William Thompson
@wrtastro.bsky.social
Herzberg Instrument Science Fellow at the National Research Council in Victoria, Canada. Imaging exoplanets and writing #JuliaLang tools.
(most of) The local team together to see SPIDERS off!
Fingers crossed the ride over wont be too bumpy 🫨
Fingers crossed the ride over wont be too bumpy 🫨
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
(most of) The local team together to see SPIDERS off!
Fingers crossed the ride over wont be too bumpy 🫨
Fingers crossed the ride over wont be too bumpy 🫨
New position, same institution!
September 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New position, same institution!
Probably nothing compared to TESS and Kepler though!
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Probably nothing compared to TESS and Kepler though!
These changes are breaking---See sefffal.github.io/Octofitter.j... for details. Thanks! [4/4]
Migration Guide · Octofitter.jl
Documentation for Octofitter.jl.
sefffal.github.io
July 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
These changes are breaking---See sefffal.github.io/Octofitter.j... for details. Thanks! [4/4]
We have a new concept of “observation variables” that makes it easy to model out instrument systematics like RV offsets and northangle/platescale uncertainties. This plugs into our improved cross-validation capabilities to test how different subsets of data impact results. [3/4]
July 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We have a new concept of “observation variables” that makes it easy to model out instrument systematics like RV offsets and northangle/platescale uncertainties. This plugs into our improved cross-validation capabilities to test how different subsets of data impact results. [3/4]
We have a new API for constructing models and specifying priors, with much simpler syntax. It’s now really easy to e.g. add priors on mutual inclination between two bodies and other dynamical constraints. [2/4]
July 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We have a new API for constructing models and specifying priors, with much simpler syntax. It’s now really easy to e.g. add priors on mutual inclination between two bodies and other dynamical constraints. [2/4]