Characterization of the NIRPS Guiding Camera for Close Visual Binaries
How faint a companion star can be and still be seen by the NIRPS guiding camera, and how much of its light leaks into the fibre.
Astrophysics · Scientific Computing · Data Analysis · Science Communication · Visual Storytelling
Angelos Mengoudis
I study astrophysics at the University of Geneva and work across scientific research, data analysis, programming, science outreach, and visual media. This site is a collection of projects, research, and creative work I have developed along the way.
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Photometric Calibration Pipeline
Finding the stars in a telescope image, placing them on the sky, and comparing their counts with Pan-STARRS catalogue fluxes.
Exoplanet Transit Analysis (ExoClock)
Relative photometry and analysis of exoplanet transit light curves.
Convolutional Neural Network from Scratch
A neural network built from scratch in Python and NumPy that tells elliptical galaxies from cigar-shaped ones.
Ongoing · Master's Thesis
Probing exoplanets in polarized light
Study of a polarimetric mode for the RISTRETTO instrument
Instrumentation and data analysis related to the use of polarized reflected light for exoplanet characterization, in connection with the RISTRETTO instrument at the University of Geneva.
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