Contribution to the XV meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society

Gonzalo Munoz-Sanchez traveled to Tenerife (Spain) for a week in September (5-9), to participate in the XV scientific meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society. There he presented his work from the reduction of GTC multi-object spectroscopic data we have obtained for NCG 6822 and IC 10 galaxies. The poster is …

Maravelias et al. 2022: A machine-learning photometric classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies I. The method

A machine-learning photometric classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies I. The method Grigoris Maravelias, Alceste Z. Bonanos, Frank Tramper, Stephan de Wit, Ming Yang, Paolo Bonfini Context. Mass loss is a key parameter in the evolution of massive stars. Despite the recent progress in the theoretical understanding of how …

Maravelias & Kraus 2022: Bouncing against the Yellow Void — exploring the outbursts of ρ Cas from visual observations

Bouncing against the Yellow Void — exploring the outbursts of ρ Cas from visual observations Grigoris Maravelias and Michaela Kraus Massive stars are rare but of paramount importance for their immediate environment and their host galaxies. They lose mass from their birth through strong stellar winds up to their spectacular …

ASSESS Team on IAUS 366 on the Origin of Outflows in Evolved Stars

The ASSESS team is joining the IAUS 366 “On the Origin of Outflows in Evolved Stars”, organized virtually from Nov 1-5. Alceste will give an overview (Wednesday, Nov. 3, @12:20 UTC) of the ASSESS project followed by the advance we have achieved over the last years, as first results are …

Talks from the 15th Hellenic Astronomical Conference

Would like to learn what we have been doing so far?

Then you can take a look at our talks from the 15th Hellenic Astronomical Conference that became recently available online.

“Applying machine-learning methods to build a photometric classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies”
by Grigoris Maravelias
“Spectral analysis of evolved massive stars in the SMC and LMC”
by Stephan de Wit
“Evolved massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds”
by Ming Yang
“Bouncing against the Yellow Void – the case of rho Cas”
by Grigoris Maravelias (poster)

ASSESS team on 15th Hellenic Astronomical Conference

The ASSESS team is joining the 15th Hellenic Astronomical Conference, organized biennially by the Hellenic Astronomical Society. This is one of the greatest opportunities to meet old friends but, unfortunately, this time we will not mange to meet in Patras. Instead, it’s going to be held virtually from 5 to …

ASSESS team on EAS 2021

The ASSESS team is joining the European Astronomical Society’s conference 2021. Although planned to meet in person in Leiden (28 June – 2 July, 2021), due to the ongoing pandemic the conference became a virtual one. Alceste has a plenary talk entitled “New developments and challenges in massive star evolution”, …

ASSESS team participates in IAU Symposium 361

The ASSESS team is joining the Massive Stars IAU Symposium 361 titled “Massive Stars Near and Far“, held in Ballyconnell, Ireland (May 18-22). The SOC has offered Alceste a talk “Introducing the ASSESS project: Episodic Mass Loss in Evolved Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe”, while while …