by astro-admin | May 22, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Preface I grew up in a house parented by programmers. Yes, both my parents went to get Bachelor's degrees in physics and math and in programming (computational sciences) in Tbilisi, Georgia. And I think my father went further ahead with his education, but I still have...

by astro-admin | March 31, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I posted on my Twitter a snapshot of few amazing galaxies, and someone asked about their distances. https://twitter.com/Maria_Science/status/1641418503163981825?s=20 I had the coordinates for these galaxies, so I could use the SDSS Navigate tool to see if the...

by astro-admin | February 2, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Follow @Maria_Science I have some FORS2 spectroscopic data and need to get tools to reduce it. From the FORS2 page, https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/fors/overview.html, I navigate to the “Manuals”,...

by astro-admin | December 20, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I come to be by your side, Armenia, at this time, with you to walk however briefly, and help rebuild, strengthen, and revive the hope During the COVID-19 pandemic, unfortunately, yet another even more horrible fate fell on the shoulders of Armenians, as Azerbaijan and...

by astro-admin | September 13, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Maria Babakhanyan Stone This is a conference on the topic of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) which took place in the Byurakan Observatory, Armenia in 2019.  I was thrilled to be accepted to the conference to present my PhD research. Unfortunately, my travels did not...

by astro-admin | October 14, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

(Language and Culture Tandem) by Maria Babakhanyan Stone 10/14/2017 I met my tandem partner (for privacy, her name is H). She seems nice. We didn't speak Finnish yet. Hopefully next time I will not be shy and we can speak some Finnish :). 10/27/2017 - 2nd Tandem...