Meeting the King and previous Queen of the Netherlands during the Royal Palace symposium “The search for extraterrestrial life”. Amazing conversations with scientists, artists, philosophers and journalists!

I should be focussing on my Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer code. Instead I am looking for clues what I need to wear to the Royal Palace tonight. Does someone know what a ‘middagjapon’ is?

A friend asked me to design his new single cover. Amazing song! It’s should combine Astronomy, space with old school disco vibes. I was thinking about a record player or jukebox in neon colours. Let’s see we’re my imagination goes!

Had an amazing group outing yesterday. What better for an astronomical instrumentation group to go build our own spaceship and Mars establishment. @mattkenworthy.bsky.social even made us our own Lego characters!

Lets check out this new platform! Hello Blue Sky!