The best part of Systems Engineering was diving into trade studies as an analytical method to choose between competing architectures. The most annoying part is the over reliance on complex models for intuitive mental frameworks. For example, this image is the “Systems Engineering Mindset”:

Pulsars can have considerable proper motion, it’s possible it’s just passing through. This motion could also red or blueshift the signal significantly (though I haven’t read the paper yet).

My editors think I’m a weirdo no matter what the font.

I tried to get a few more photos, but my kids made a dam across the little stream in the foreground. They succeeded is stopping the water and I lost the reflection!

What telescope and what frame-rate? (I’m guessing an S30 in video mode?)

I don’t get it. But I did take this photo earlier today. #birds

Nefarious geese, clearly.

Here’s me several years ago testing a handheld rig that could photograph the ISS, an airplane or drone: 8 inch Newtonian, DSLR with remote shutter, 2x Barlow, Rigel QuikFinder. Set focus using a bright star or distant street light, start with 6400 ISO and exp of about 1/1600.

If there was actual evidence of nefarious behavior in the sky, the amateur astronomer community would document it in incredible detail. Identifying objects in the sky is trivial with the right gear (for example, I can easily photograph the modules on the ISS with a Newtonian telescope and a DSLR).

It was about minus 5 degrees Celsius in the observatory at the time. A very cold endeavour!

“Any advanced civilization would be indistinguishable from nature.”
That is a profound quote!

Update: the video has been released!