🌠 Astro Corner
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." – Carl Sagan
Welcome to the space-science core of this site! This is where I ramble about the cool stuff I’m learning, coding, or observing.
🔭 Current Focus: AGN Jets
I'm currently working on a visual classification project for Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) jets — massive, energetic particle beams ejected from supermassive black holes. My goal is to categorize how these jets bend due to interactions with the surrounding medium.
The project uses a combination of Python scripts, visual inspection, and occasional yelling at FITS files. It's fun, frustrating, and fantastic.
🖼️ FITS File Preview
This is a mockup preview — one of my processed FITS files (displayed as a static image here):
🛠️ Tools I Use:
- 🧠 DS9 for FITS visualization
- 🐍 Python (with Astropy + custom scripts)
- 🖼️ Matplotlib for plotting jet profiles
- 🗃️ Pandas for cataloging metadata
💡 Future Goals:
- Create an interactive jet morphology browser
- Make a public dataset of interesting AGN structures
- Write a blog post series explaining the data pipeline
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.” – Carl Sagan