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| Very enjoyable and interesting book. | Very enjoyable and interesting book, an astronomer's "coming of age" story, and the transition of astronomy from eyepieces to data-mining software. . Introduction, using the [[ https://subarutelescope.org/en/ | Subaru telescope ]] on Maunakea Hawai'i, 14000 ft elevation, 57% oxygen . loud noise, mechanical support failure, 4 foot 400 pound secondary mirror still attached . "I broke the telescope" stories, Green Bank WV 100 meter radio telescope, 1988 collapse, replaced 2001 . p001 May 2004 MIT sophomore, Arizona Kitt Peak, study red super-giants with [[ https://lowell.edu/people/phil-massey/ | Phil Massey ]] . p005 1986 parents teachers Taunton MA Celestron C8 . p007 Geoffrey T. William's Planetron books . p008 7yo, Astronomy night, Wheaton College professor says "Take as much mathematics as you can" . p016 2002 MIT matriculation, first physics course Really Hard, prof [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilczek | Frank Wilcek]] . two blackboard mathematical proof, "the simplicity of this is deceptive" . p019 sophomore observational astronomy course by [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Elliot | Jim Elliot ]] died 2021/3/3 67yo . p019 [[ https://web.mit.edu/wallace/ | George R. Wallace Jr. Observatory Westford MA ]] supporter Wallace MIT 1913, dedicated 1971 . p023 Jan 2004 visits Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, worked with [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Oey | Sally Oey ]] . p024 [[ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/430901/meta | first paper ]] largest observed star 1500 R☉, 7 AU, Jupiter 5.2 AU |
The Last Stargazers
The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
Emily Levesque 2020 Beaverton Library 520.92 LEV
Very enjoyable and interesting book, an astronomer's "coming of age" story, and the transition of astronomy from eyepieces to data-mining software.
Introduction, using the Subaru telescope on Maunakea Hawai'i, 14000 ft elevation, 57% oxygen
- loud noise, mechanical support failure, 4 foot 400 pound secondary mirror still attached
- "I broke the telescope" stories, Green Bank WV 100 meter radio telescope, 1988 collapse, replaced 2001
p001 May 2004 MIT sophomore, Arizona Kitt Peak, study red super-giants with Phil Massey
- p005 1986 parents teachers Taunton MA Celestron C8
- p007 Geoffrey T. William's Planetron books
- p008 7yo, Astronomy night, Wheaton College professor says "Take as much mathematics as you can"
p016 2002 MIT matriculation, first physics course Really Hard, prof Frank Wilcek
- two blackboard mathematical proof, "the simplicity of this is deceptive"
p019 sophomore observational astronomy course by Jim Elliot died 2021/3/3 67yo
p019 George R. Wallace Jr. Observatory Westford MA supporter Wallace MIT 1913, dedicated 1971
p023 Jan 2004 visits Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, worked with Sally Oey
p024 first paper largest observed star 1500 R☉, 7 AU, Jupiter 5.2 AU