mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06• Astronomer and science communicator
• Media Officer at the European Southern Observatory - @esoastronomy@mastodon.social
• Won't shut up about space
• #astronomy #astrophysics #science #astrophotography #space
• he/him
• Toots in English and español
• 🇪🇸 → 🇺🇸 → 🇨🇱 → 🇩🇪
This superpower is also our kryptonite: when I moved to Chile it took me a while to figure out that the reason I kept getting lost in Santiago was that I was still subconsciously orienting myself assuming that the Sun was towards the south and not the north.
RE: @esoastronomy@mastodon.social
The impact of satellite constellations on astronomy can get much worse. A new ESO study has quantified not only the effects of the satellite streaks, but also the overall increase in the sky brightness due to (a) millions of faint satellites that create a veil of diffuse light, and (b) sunlight scattered by space mirrors, even when not aiming directly at the observer. 👇 #astronomy #space
I didn't notice which t-shirt I randomly grabbed this morning, but it's very fitting 🌡️🔥
Pro tip: if your tarot predictions keep failing, write "please don't make mistakes" in your tarot.md file. 1% of the time it works every time.
RE: @esoastronomy@mastodon.social
Look at those radial shadows 🤩 As an extragalactic astronomer I'll never get used to seeing objects evolve on human timescales...
I was worried that I might finish this book in this long train ride, but then I remembered I packed an emergency book so it's all good.
RE: @esoastronomy@mastodon.social
The ELT's adaptive mirror is 2.4 m wide, bigger than the *primary* mirror of many telescopes out there! Now that I think about it, the smallest telescopes I've observed with, the Isaac Newton Telescope and the du Pont, are barely larger than this. #astronomy
RE: @AIP_Potsdam@wisskomm.social
Happy belated birthday! I spent many nights during my PhD observing with PMAS/PPAK at Calar Alto. Time flies! #astronomy
"Desconocíamos que la máquina de plagiar había plagiado" 🤦
El ayuntamiento de San Martín de la Vega plagia con #IA un cartel del gran Paco Roca del año pasado para su feria del libro de este año. La captura de pantalla es de su página oficial de Facebook.
