I taunt astronomers in other EM regimes because unlike us cool radio astro folks, they mostly can't do astronomy during the day (where we can).

Now, folks from our uni (Macquarie Uni) and fellow PhD'er Sarah Caddy, are building telescopes for daytime obs.

THIS IS BETELGEUSE IN THE DAY! 🤯

To get these results, we've built a telescope that has MANY eyes, and named it after the huge spider we have here called 'The Huntsman' (which of course, has many eyes).

Some nice work coming from this 'scope!

More: shorturl.at/D3IKL

Paper: shorturl.at/kp2Xj

#Telescopes #Astronomy #Astrodon

@CosmicRami That is so cool!

As an aside, it kinda reminds me of this. :P

(The Huntsman name is way cooler though.)

@CosmicRami sir your KSP rocket is pointing the wrong way! 
@CosmicRami when I saw the cables, I wondered if you were exploring optical interferometery. Using off the shelf base pieces seems like a way to kick start that.
But femtosecond cameras aren't quite 'off the shelf'!
@CosmicRami Very impressive! Can't imagine how tedious calibration is...

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Towel Day observation of Betelgeuse?

I'm going to need three pints and a packet of peanuts at the local pub... you know, just in case.

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This is ridiculously cool. I love it.