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Dr Vicky Fawcett

@astrofawcett

@eso.org Fellow in Garching studying active galaxies ✨ Science communicator, music lover www.astrofawcett.com

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Deadline for EAS abstract submission is tomorrow (3rd March)!

02.03.2026 10:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Final talk done! Had a great first day at the AGN & Energy Flows workshop at Flatiron, with Dr Samuel Ward starting us off ⚡️

18.02.2026 19:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Another talk down ✨
Visited the CfA Harvard today

13.02.2026 23:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Great visit to Princeton University today, now onto Boston!

13.02.2026 00:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Visiting the US east coast to attend the AGN & Energy Flows Workshop next week at the @flatironinstitute.org New York! 🗽

I'll also be visiting @princeton.edu, the CfA @harvard.edu, and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social to give seminars - let me know if anyone is around and wants to chat about AGN! ✨

11.02.2026 13:25 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Abstract submission for EAS 2026 is now open!
Myself and Emmanuel Bempong-Manful are chairing a session on AGN in large sky radio surveys ✨📡

eas.unige.ch/EAS2026/sess...

01.02.2026 21:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Had a great week helping out at the VLT Beyond 2030 conference @eso.org ✨
Also two seminars at ESO and MPA @maxplanck.de 🪐

30.01.2026 21:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Panels showing the JWST, radio, and SINFONI images for four local AGN, showing all three wavelength maps are co-spatial.

Panels showing the JWST, radio, and SINFONI images for four local AGN, showing all three wavelength maps are co-spatial.

Dust temperature versus bolometric luminosity for four local AGN, demonstrating illumination by the AGN alone cannot reproduced the observed dust temperatures.

Dust temperature versus bolometric luminosity for four local AGN, demonstrating illumination by the AGN alone cannot reproduced the observed dust temperatures.

Great paper on arXiv today by @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social PhD student Houda Haidar! ✨

Using #JWST data, she finds a strong morphological link between the warm dust, radio, and coronal [SiVI] emission (tracing shocks), implying shocks heating the dust ⚡️

Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2601.02865

07.01.2026 09:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Saving the best till last obviously…

05.01.2026 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

All 4 weeks are meetings! 🫠

05.01.2026 19:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 AGN Feedback across all scales and time, @eso.org 6-10th July 2026 ✨

Abstract deadline 15th January!
www.eso.org/sci/meetings...

12.12.2025 15:56 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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📢 The Many Scales of Galaxy Environments, Ascona Switzerland, 13-17th July 2026 ✨

Abstract deadline 15th December!
astro.dur.ac.uk/ascona/

12.12.2025 16:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 AGN Feedback across all scales and time, @eso.org 6-10th July 2026 ✨

Abstract deadline 15th January!
www.eso.org/sci/meetings...

12.12.2025 15:56 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Unveiling the Secrets Behind Supermassive Black Holes | The Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture 2025
Unveiling the Secrets Behind Supermassive Black Holes | The Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture 2025 YouTube video by University of Bath

You can watch the talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwvJ...

08.12.2025 13:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Excited to start my next adventure as an @eso.org Fellow in Garching! 🇩🇪🔭

02.12.2025 15:20 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Unveiling the secrets of hidden supermassive black holes Dr Victoria Fawcett will awe us with supermassive black hole research in this hybrid Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture

A reminder that the talk tomorrow will be live streamed - sign up here to receive the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unveiling-...

19.11.2025 11:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Poster outlining title and date of the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture: Unveiling the secrets behind supermassive black holes by Dr Vicky Fawcett

Poster outlining title and date of the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture: Unveiling the secrets behind supermassive black holes by Dr Vicky Fawcett

Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭

I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social

13.11.2025 10:32 👍 55 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 1
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Unveiling the secrets of hidden supermassive black holes Dr Victoria Fawcett will awe us with supermassive black hole research in this hybrid Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture

Sign up in person or online ✨for free✨ here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unveiling-...

13.11.2025 10:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Poster outlining title and date of the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture: Unveiling the secrets behind supermassive black holes by Dr Vicky Fawcett

Poster outlining title and date of the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture: Unveiling the secrets behind supermassive black holes by Dr Vicky Fawcett

Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭

I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social

13.11.2025 10:32 👍 55 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 1
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Had a great time visiting @unisouthampton.bsky.social, presenting my latest work on outflows in DESI QSOs ✨

Now on to Portsmouth!

22.10.2025 09:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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That's a wrap on another great #STEMFest in Newcastle!
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀

It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎

09.10.2025 15:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looking forward to this tomorrow!
I will be discussing my latest work, linking outflows, radio, and dust in DESI QSOs ✨

09.10.2025 14:42 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle!
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth

25.09.2025 17:58 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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‪Tiago Costa giving the quasar feedback overview talk 🌌‬

19.07.2025 10:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Über 150 internationale Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler diskutieren diese Woche am AIP beim 18. Potsdamer Thinkshop. Der Thinkshop mit dem Titel „The Role of Feedback in Galaxy Formation“ bietet Raum für neue Ideen und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. 💫

#astrophysics #galaxy #potsdam

17.07.2025 12:36 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Houda Haidar presenting her poster on dust in nearby AGN with JWST ✨

15.07.2025 15:40 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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‪Nice to catch up with Samuel Ward, presenting his work on simulating AGN-driven outflows 💨‬

15.07.2025 15:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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First time visiting @aippotsdam.bsky.social this week presenting a poster on my recent dusty QSO work 🔭

15.07.2025 15:28 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Lots of @newcastleuni.bsky.social representation at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week! ✨
First up, @astrofawcett.bsky.social talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨
#NAM2025Durham

10.07.2025 09:06 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Great talk at the @nam25-durham.bsky.social EDI session by @izgarland.bsky.social
Favourite (paraphrased) quote on why outreach is important: 'Astronomy is a hobby, disguised as a profession, paid for by the tax payers. I think the least we can do is to make our work accessible to the tax payers.’

10.07.2025 08:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0