Pᵉtɘr Wᵉil8acher
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Astronomer at Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP).
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@skyglowberlin Without "s.t."? That is horrible.😂
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@skyglowberlin Without "s.t."? That is horrible.😂
@hannorein Oh my!
In the last years I had often been using the "classic" #ads interface via https://adsabs.net/abstract_service.html if I wanted to get a much faster response without the additional rubbish that I rarely need.
I wonder if that keeps working or is getting updated to work with the […]
In the last years I had often been using the "classic" #ads interface via https://adsabs.net/abstract_service.html if I wanted to get a much faster response without the additional rubbish that I rarely need.
I wonder if that keeps working or is getting updated to work with the […]
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
@hannorein Oh my!
In the last years I had often been using the "classic" #ads interface via https://adsabs.net/abstract_service.html if I wanted to get a much faster response without the additional rubbish that I rarely need.
I wonder if that keeps working or is getting updated to work with the […]
In the last years I had often been using the "classic" #ads interface via https://adsabs.net/abstract_service.html if I wanted to get a much faster response without the additional rubbish that I rarely need.
I wonder if that keeps working or is getting updated to work with the […]
Of course it's much nicer to get there, even it it's still in construction.
I was particularly impressed by the rail system (top middle) that holds the giant windscreen panels (left). The white part on the right is the structure of the #ELT.
I was particularly impressed by the rail system (top middle) that holds the giant windscreen panels (left). The white part on the right is the structure of the #ELT.
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Of course it's much nicer to get there, even it it's still in construction.
I was particularly impressed by the rail system (top middle) that holds the giant windscreen panels (left). The white part on the right is the structure of the #ELT.
I was particularly impressed by the rail system (top middle) that holds the giant windscreen panels (left). The white part on the right is the structure of the #ELT.
@hannorein Exactly what I was thinking! But it's not the international machine consortium that builds it.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
@hannorein Exactly what I was thinking! But it's not the international machine consortium that builds it.
Instead I get to look at things like this all the time. Exciting as well, and no lasers needed!
#4most #vista #commissioning
#4most #vista #commissioning
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Instead I get to look at things like this all the time. Exciting as well, and no lasers needed!
#4most #vista #commissioning
#4most #vista #commissioning
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And here are the current measurements of Starlink brightnesses by Mallama and Cole 2025: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/544/1/L15/8251664?login=false
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And here are the current measurements of Starlink brightnesses by Mallama and Cole 2025: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/544/1/L15/8251664?login=false
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.