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William Thompson

@AstroWrt
Plaskett fellow at the NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics. Exoplanets, direct imaging instruments, and stats tools. #julialang enthusiast.
Victoria, B.C., Canada
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Joined January 2020
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    William Thompson
    @AstroWrt
    Feb 6, 2024
    Announcing Octofitter (🐙), an ambitious tool for all kinds of exoplanet orbit modeling workflows: fit planet orbits to relative astrometry, proper motion anomaly, radial velocity, images, and more! [1/7] sefffal.github.io/Octofitter.jl/…
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    William Thompson
    @AstroWrt
    Jul 30, 2025
    Great work by Sabina and co-authors! Plus lots of nice showcases of Octofitter and PairPlots :)
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    Phil Armitage
    @philip_armitage
    Jul 30, 2025
    New paper! In work led by Sabina Sagynbayeva we quantify mission and ancillary data (RV, astrometry) requirements that enable "full system" (terrestrial AND giant planets) characterization with the Habitable Worlds Observatory. arxiv.org/abs/2507.21443
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    William Thompson
    @AstroWrt
    Mar 25, 2025
    Just learned that am being awarded the J. S. Plaskett medal for most outstanding doctoral thesis in astronomy in Canada. Thank you @AstroCanada, and my committee & @PHASTatUVIC for the nomination!
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    William Thompson
    @AstroWrt
    Jan 13, 2025
    Silver lining of being in unexpectedly Ottawa this week instead of at #AAS245 is the shawarma
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    William Thompson
    @AstroWrt
    Dec 12, 2024
    Attending AAS in DC this January? Join us at our introduction to Julia programming for astronomy workshop!
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