Back in march I published my first #ScientificPaper. It used #LymanAlpha spectral observations from the IRIS satellite. We developed an algorithm to identify #SolarSpicules in those datasets. Previously identification in UV wavelengths had to be done by hand, which made #Statistics difficult. We identified over 2,000 events, which helps people's statistics in the future! We'll be using that info to tell us where to point our rocket when we launch. #AcademicChatter

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acbe3f/pdf

Some more #Introduction
As a grad student, I'm helping to build the #SNIFSrocket, a #SoundingRocket payload which will study the #Sun.
A sounding rocket is a small (20 in diameter, 60 ft long) science rocket that launches, gets above the atmosphere for a few minutes to do #Science, and then comes back down.
We're hoping to study fast-moving events on the sun called #SolarSpicules, using high-energy Lyman-Alpha observations.
#SolarPhysics #HelioPhysics #AstroPhysics #GradStudentDaily