar planets. Sometimes I make GIFs of them. Professor at Northwestern/CIERA. jasonwang.space
- The application deadline for the 2026 Code/Astro workshop is in a couple of days. Open to anyone interested in learning how to develop open-source software for astronomy! Both in-person and virtual options available. Apply here: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
- On the first day of Christmas, numpy gave to me, release of v2.4 that breaks my continuous integration builds.
- The Fomalhaut system continues to deliver unexpected surprises!
- New orbit movie just dropped. This one is for the newly discovered circumbinary planet HD 143811 AB b. This 9-year timelapse was made through an international collaboration with me, Nathalie Jones (Northwestern graduate student), and Vito Squicciarini (Exeter postdoc)
- Beautiful image!
- Does anyone else see Van Leeuwen merchandise (from the ice cream brand) and think why there's merch for the Hipparcos astrometry catalog?
- I'm apparently experiencing an adrenaline rush from a grad student in my group giving a talk at a conference I'm not even at?
- Not at #HWO25 but had to watch the Youtube stream to see the coolest version of the HR 8799 orbit movie from @bmacastro.bsky.social
- Every time I blink, Roman gets even closer to launch!
- The 51 Peg b postdoctoral fellowship is out and Northwestern is one of the possible host institutions. Come join us! More information about the range of planetary astronomy research and other opportunities (like PI of Keck proposals) here: ciera.northwestern.edu/opportunitie....
- Help us decide how to allocate ~2200 hours of Roman Space Telescope time! The Roman Coronagraph team is soliciting white papers to get community input on how to use our observing time (reminder, there is no GO call for the Coronagraph). If you need more details about the Roman Coronagraph.. (1/2)
- We're looking to hire a director of operations for CIERA! Consider applying if you're interested in a position in astronomy where you enable others to do research.
- Loading up webbpsf to get the inside scoop
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- Just coming down from the adrenaline rush of participating in the public comment period of my town's board meeting.
- When schools on semesters are finishing up but you have 4 weeks left in the quarter.
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- AAS has a helpful page for contacting your congresspeople on the status of astronomy funding in the US: aas.org/advocacy/get...
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- Very excited to share that I was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow! Really thankful to all my mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and my amazing research group. Wouldn't have been possible with all of them!
- 🎉Congrats to the 126 early-career scientists who have been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship this year! These exceptional scholars are drawn from 51 institutions across the US and Canada, and represent the next generation of groundbreaking researchers. sloan.org/fellowships/...
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- Final week to apply for the Code/Astro workshop! Come learn about open-source software development in Python.
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- The Roman Coronagraph team is soliciting input on what to do with 2200 hours on the highest contrast coronagraph ever flown! There is no open-time program, so fill out this survey on the technology demonstration and science that you think would be most interesting! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Excited to share our interdisciplinary work on developing new methods to subtract off the glare of the star to reveal fainter exoplanets. We show in simulation that we can build a full optical model of JWST/NIRCam and generate images of the star to subtract off and reveal faint planets (1/3)
- Want to learn how to make your astronomy code open source? The Code/Astro workshop is happening this Aug 4-8th at Northwestern! We typically get a strong demand so we ask those interested to fill out an application by Feb 1st. See Sarah's post below for details.
- Duolingo is having me speak sentences about how parents-in-law tell bad jokes, while I'm at the in-laws.....
- I actually followed through on a new year's resolution!
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- So excited to share the news that Northwestern is joining the GMT consortium! news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024...
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- I may have been thinking too much about optics recently because the first thing I thought of when I saw these truck lights is GMT pupil.
- NASA is soliciting additional funded teams to join the Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Participation Program. Help us demonstrate the technology to image habitable worlds in space! Happy to chat with anyone that's curious about getting involved. nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...
- Check out our new paper on the first system where we can measure the C/O ratio in both a protoplanet and its disk!
- Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Exoplanetary scientist: We've detected water in the cup!
- Was I not paying attention or did Duolingo just add triple XP boosts? Is this a ploy to make me learn more?
