User:Meli thev

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I am an astronomy volunteer and I am a co-author of multiple publications. My research area involves brown dwarfs, white dwarfs, debris disks and occasionally galaxies. I like to listen to J-pop and I am a fan of Yamamoto Sayaka.

My fable with spacecrafts[edit]

I do not only like space, but also the space telescopes and space probes that explore the universe and the solar system. One of my favourite space telescopes is Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and one of my favourite space probes is Hayabusa2 (はやぶさ2). I prefer to see the real space telescopes in the cleanroom and less the rendering that space agencies often show.

Gallery favourite spacecrafts and telescopes[edit]

Community Science[edit]

I did co-discover the infrared excess around the white dwarf star LSPM J0207+3331[1][2], one of the exoplanets around K2-138[3] and more exoplanets[4]. I discovered active photoevaporation of two young M-stars with circumstellar disks in the star cluster Collinder 69 using Spitzer Space Telescope images.[5] I am one of the galaxy zoo volunteers that is actively searching for Voorwerpjes (watch this space). I also do actively search for brown dwarfs, which are being observed by researchers of the backyard worlds collaboration (more results to come in the future).[6]

One of my past activities involve being a website moderator at a Zooniverese project, called the Milky Way Project.[7] Beside my Zooniverse activities I am also involving myself in other projects, such as iNaturatlist and NASA's Landslide Reporter. My laptop is thinking hard about questions coming from SETI@Home, Einstein@Home and Rosetta@Home.

Gallery research[edit]

  • Artist's impression of LSPM J0207+3331, which I helped to discover
    Artist's impression of LSPM J0207+3331, which I helped to discover
  • The exoplanets around K2-138
    The exoplanets around K2-138
  • The region around Collinder 69 seen by WISE. A region that was important for my research.
    The region around Collinder 69 seen by WISE. A region that was important for my research.
  • The Teacup galaxy with a Voorwerpje. Our current sample has also spectacular examples.
    The Teacup galaxy with a Voorwerpje. Our current sample has also spectacular examples.

Creating images[edit]

I consider it more of a hobby to create images and gifs out of astronomical data and satellite images. Such as an asteroid in front of the crab nebula.[8][9]

A comparison between AllWISE atlas images (left) and unWISE coadds (right). The image shows the star forming region IC 1590. An image I did create for wikipedia

Wikipedia edits[edit]

I mostly edit wikipedia pages that already exist. And sometimes I create a new wikipedia article, such as

References[edit]

  1. ^ Debes, John H.; Thévenot, Melina; Kuchner, Marc; Burgasser, Adam; Schneider, Adam; Meisner, Aaron; Gagné, Jonathan; Faherty, Jaqueline K.; Rees, Jon M.; Allen, Michaela; Caselden, Dan; Cushing, Michael; Wisniewski, John; Allers, Katelyn; The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Collaboration; the Disk Detective Collaboration (2019-02-19). "A 3 Gyr White Dwarf with Warm Dust Discovered via the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project". The Astrophysical Journal. 872 (2): L25. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab0426. ISSN 2041-8213.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ Garner, Rob (2019-02-19). "Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star With Puzzling Rings". NASA. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  3. ^ "Exoplanet Explorers - About - Zooniverse". www.zooniverse.org. Retrieved 2019-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Zink, Jon K.; Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K.; Christiansen, Jessie L.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Petigura, Erik A.; Lintott, Chris J.; Livingston, John H.; Ciardi, David R.; Barentsen, Geert; Dressing, Courtney D.; Ye, Alexander; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Acres, Kevin; Ansorge, Peter; Arienti, Dario; Baeten, Elisabeth; Canales Cerdá, Victoriano; Chitsiga, Itayi; Daly, Maxwell; Damboiu, James; Ende, Martin; Erdag, Adnan; Evstatiev, Stiliyan; Henderson, Joseph; Hine, David; Hoffman, Tony; Lambrou, Emmanuel; Murawski, Gabriel; Nicholson, Mark; Russell, Mason; Schwengeler, Hans Martin; Spencer, Alton; Tagliabue, Aaron; Tanner, Christopher; Thévenot, Melina; Unsworth, Christine; Uusi-Simola, Jouni (28 February 2019). "Catalog of New K2 Exoplanet Candidates from Citizen Scientists". Research Notes of the AAS. 3 (2): 43. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab0a02. ISSN 2515-5172.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  5. ^ Thévenot, Melina; Doll, Katharina; Luca, Hugo A. Durantini (15 July 2019). "Photoevaporation of Two Proplyds in the Star Cluster Collinder 69 Discovered with Spitzer MIPS". Research Notes of the AAS. 3 (7): 95. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab30c5. ISSN 2515-5172.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  6. ^ marckuchner2014, Author (2019-07-15). "One Hundred Thirty-One Brown Dwarfs". Backyard Worlds: Planet 9. Retrieved 2019-12-27. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Jayasinghe, Tharindu; Dixon, Don; Povich, Matthew S.; Binder, Breanna; Velasco, Jose; Lepore, Denise M.; Xu, Duo; Offner, Stella; Kobulnicky, Henry A.; Anderson, Loren D.; Kendrew, Sarah; Simpson, Robert J. (2019-09-01). "The Milky Way Project Second Data Release: Bubbles and Bow Shocks". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488 (1): 1141–1165. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1738. ISSN 0035-8711.
  8. ^ "Foreground asteroid passing the Crab Nebula". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  9. ^ information@eso.org. "Asteroid in the Crab Nebula (M1)". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2019-12-27.

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