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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

NGL, pretty excited to move to a city where the leading news headlines are about busting a Lego theft ring AND the local news media chooses this as their leading photo for coverage 😆

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:03 UTC

One week from now we’ll be on a plane for our cross country move to Oregon with an 8 month old baby and two cats. Not panicked, but let’s just say I’m displaying an appropriate amount of concern for the situation at hand. 😰

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:50 UTC

Totally normal to sing your baby the Monty Python “Galaxy Song” as a lullaby, right? Asking for me 😅 🔭

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 17:36 UTC

Spotted in Belmont, Massachusetts 🤔

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 17:36 UTC

Omg that is so exciting- congrats!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 02:54 UTC

Pretty amazing how good smartphones are these days for photos. Milky Way as seen in rural New Hampshire 🔭🧪

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 20:22 UTC

Hah yep definitely gotta get up there ASAP! I’m sure it won’t be too tough to arrange 🙂

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:18 UTC

Moving to Oregon in a couple weeks from the Boston area, so had to stop at Fenway today for an important photo!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 11:39 UTC

I don’t think who won matters but in our social media world, you’re now going to see short clips from the debate attacking the other candidate to November and I’m already tired thinking about it

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 01:13 UTC

Mood

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:13 UTC

Cambridge is a weird place 🤔

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 17:43 UTC

When they’re tearing up the road in front of your office so you go disappear into the Widener Library stacks for some quiet… I’m gonna miss a lot when I move next month but access to the largest private library in the world will definitely be high on the list!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

The more I’m in astronomy the more that I’m amazed people can spend millions of dollars to develop and build an instrument that they claim they want everyone to use, and proceed to make so many roadblocks that it’s clear they don’t actually want anyone to use the telescope. 😒 🔭🧪

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 22:29 UTC

So does it count as crawling when baby’s figured out how to lie on her back and push herself across the floor w her feet? I feel this is like learning to swim by doing a backstroke first…

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 20:56 UTC

We have a catbird nest between us and the neighbors! 😻🐦 🪶🪺

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 19:26 UTC

Yea I called for a change in Boeing culture in my interview. I still think the company can be doing better but they’ve gotta want it

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 18:40 UTC

Hello world! Was on Al Jazeera English earlier today to talk about Boeing Starliner’s never-ending delays. 🚀🧪🔭 Might be on tomorrow if they’re successful but I’ve also got Red Sox tickets at Fenway, so ya know, priorities 😅

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 16:46 UTC

Update- launch is scrubbed but I’ll still be on in a half hour at 1:15pm Eastern!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

Cool stuff- I’ll be on Al Jazeera English around 1pm EDT to discuss Boeing Starliner! (Assuming it launches of course.) Go Starliner go! 🚀

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:06 UTC

“Dear Dr. Cendes, I am happy to accept your manuscript for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.” There are few sweeter words in science! 😎

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 00:22 UTC

Black hole conference reception is at the Harvard Art Museum, so got to check out the art before dinner. NGL this is probably the most Harvard thing I’ve done in awhile 🧐

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 13:15 UTC

Conference this week at the Black Hole Institute- Nobel Laureate John Mather kicks us off with a talk about JWST! 🤩 🔭🧪🎢

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 24, 2024 at 14:39 UTC

Radio astronomy. NRAO is still all Java for their OPT 😬

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 24, 2024 at 14:03 UTC

After many years, I am (again) updating my "so you want to be an astronomer" Reddit post that has been a resource to thousands of people around the world! Anything in particular you think I should add? 🔭🧪🎢

www.reddit.com/r/Andromeda3...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 23, 2024 at 12:38 UTC

Packing has begun, and tickets purchased. We are officially moving to Eugene, Oregon on July 17! (Some folks assumed I was already there. I deferred my start date a year to have my baby, bc the “move at six months pregnant to a city without support network” didn’t sound ideal.)

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 20:08 UTC

Funny thing about that swag bag btw was it included a SIRTF polo shirt very clearly for a man and nowhere near my size. It started a long tradition of me gifting my dad polo shirts at all the science facilities I’ve been to that never had shirts for women.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 20:06 UTC

Sagan Infrared Observatory!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

Old blast from the past- a giant SIRTF patch (later renamed Spitzer Telescope!) w tissue pack for scale. I got it as a swag bag for entering a naming contest for SIRTF at age 15, and being one of the top 10 finalists! 🔭🧪

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 10:34 UTC

Of the black hole? There are estimates.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 10:33 UTC

Well my husband did name one of these Jetty McJetface, that crazy enough? 😂 arstechnica.com/science/2022...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 02:45 UTC

No, we already know this object and have it named as it’s been studied for several years. I’m just not publicly naming it yet while we are actively following up. :)

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social [ View ] May 16, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

Discovered a new black hole that "burped" several years after eating a star (aka TDE) that is radio bright now after *years* of being quiet! These images are a ~year apart, and there's def something in the green circle that wasn't there before! Coordinating follow-up now- wish us luck! 🤩 🔭🧪

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