Soon after the first paper of the BLOeM collaboration (describing the survey) another two papers followed on the multiplicity properties of specific populations. In one of them, led by Julia Bodensteiner and Tomer Shenra, we looked into the multiplicity properties of the OBe population in the SMC. This is of …
This is it ! Its on! 🚀 💫 The 5th iteration of our Summer School for Astrostatistics in Crete will be hosted at the University of Crete, in the week 16-20 of June. It has been an amazing journey so far, and as each year builds upon the previous we …
Last year, In 2024 I took over the responsibility to teach a university course for the first time. Was it overwhelming? Without a doubt! Sure, I have been using python for almost 15 years, but condensing all that experience into a structured course … was definitely challenging. Fortunately, i had …
This is of the most intriguing object. We are still puzzled about its nature. From a red supergiant, it became a yellow one within months to year, showing B[e] characteristics. We are not certain if this is the correct answer or something else is undergoing. But definitely an exciting object …
During the ASSESS project we carried out tons of observations and careful analysis in order to identify mass-losing evolved stars. At the same time though, Manos Zapartas was taking advantage of the new red supergiant mass loss fits we managed and put them into some perspective with theory. Equipped with …
At the beginning of October we had a great opportunity to present the latest results of our work with my MSc. student Stella Avgousti. The 15th Gaia Science Alerts and ORP Time-Domain Workshop 2024 was hosted by the Institute of Astrophysics – FORTH and for me – personally – it …
This is the first paper of the “Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM)” collaboration which targets to obtain spectra for about 1000 massive stars in the SMC! Apart from being an extremely interesting project it really matches many of the sources I have been working with in the SMC. So perfect …
From July 1 (2024) and for the next three months I will be closely working* with a Physics undergrad, named Simos Vlassis, who followed my Python course and wanted to dive into more interesting stuff with Python. Therefore, I found the opportunity to offer him the possibility to work on …
It is Friday night and only two days are left before another Summer School for Astrostatistics in Crete ! Everything is ready and I am excited for a totally new iteration of our school. I have to admit though that after three already successful events we have streamlined the process. …
Stephan extends the work he has performed previously in the Magellanic Clouds to RSGs identified in the ASSESS project in galaxies at subsolar metallicity. Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: II. Physical properties of red supergiants at subsolar metallicity S. de Wit, A.Z. Bonanos, K. Antoniadis, E. Zapartas, …
