About
I'm Roger Wesson, an astronomer working at University College London, where I carry out research on evolved stars and their outflows as part of the sndust group. Previously I spent four years in Chile, where I was a Fellow at the European Southern Observatory and spent 80 nights a year supporting operations at the Very Large Telescope, including nighttime support on UT3 (Melipal). Before that I was at UCL, where I was an undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoc. These pages contain information about my research.
Research
My most recent publications:
- The missing mass conundrum of post-common-envelope planetary nebulae: 2019, IAU Symposium, 343, 239 Santander-García, Miguel, Jones, David, Alcolea, Javier, Wesson, Roger, Bujarrabal, Valentín
- Characterization of the planetary nebula Tc 1 based on VLT X-shooter observations: 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490, 2475 Aleman, Isabel, Leal-Ferreira, Marcelo L., Cami, Jan, Akras, Stavros, Ochsendorf, Bram, Wesson, Roger, Morisset, Christophe, Cox, Nick L. J., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Paladini, Carlos E., Peeters, Els, Stock, David J., Monteiro, Hektor, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M.
- Observing the mass-loss of nearby red supergiants through high-contrast imaging: 2019, IAU Symposium, 343, 500 Scicluna, Peter, Siebenmorgen, R., Blommaert, J. A. D. L., Kemper, F., Wesson, R., Wolf, S.
- The dust content of the Crab Nebula: 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488, 164 De Looze, I., Barlow, M. J., Bandiera, R., Bevan, A., Bietenholz, M. F., Chawner, H., Gomez, H. L., Matsuura, M., Priestley, F., Wesson, R.
- A decade of ejecta dust formation in the Type IIn SN 2005ip: 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485, 5192 Bevan, A., Wesson, R., Barlow, M. J., De Looze, I., Andrews, J. E., Clayton, G. C., Krafton, K., Matsuura, M., Milisavljevic, D.
See the full list on my publications page, research highlights on my research page, and where in the sky I've been looking on my sky map page
Codes
Some of the codes I've written:
- alfa - automated line fitting algorithm
- neat - nebular empirical analysis tool
- astro-ph sorter - list up to 30 days of astro-ph abstracts, sorted according to your research interests
- observability.date - visibility plotting tool for observation planning
See more on my codes page.
Photography
I do a lot of astrophotography when I find myself in places with dark skies, and I am an ESO photo ambassador. More details on my photography page.
