astro_jcm

astro_jcm, 3 days ago to Astro

One night at ESO's Extremely Large Telescope

https://youtu.be/ytVC8lBxNaU

🎥 B. Häußler/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography

astro_jcm, 5 days ago to ai

How did we go from "problem --> solution" to "here's a rock that somehow connects to the internet, it's $500 or $700 if you want it with #AI"

astro_jcm, 10 days ago to internet

Paraphrasing Douglas Adams:

“But the Web mode was on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go to the 3 dots menu to find it.”

#internet #google

astro_jcm, 11 days ago to Astro

1/2 I still struggle getting used to the fact that the smallest mirrors of the Extremely Large Telescope are similar in size to the primary mirrors of many current telescopes!

The M5 – the fifth mirror in the optical path – has reached a key milestone: its blank, the piece that will be later polished, has been finalised.

#astrodon #astronomy #engineering #technology

https://youtu.be/xI1IBpTHVX8?si=RekXIDlOG30h4PQU

astro_jcm, 12 days ago to Astro

This image perfectly conveys just how huge the 100-m dish of the Green Bank Telescope is. I had the chance to visit it a few years ago, back when I lived in the US, and the view from the receiver room is stunning. Although I must admit that looking down through the mesh floor was... "an experience" 😵‍💫 😅

https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/ants-on-a-plate/

📷 B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF

#astrodon #astronomy #science #engineering

astro_jcm, 15 days ago (edited 14 days 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, 16 days 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, 16 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, 16 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, 17 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, 19 days ago to random

I mean, it can be an emergency!

astro_jcm, 21 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, 20 days ago to random

Current rain situation in #Munchen

astro_jcm, 21 days ago to Cat

This #cat is my spirit animal.

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

#CatsOfMastodon #cats #humour

astro_jcm, 21 days ago to photography

#SilentSunday #sunset #photography

astro_jcm, 23 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, 24 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, 24 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

astro_jcm, 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to ocean

Looking up to the sky to find out what happens deep down in the #ocean !

The newly inaugurated OASIS project, operated by the German Aerospace Center and hosted at ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile, will monitor "airglow" in our atmosphere to better understand tsunamis. 1/3

➡️ https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann24006/

#astrodon #astronomy #earthquake #science

astro_jcm, 27 days ago to InitialD

A fantastic 4-part #video series debunking the whole "no #CGI was used" narrative that #movie studios keep trying to push these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ttG90raCNo

#movies #vfx #cinema

astro_jcm, 28 days ago to chile

Need to blow off some steam? You're not alone –– galaxies sometimes do that too. Ok, not steam per se, but still.

This is NGC4383, observed with ESO's Very Large Telescope in #Chile. This nearby galaxy is undergoing a burst of intense star formation that is ejecting huge amounts of gas out of the galaxy, seen here as red filaments. 1/2

https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2427a/

📷 ESO/A. Watts et al.

#astrodon #astronomy #space #science

astro_jcm, 29 days ago to martialartsmemes

"Oh, and Juan Carlos uses the telescope's lasers to re-heat his coffee."

https://www.tomgauld.com/

#humour #cartoon #comics #science

astro_jcm, 1 month ago to Astronomy

#SilentSunday #astronomy #astrodon

astro_jcm, 1 month ago to Astro

1/ Most massive stellar #BlackHole in our galaxy found! With 33 times the mass of the Sun, this is the most massive black hole formed after the collapse of a star that we've found so far in the #MilkyWay.

ESA's Gaia mission found it via the wobble it induces on a star orbiting it, and data from ground-based telescopes helped confirm its mass and elucidate how it formed.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2408/

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space

astro_jcm, 1 month ago to email

New t-shirt — got quite a few reactions today at the office 😅
#email #computer #humour