astro_jcm

astro_jcm, 18 hours ago (edited 33 minutes ago) to random

Started boiling some Weißwurst without realising I'm all out of sweet mustard, and stores are closed today. Should I...
(a) Go out and buy mustard in a gas station.
(b) Use sriracha, the only other sauce I happen to have at home right now, and risk being deported from Germany.

astro_jcm, 1 day ago to scifi

'Scavengers Reign' is one of the best #SciFi #tv shows I've ever seen. HBO –oops, sorry, 'Max'– killing it is so dumb. I don't trust #Netflix much more in this sense, but if the show can have a second life there then so be it. While season 1 was pretty self-contained, I really want to keep exploring this fascinating world.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/scavengers-reign-canceled-max-netflix-1235998046/

astro_jcm, 2 days ago to Astronomy

Red. Red everywhere. Alas, too much light pollution here in Munich 🙁

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/

#aurora #astronomy #astrophotography

astro_jcm, 2 days ago to Astro

Me getting mentally ready to be super jealous of the upcoming #aurora pics from those of you living at higher latitudes.

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography

astro_jcm, 2 days ago to Astronomy

Paranal Observatory was my home away from home for many years. In this blog post Vanessa Peidro Cid, the Head of Paranal Logistics and Facilities, takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of what it takes to run this small "town" in the Atacama Desert. A lovely piece by Elena Reiriz Martínez, one of our communication interns at ESO.

https://www.eso.org/public/blog/tiny-town-in-the-desert/

#astronomy #astrodon #chile #science

astro_jcm, 5 days ago to random

I mean, it can be an emergency!

astro_jcm, 6 days ago to random

Current rain situation in #Munchen

astro_jcm, 6 days ago to chile

Happy #BlackHoleWeek to those who celebrate! Here's a pic I took a few years ago back when I worked at ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile. One of our 8.2 m telescopes was pointing at the centre of the #MilkyWay, home to Sagittarius A*, a #BlackHole 4 million times more massive than the #Sun.

Astronomers devoted almost a century to unmask this beast:

https://www.eso.org/public/blog/our-quest-for-sagittarius-a/

until the Event Horizon Telescope finally imaged it:

https://www.eso.org/public/science/EHT-MilkyWay/

#astrodon #astronomy #space #science

astro_jcm, 7 days ago to Cat

This #cat is my spirit animal.

https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/simple-pleasures/

#CatsOfMastodon #cats #humour

astro_jcm, 7 days ago to photography

#SilentSunday #sunset #photography

astro_jcm, 8 days ago to Astro

May the 4th be with you! Here's a TIE fighter observed with ESO's Very Large Telescope 😉

https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1009a/

#astrodon #astronomy #StarWars #StarWarsDay #SciFi

astro_jcm, 9 days ago to chile

How are we building the largest #telescope dome ever? In the latest episode of Chasing Starlight we take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the dome of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope in #Chile

It's 88 m wide and 80 m tall, and it will shelter the ELT and its optics & instruments from the harsh environment of the Atacama Desert –– a true feat of #engineering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WM4gbfFWfE

#astrodon #astronomy #space #architecture

astro_jcm, 9 days ago to Blog

Hace unos días tuve el placer de charlar de nuevo con Ángel Rodríguez Lozano en su programa Hablando con Científicos, donde expliqué algunos trucos para identificar imágenes astronómicas falsas.

Podéis descargar el audio aquí: https://cienciaes.com/entrevistas/2024/05/02/fake-astro/

La entrevista está basada en este artículo (en inglés) que escribí hace poco en el #blog de ESO: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/csi-astronomy/

#astronomia #ciencia #astrofotografia #podcast #fotografia