Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 15:04:55 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

   OH yeah love ending my workday with a surprise National Geographic interview about the Saturn moons that I helped discover by accidentally pointing the CFHT telescope at Saturn. Definitely my most scientifically productive whoopsie ever.

   128!!!! New!!! MOONS!!

   Happy Moon Day!

   https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25EF3.html

   • Embed this notice
     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 08:40:01 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

     in reply to

     Someone already updated Wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn

     I love wikipedians.

   • Embed this notice
     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 08:40:01 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

     in reply to

     https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/saturn-new-moons-record

     Steve's Place repeated this.
   • Embed this notice
     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 08:40:01 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

     in reply to

     https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00781-1

   • Embed this notice
     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 08:40:02 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

     in reply to

     To be very clear, I am really truly only involved in this discovery by accidentally pointing the telescope at Saturn when I was trying to look for TNOs. Edward Ashton, Brett Gladman, Mike Alexandersen, and Jean-Marc Petit did all the work!

     https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.07081

   • Embed this notice
     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 07:27:12 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

     in reply to

     Amazingly talented fediverse astrophotographers: gorgeous, perfectly exposed and processed telescope images

     Me, a professional astronomer: accidentally points a 4 meter telescope at Saturn for a series of 5 minute exposures

   • Embed this notice
     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 07:27:13 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

     in reply to

     I've had like 3 co-workers text or email me about this interview this morning, so I guess I should share it. This is the one that I thought was for radio so I didn't even brush my hair. New rule for myself: always assume it's a video interview!

     Came out pretty good though, overall I'm happy with it

     https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6685144

     Steve's Place and Aral Balkan repeated this.