MeerKAT@5 confernce | South Africa

In February 2024, the picturesque town of Stellenbosch in South Africa hosted the MeerKAT@5 conference. It marked the fifth anniversary of the MeerKAT radio telescope’s contributions to the astronomical community. As a participant and speaker at the conference, I have had the privilege of diving into the discussions that are leading us to new frontiersContinueContinue reading “MeerKAT@5 confernce | South Africa”

My PhD thesis in plots

In July 2023 I submitted my PhD thesis “Gas matters: The Molecular and Atomic Gas Budget in Nearby Galaxies from Centers to Outskirts”. On October 24, 2023 I successfully defended my thesis and it is published since December 18, 2023 on bonndoc. Here I’d like to show you my thesis in plots only: The correspondingContinueContinue reading “My PhD thesis in plots”

Order your matplotlib legend

Sometimes you need a specific order of your labels in your matplotlib legend.You automatically will have an order of line1, line2, line3, scatter1, scatter2: But let’s say you need an order of scatter1, line1, scatter 2, .. The following snipped is an easy fix and very useful: handles, labels = ax.get_legend_handles_labels() order = [3,0,4,1,2] plt.legend([handles[idx]ContinueContinue reading “Order your matplotlib legend”