Andreas Brunthaler

@brunthal@astrodon.social
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Astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Main interests are the Milky Way and the Local Volume.

Show threadAndreas Brunthaler1d ago
@jaztrophysicist
I think I often switch between the first two halves. And this post here would indicate, that I'm also in the third half sometimes.
Andreas Brunthaler2d ago
Look what I found at my mini-pond in my garden. I believe it's a blue-tailed #damselfly, and I would be happy if any expert could confirm this.
Show threadAndreas Brunthaler2d ago
@hfalcke
Yes, or would probably double the accuracy. But the time allocation committee might say that we don't need more time, because the results are already convincing enough. (But I'm still working on the other target. There thinks might be different).😉
Show threadAndreas Brunthaler3d ago
@rdrimmel
Maybe a polymath or 'Universalgelehrter' would be the right description?
@History_of_Geology
Andreas Brunthaler4d ago
History_of_Geology4d ago
April 30, 1777, birthday of the German geophysicists German Carl Friedrich Gauss.
He made significant contributions to the field of mathematics and statistics, but was also interested in practical applications. He developed a method to accurately measure the intensity of Earth's magnetic field at any given point.
Show threadAndreas Brunthaler4d ago
@hfalcke
But you might like to hear that I also looked into some other old data looking at a good old friend of ours in a nearby galaxy group. The results are very nice, and now I'll have to write this up. So expect to hear something about this over the summer. 😉
Show threadAndreas Brunthaler4d ago
@hfalcke
It's about a parallax and proper motion measurement of a proto-planetary nebula in an open cluster, and a comparison with Gaia data for the cluster. The parallaxes are in excellent agreement, but the PPN has quite a different proper motion. This could point to a recent merger event in the PPN.
Andreas Brunthaler4d ago
Paper submitted that should have been submitted a few years ago, but always got delayed.
Show threadAndreas Brunthaler5d ago

@knud
Bei mir war es genau umgekehrt. Steigender Ertrag trotz steigender Temperaturen. Ich glaube ganz leichte Unterschiede in den atmosphärischen Bedingungen, die man so gar nicht bemerkt, können einen Effekt in ähnlicher Größenordnung haben. Und dann wird es schwer das zu unterscheiden.

Hier wäre es interessant sich die Daten von der Solaranlage beim APEX Teleskop anzuschauen. Die sollen ja den Wasserdampfgehalt der Luft und die Temperatur auch gut kennen.

Bei mir werde ich in April wohl so 109% vom erwarteten Ertrag erreichen.

Show threadAndreas Brunthaler6d ago
@jaztrophysicist
DB claims that their long distance passenger trains run on 100% renewables. Unfortunately, this only works because the freight trains run mainly on fossil generated electricity