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Day of Light, Tonight

Tonight, May 16 is the International Day of Light. Organized by UNESCO, SPIE, and IEEE Photonics, we celebrate light and all its wonders it brings to our lives. https://www.unesco.org/en/days/lighthttps://spie.org/community-support/international-day-of-light/idl-resourceshttps://www.dayoflight.org/https://www.lightday.org/about Let’s see… we use telescopes to study celestial objects of all sorts. Those telescopes… Read More »Day of Light, Tonight

Note, Paper: Better Net-Tels

In Experimental Astronomy (all-digital, no physical issues) vol. 59, #3: Xiang, W. Jia, P. Li, Z. An Optimization Framework for Wide-Field Small Aperture Telescope Arrays Used in Sky Surveys  32  s10686-025-10004-0 Covering the sky requires more than one telescope: in… Read More »Note, Paper: Better Net-Tels

2024 YR4: Spill, You

In the Astrophysical Journal Letters issue for May 1 (vol. 984 #1) : Bolin, B. T. Hanuš, J. Denneau, L. et al.  The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR4  L25   adc910 It’s here: the paper summing up… Read More »2024 YR4: Spill, You

Rubin Solar System Science Seminar

In two weeks: the Rubin Science Assembly: Science Preparation Seminar on the Solar System, Apr 24: rubinobservatory.org/events/rubin-science-assembly-science-preparation-seminar-on-solar-system This online presentation will be a demonstration and tutorial on the ‘nearby’ (relatively) science with the survey telescope. Given the sheer number of… Read More »Rubin Solar System Science Seminar

Small Body… Big Job

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Again, courtesy of Planetary Exploration News: SUPERVISOR OF THE SMALL BODIES AND OCEAN WORLDS GROUP AT APL Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Scientific Manager to help us explore and increase the understanding of small bodies and ocean… Read More »Small Body… Big Job