Astronomer and photographer at LCO (@LCO_Global). Helping save world from Space Rocks. DART Team member. BBQs in remaining spare time. Asteroid 33933. (he/his)
@LYNBeats @aussiastronomer Sorry for the slow reply, don't check Xitter much these days. I was not at that meeting, that was likely my esteemed colleague @zemogle
@LYNBeats @aussiastronomer First one is the 3.5 meter diameter secondary mirror (M2), the second is the 8.4 meter combined primary+tertiary mirrors (M1M3)
@dvcotton @aussiastronomer I'm sure this was for lols but (fortunately) VHS in this context is most likely VISTA Hemispheric Survey https://t.co/2OCycy7UqT
Congrats to Dr. Jane Rigby and Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who were selected by the @WhiteHouse to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom today!
Dr. Rigby and Dr. Ochoa will be honored for their trailblazing achievements in a ceremony this afternoon: https://t.co/BDrlFNeI7t
Very interesting weather and climate office hours by Weather West today focusing on the extreme rain event in Dubai/UAE rather than the normal #CAwx https://t.co/iptvNXwYWl via @YouTube
1/ The 4MOST instrument, led by @AIP_Potsdam , will be installed at ESO's VISTA telescope, where it will collect spectra 🌈 of millions of objects over several years.
And one of its key components is about to start its journey from Europe to Chile! ⛴️
📷 AIP
@wonrobot@ESAGaia Not used the @ESAGaia data for Didymos directly but it was vital for calibrating all of our CCD data. Possibly @ziggypao or @fedespoti have insights on why or why not #Didymos would show up in Gaia data
Our open-access mission description paper, covering the science ☄️, instruments 📸, mission design 🚀, spacecraft 🛰️, and operations 📡 of @esascience@JAXA_en#cometinterceptor, is now available at Space Science Reviews. https://t.co/dqMzFPZLPX