Miscellany
I haven’t written anything since I got back from Australia, so I thought I had better put up at least a brief update. When I got back it was straight into the first term, and I am still settling into it.
I was able to get a telescope down to Australia and get some great pictures. However, astronomy photos always seem to require a lot of post-processing to bring out all the details, and I still have some work to do. But, here is one for you:
This is the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus and NGC2070. It is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy, which means it’s about 160,000 light years away. It’s pretty stinking bright.
So far the school year is promising to be a smooth one. There hasn’t been too large a glut of students in any classes so far, and TAs can always help with that!
You can definitely smell burning in the air, too. :-/