• Astronomer and science communicator • Media Officer at the European Southern Observatory • Won't shut up about space • #astronomy #astrophysics #scicomm #astrophotography #space • he/him • Toots in English and español • 🇪🇸 → 🇺🇸 → 🇨🇱 → 🇩🇪
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Last Notes npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Days are getting shorter, where can I file a complaint. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz An extremely large support for an extremely large telescope mirror! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtz3PR5ge_0 #astronomy #astrodon #engineering #chile npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1c5q…90ux Is it weird that the 'Jaws' theme played in my brain as I watched this animation? npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1knz…c73p Congrats! I hope everything works out. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz One of the things I'm loving the most about rewatching Fringe is identifying all the little foreshadowing clues that the show's creators sprinkled everywhere. #tv #SciFi #ScienceFiction https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/655/681/931/703/177/original/e7a01e58d73e0aec.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #art #MastoArt https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/648/411/923/060/326/original/d7b37c3b5cfcaa09.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #Hiking in Zion National Park in Utah. Old pic from back when I lived in the #US #photography #LandscapePhotography #landscape https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/632/653/968/984/689/original/6d3f6934e7903305.jpeg npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz companies: our product is now powered by #AI ! users: ok but can you fix <insert trivial but frustrating bug> companies: whoa whoa whoa let's be realistic here npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Ever since 'Scavengers Reign' moved to #Netflix I keep seeing everywhere posts raving about how mind-bendingly awesome it is, and I couldn't be happier. I really hope Netflix takes note and treats this fantastic #scifi show better than HBO did. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz The Atacama Desert in #Chile has some of the darkest night skies in the world, perfect for #astronomy. But it's also a very seismic area. When an #earthquake hits, how do we keep our telescopes safe? We tell you all about it in this new video: https://youtu.be/y_nfFwKwmmM #engineering #technology npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1xpw…jpq2 Yup, enjoying it a lot again! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Silly and very niche pun brought to you by the fact that I've started re-watching 'Fringe'. If you wanna know what fringes are in interferometry, check this out: https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/technology/interferometry/ #SciFi #astronomy #science npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz sci-fi 🤝 interferometry https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/559/606/666/162/598/original/355aefbe1a9c6984.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1gam…6sj2 I don't remember having seen or boosted that, but it's pretty epic :D npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz me: "argh, I can't find the tab where I was editing this online document. Screw it, I'll open another tab." two hours later: https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/554/035/742/440/409/original/8688e13f689f3268.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 4/4 For more details, follow this link: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2423a/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 3/4 The data was obtained with the MUSE instrument at the VLT. MUSE doesn't take images per se. Instead, it breaks the light coming from every single location within its field of view into a rainbow or spectrum, which tells us a lot about the physical properties of this object. We can then reassemble all these spectra into thousands of images at different wavelengths: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2423a/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #SilentSunday #photography #wildlife #chile https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/547/906/487/100/119/original/79b84a31f46b38bb.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1qjs…p9uj I think Lick was one of the first (maybe the first?) observatories to have a laser guide star. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1lcj…za30 Fun (and true) fact: when we turn on/off the lasers at the UT4 telescope the consoles play a lightsaber sound :D npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1ytn…qmmr Every time I watch this animation I imagine it as a giant pinball game :D npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1zt9…3506 Félicitations! Très bien mérité. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub12z3…k5yq Ditto! But what if we're missing Very Important Opinionsᵀᴹ that some dude dumped on Quora 10 years ago? 🤣 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #Google recently added a new revolutionary feature to *checks notes* "search the Web". But it's rather hidden. So Ernie Smith from Tedium developed https://udm14.com/ a simple webpage that adds an extra url parameter to your search to return a de-enshittified list of results –– or at least as de-enshittified as Google results can be nowadays. His blog post about this: https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/ and the code in GitHub: https://github.com/readtedium/udm14 #internet #ai npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub15h2…6mg4 ¡Enhorabuena! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz One night at ESO's Extremely Large Telescope https://youtu.be/ytVC8lBxNaU 🎥 B. Häußler/ESO #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1mna…uylq Ojalá, ¡necesito más! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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" npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1hr0…4k2l Wait, do I get two then? 😂 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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 https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/452/212/347/364/443/original/d190d08cd8a68963.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1hyz…q2c8 Engineers: So, would you like this thing to be very large or very rigid? Astronomers: Yes npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 2/2 This flat elliptical mirror measures 2.7 by 2.2 metres. It's the largest tip-tilt mirror in the world: it will move without bending about 10 times per second. It will work together with the M4, a very fast deformable mirror, to correct perturbations caused by the telescope mechanisms, the wind and atmospheric turbulence. More details here: https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann24008/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1j4f…4d7e According to the article, season 1 will start streaming on Netflix (in some countries) by the end of the month, so at least there's that... npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz '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/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1fny…r6e3 Yup! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub12c2…w3l6 Whoa!!! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Red. Red everywhere. Alas, too much light pollution here in Munich 🙁 https://www.foto-webcam.eu/ #aurora #astronomy #astrophotography https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/418/812/301/698/935/original/dea3d920976abd58.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1rfs…4c2f Ouch! But nice that you could see them back then! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1ptg…d7cp Recent NOAA forecasts show emissions all the way down to Seattle. I don't think you'll be lucky in Santiago, but there should be a nice display in Antarctica. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Me getting mentally ready to be super jealous of the upcoming #aurora pics from those of you living at higher latitudes. #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/417/942/681/627/409/original/1765115557fd5c0f.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1wyj…mkhk Indeed! :D npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz (Old pic I found in my phone back from when I lived in Chile) npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz I mean, it *can* be an emergency! https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/400/339/194/252/113/original/fafe87c7d1dfcc71.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Current rain situation in #Munchen https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/394/962/857/154/008/original/e10dd7132e979442.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz This #cat is my spirit animal. https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/simple-pleasures/ #CatsOfMastodon #cats #humour https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/389/155/045/799/136/original/fc628f2c7f13b554.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1k29…e7ht "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot." -- kaboom! 💥 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #Silent#Sunday #sunset #photography https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/388/830/844/298/500/original/90d6d983921a1e2e.jpeg npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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 https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/382/365/089/583/846/original/cdc478758b29319b.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1699…nfe6 That's a good first-level approach. There are also some very serious astrophotographers out there that produce outstanding (and genuine) iamges, so it's also good to slowly build a list of those trustworthy photographers. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Since airglow also affects astronomical observations, this experiment might also benefit the telescopes at Paranal. While we do have techniques to largely remove airglow from our data, monitoring airglow throughout the night could help us forecast it and optimise how we use telescope time. 3/3 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Earthquakes create sound waves that travel upwards through the atmosphere. These waves perturb the so-called "airglow" –– light naturally emitted by certain molecules like hydroxyl (OH), visible in astronomical data. By measuring changes in the spatial structure and the spectrum of airglow, researchers hope to be able to eventually provide early warnings for tsunamis. 2/3 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Looking up to the sky to find out what happens deep down in the #ocean ! The newly inaugurated OASIS project, operated by the German Space Agency 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 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1x6z…kjf5 Sounds familiar 😬 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz "Oh, and Juan Carlos uses the telescope's lasers to re-heat his coffee." https://www.tomgauld.com/ #humour #cartoon #comics #science https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/347/799/843/272/358/original/843d33c48f1c2904.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #SilentSunday #astronomy #astrodon https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/308/394/925/953/501/original/ae81026eb087e8d9.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1pkz…ynuj Yep, it's a stellar black hole. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1qs9…u9ze Indeed, can't wait to see all the amazing science that will come out of it! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1w6q…xk7c Not first-gen, but certainly very metal poor. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1g8j…ww5h Correct, the closest one so far is Gaia BH1 at 1500 light-years. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 2/ Stellar black holes are usually 10, maybe 20 times more massive than the Sun. More massive ones had been found in other galaxies with a different method (gravitational waves) but explaining how they form is tricky. Massive stars lose a lot of material throughout their lifetime due to powerful stellar winds, so it's not easy to leave behind a large enough remnant. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz 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 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1f7p…pck8 I bought it here: https://www.qwertee.com/shop/tees/you-got-mail-40427d4e-ea61-4258-b2e5-5ac4c5b734ba npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz New t-shirt — got quite a few reactions today at the office 😅 #email #computer #humour https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/276/355/002/209/111/original/058d87ba5a704229.jpg npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1qlr…p0gc Good point, we didn't think about that! :D npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz I miss working at Paranal Observatory: the lovely sunsets, the clear sky, riding sandworms... https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2416a/ 📷 S. Lowery/ESO #astrodon #astronomy #chile #dune #sunset https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/274/089/595/062/627/original/3ebe899560d55336.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1njs…cdsx I'm sure there are other images & videos, but this footage from the ISS during the 2017 eclipse is pretty cool: https://youtu.be/nr4Sozvo5aU?si=p84TRq6D-3d6GoHv&t=12176 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1243…qmek Thanks! I wanted to make it as practical as possible, I hope it worked! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1rdv…hje2 Thank you! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz In the 2019 solar #eclipse in Chile there was this couple next to me. Right when totality started, the woman turned around, facing away from the Sun, and asked her husband to take a pic of her with the eclipsed sun behind her. The guy was visibly confused, his face clearly saying "wtf are you doing, you're gonna miss it." He struggled to get a pic, as the Sun/Moon are much smaller on the sky than what most people think. Totality is brief, enjoy it! Forget about pics if you're not experienced. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1hr0…4k2l That quote hits hard... npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub18wz…qglm Ouch! Sorry to hear that, I hope it clears up! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1j4f…4d7e It was! Being at high elevation did really make a difference. Seeing the shadow moving towards us and engulfing us within seconds was truly mind-blowing. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz One correct guess below! Many of the exterior scenes in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' where shot in Munich. The entrance to the factory is a building located at Emmy-Noether-Straße 10 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #Movies - #Science quiz: what's the connection between actor Gene Wilder and mathematician Emmy Noether? npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Too real. https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/selling/ #comic #humour #cartoon https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/179/611/569/317/135/original/e64dc15a1b2c14dc.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1qmw…s0ct Thanks! Appreciated. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1wwv…wxht Thanks, glad you like it! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Have you ever seen an #astrophotography image where something looked off, like an oddly large #Moon or the #MilkyWay where it shouldn't be? I just wrote an article in the ESO #blog explaining some methods and tools you can use to find out if these images have been doctored. Check it out: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/csi-astronomy/ #astrodon #astronomy #photography npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1ltr…95t5 Exactly how I feel! Let's see how this goes. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz I really, really, REALLY hope they don't end up switching to a subscription model. https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/ ⚠️ reply-guy alert: yes, I also use Gimp and Inkscape. Move along. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #memes https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/157/424/495/203/537/original/81ca23c75de47d8d.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1469…phzm It's one of the four Auxiliary Telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile: https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/vlt/auxiliarytelescopes/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #SilentSunday #astrodon #astronomy #sunset https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/149/862/539/670/370/original/e73dab2f4738fcac.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz The latest episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz is a must-listen if you're a fan of Hans Zimmer. An interesting behind-the-scenes look at his scoring company Remote Control, featuring many of his recurring collaborators like the amazing Tina Guo and Loire Cotler. https://www.20k.org/episodes/hans-zimmers-remote-control #music #movies #cinema #podcast npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1qyk…l4yj This might be helpful: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0932a/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Time has become a fuzzy concept with the pandemic: I can't believe it's already been 3 years since I (re)joined ESO as Media Officer! I couldn't be happier helping my colleagues spread the word about the cool #science they do, the amazing #engineering behind our telescopes, and the logistics needed to make everything run. #astrodon #astronomy #scicomm npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Academic conferences will soon be like "I have more of an #AI generated blurb than a question." #AcademicChatter #academia #research npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1pdf…fctv I love this kind of cutaway illustrations 🤩 npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz #SilentSunday #dogs #DogsOfMastodon https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/112/292/356/864/287/original/6a24cef3b8e768e3.png npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Shoutout to Pacandé, a cozy #coffee shop & roastery in #Munich. Excellent Colombian coffee and super friendly staff! https://pacande.com/ npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Just finished watching 'Scavengers Reign'. I've had to force myself not to binge-watch it, because it's so damn good I didn't want to go through the whole thing in one sitting. Beautiful. Brutal. Gorgeous. Disturbing. I need more. #SciFi #ScienceFiction #tv #animation https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/106/072/186/292/153/original/cdb12ba959d90517.jpg npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz Writing scientific papers. Then: "This is beyond the scope of this paper." Now: "I'm sorry but as an #AI model I can't..." #AcademicChatter #academia npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1hr0…4k2l Ooooohhhh... npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1kvv…y5yh It depends on what you want to do; you can even have more than 4. This summarises the different modes in which adaptive optics can work: https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/develop/ao/ao_modes.html npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub140f…dvhn The lasers excite sodium atoms located about 80-90 km above the ground. That creates four reference "stars" that we use to measure turbulence in real time. But the lasers themselves keep going on, we just don't see the beams because there's nothing to scatter their light (we actually stop seeing the beams before they reach this sodium layer). And yes, there's a no-fly area. In addition, an aircraft avoidance system monitors the sky and shuts down the lasers if needed. npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub1lm0…0lja I wasn't sure if you could combine media and polls, but maybe I'm wrong! npub1wcudfyv9agzd6ejeue34g73ug08r0q0rn58mr8xglcr5qu8m48msrurfa5 Juan Carlos Muñoz @npub16q9…vtqh We got their attention, though, and they may want to get revenge...