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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος

@apolitosb.bsky.social
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Astronomer, supernovae, spent time at Paranal in prehistoric times, currently ELT telescope scientist www.eso.org/~jspyromi Personal account. Speaking solely for myself

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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"arXiv now limits submitters to up to two submissions per calendar month, with a limit of three total active submissions at any given time." @arxiv.bsky.social blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/u...
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Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated Rate Limit Policy
arXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pity the fall of the once mighty #IDF A few settlers can scare them away. My oh my how the mighty have fallen www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family
Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu “So we are reversing the burden of proof. Platforms will have to prove that they are safe. Because it is not about our minors accessing social media. It is about when and how do we allow social media to access minors. [we] decide our rules, not big tech.”
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DLR-next @dlr-next.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Guten Morgen zusammen - wie gewohnt mit einem aktuellen Bild der Sonne per Satellit SDO.
Die ganze erdzugewandte Seite der Sonne in gelber Farbe. Einige hellere Stellen, die es schon in den letzten Tagen gab, sind infolge der Rotation der Sonne um ihre Achse inzwischen auf die rechte Hälfte gewandert. Links und rechts am Rand reichen feine Strahlen ins Schwarz des Alls, links in Form dünner Linien, rechts an einer Stelle oberhalb des Äquators wie ein Fächer aus Licht. Zur Rotation der Sonne noch eine Anmerkung: Am Äquator benötigt die Sonne 25 Erdentage für eine Umdrehung, in den polaren Regionen über 30 Tage. Dass eine solche unterschiedlich schnelle Rotation möglich ist, liegt daran, dass die Sonne keine feste Kugel ist, sondern so etwas wie ein zähflüssiger Gasball.
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧪👇as a former EPA Scientist.. I approve this message and am grateful that @propublica.org is putting it front and center. Corporate greed is harmful. Full stop.
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fuckwittery of the 1st order #jdvance www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Penguins, seabirds, seals and whales all depend on one tiny creature: krill. And they're having to compete with commercial fishing fleets for it. That's why WWF is calling for a moratorium on krill fishing around the Antarctic Peninsula, and Marine Protected Areas to safeguard the Southern Ocean.
Two humpback whales swimming closely together in deep blue ocean water with light filtering from above.A large swirling swarm of krill forming a dense, cloud-like shape against a blue ocean backdrop.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
no one told the US geological survey ... #lakeontario
screen short of the US geological survey web site still showing Lake Ontario
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You’d think the BBC app would know not to advertise to download the BBC app 😀 @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Screen shot of the BBC app showing a promotion for downloading the BBC app
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"This is some place you got here, Mr Castro! My wife would love this, you got the beautiful weather. You know, I went to that Marxist-Leninist reading group you told me about. Now maybe you can help me out here, because there's just one thing that's bothering me-"
Peter Falk as Lt. Colombo. A black and white publicity still of the rumpled detective.A screenshot from Falk's Wikipedia entry. "Early Career: Falk applied for a job with the CIA."
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Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Lately I've aimed to commission scientists to write about the open questions & uncertainties in their field. This essay on 'little red dots' by astrophysicist Jenny Greene is an example. If you're a scientist who'd like to communicate your own work, get in touch #SciComm🧪 aeon.co/essays/why-l...
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Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I stayed here recently www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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In the Atacama Desert, astronomers live and work in a James Bond villain lair
Daniel Craig's James Bond battled a malign villain here. But Chile's futuristic Residencia is actually home to astronomers.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Really interesting article by @richardfisher.bsky.social www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the darkest places on Earth. But now the light is intruding
Humanity’s artificial glow is swallowing the night sky. Even astronomers in this remote observatory in the South American desert cannot escape it.
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Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Recently I went to Chile to see the Extremely Large Telescope being built in the Atacama. The BBC just published my feature about its construction challenges, the discoveries to come, and its fun name...the result of what I call telescopic "nominative magnification". :) www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life
In Chile's Atacama Desert, the biggest telescope ever built is taking shape – and it could radically change our view of the Universe.
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Susan Snow @susansnowy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I can't believe I was moaning about the clouds at the time 😁 #eclipse
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thump’s an arse www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How do ocean temperatures affect the UK and the world? _ #earth-science #SciComm 🧪
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A journal we should avoid publishing in & citing. Only by doing things like this & spreading the word can we stop this crazy behaviour that damages science Journal: Natural Hazards @springernature.com Authors: U North Carolina & @northeasternu.bsky.social @nu-policyschool.bsky.social 🧪🌍🔥🌳🔥🍁
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
the US generates a Kg of CO2 for every 6000 $ of economic activity while China gets only 1500 $ per Kg of CO2. China produces 30% of the global CO2 globalcarbonbudget.org China GDP 19T$, US 30T$ (data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY...)
graph showing the contributions to the CO2 emissions by various economies from 1960 to 2025. In 2025 China accounts for 12.3 Gigatons (out of a total of 38.7) while the USA for 5 Gt, India 3.2, the eu27 for 2.4 and Japan for 0.9 Gt. All other countries account for 13.7 Gt
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sharks eating influencers is the good news story of the week www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Shark selfies: why ‘finfluencers’ need to put their cameras away
More and more people are posting footage of themselves touching sharks or even riding them. This is, of course, a terrible idea
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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Rain.”
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Matthias Steinmetz @galacticrave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
time series of the 20260812 solar eclipse bit.ly/4wyBeu3 🔭#Astrophotography🔭📷
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Good riddance www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump says Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave post
Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says.
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Jadehunter @jadehunter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Does Trump's gold-plated Oval Office reflect the taste of the anti-hero James Bond caught cheating at golf? #TrumpTournament 🧪
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Well that makes it a great idea www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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US President Donald Trump issues backing for under-pressure Fifa chief Gianni Infantino
US President Donald Trump says it would be a "terrible mistake" if under-pressure Fifa president Gianni Infantino was ousted.
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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The ITU (International Telecommunications Union; the UN organisation which co-ordinations international treaties on sharing of the radio spectrum), is doing a blog series on radio astronomy this August.... 📡🔭👩‍🔬🧪 (1/?)
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🌊 New paper in Functional Ecology: #ClimateChange is projected to favour smaller, shorter-lived, earlier-maturing and faster-growing reef #fish in the NE #Mediterranean, with increasing functional homogenization. doi.org/10.1111/1365... #MarineEcology #traits 🧪🌐🌍
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Water companies panic as drought worsens in UK From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Meanwhile, as academic programs are cut: 94% of DI athletics programs spent more than they made in 2024, with a median gap of $20.6 million (up from $12.3 million a decade earlier). Over this period, spending increased more than generated revenue in all DI subdivisions. www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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U.S. GAO - College Athletics: Most Programs Spend More Than They Generate in Revenue
Many colleges spend millions on athletic programs. Division I college athletic programs, the highest competitive level, spent $20.8 billion in the...
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is extraordinarily bad, as even the UK copyright libraries (e.g. Cambridge) have moved over to frequently only acquiring the ebook version of new publications. If you don't own the hard copy, you're just renting and you are at the mercy of the publisher.
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CEAM Meteo @ceammeteo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Extremely high local SST values in the Western Mediterranean. #MEDMOS medmos.eu
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I believe that if an individual did this they would go to jail. Whereas these companies simply say “oops” #aihack www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anthropic AI created fake profiles and impersonated people in attempted hack
The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Let's begin the summer holidays (August) with a classic American naturalist, Aldo Leopold, and his 'A Sand County Almanac' (1949).
Cover of the book 'A Sand County Almanac' Aldo Leopold
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Anything near thump is either already a turd or turns into one. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Concacaf countries considering withdrawing support for under-fire Gianni Infantino
The confederation which represents North America, Central America and the Caribbean is pondering its position
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A Sunday reading for you! Chpt 2 of "How to Design a Universe" opens with the philosophical: do you see colour in the same way I see colour? What even is colour? Queue physics of rainbows & electromagnetism to question if we could ever simulate human sense🤔 #BookSky 🔭 www.youtube.com/shorts/Upkww...
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Chapter 2: Senses Preorder Now!!
YouTube video by Astronomer Royal Scotland Prof Catherine Heymans
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Haus der Astronomie @hausderastronomie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Am 11. September finden im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Astronomischen Gesellschaft an der @eso.org Supernova zwei Fortbildungen für Lehrkräfte an Grundschulen und weiterführenden Schulen statt - jetzt anmelden! 🔭 #astroedu #blueLZ supernova.eso.org/germany/news...
Zwei Bilder von Männern und Frauen bei einer Lehrerfortbildung, links beim Testen von Materialien, rechts in einem Hörsaal
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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If only someone had warned us about the change in the climate … If only. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain
Hundreds of firefighters battle blazes as strong winds drive fires towards Bordeaux and smoke prompts health warnings in Madrid
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Standing six stories tall, an eight-sided concave dish had seemingly sprouted from the ground, a cage of scaffolding in front housing vital equipment ... The structure stood alone, but soon it will be accompanied by 262 others” via @supercluster.com #ngVLA #NextGenerationVLA #RadioAstronomy
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On Location with the Next Generation VLA Telescope
A new structure has appeared in the desert. It’s a prototype radio dish for what is being called the next generation VLA, or ngVLA for short. When operational, the new and advanced radio telescope wil...
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Jason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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ESO @eso.org · 22/07/2026
That's no moon. It's a...hang on, what should we call it? 🤔 Our VLT has revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Yet this new ‘exomoon’ detection is challenging cosmic labels! 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets 1/4
The artist's impression features a small star (left) and two gaseous bodies (centre and right), set against the blackness of space. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser.
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Joanna Drążkowska @astrojoanna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our latest paper has been accepted for publication! 🎉 We demonstrated that a single late infall event perturbing the outer disk can trigger the formation of multiple giant planets and ringed disk structures resembling those observed around young stars. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2607.18370
Figure from the paper with two rows and four columns. The upper row shows the results of the dust evolution and planet formation model. The bottom row shows synthetic observations of these snapshots. The model starts with single dust ring caused by late infall at around 80 au. In the next snapshot at 0.75 Myr, one giant planet formed and split the initial ring in two. At 1.05 Myr the planet has migrated inward, and a new planet emerged around the location of the original ring. This evolution continues, and at 1.7 Myr we have 3 giant planets at around 16 au, 23 au, and 40 au, and 3 dust rings, each located just inside of a planet.
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IAU Office of Astronomy for Education @astro4edu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Space gardening and data exploration in class? Margarita Metaxa shares her Artemis-based program in the Astronomy Education in Practice – Secondary Schools session of the 7th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education 🔭 #astroedu www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQ8...
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A Space Exploration Experience in Schools: Margarita Metaxa at the OAE’s 7th Shaw-IAU Workshop
YouTube video by IAU Office of Astronomy for Education
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John Ilee @johnilee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Delighted that (new Dr!) Isaac Radley’s #JWST, #ALMA and #VLA survey of Ophiuchus is now on arXiv. By combining IR, mm and cm observations he traces disks, dust and outflows across the earliest stages of star formation. arxiv.org/abs/2607.15468 🔭 #starformation #planetformation #radioastronomy
Figure 1 from Radley et al. showing an overview of the targeted region with JWST NIRCam observations overlaid with ALMA and VLA data.
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Paper day! Not mine, but this is the first first-author paper of a fellow graduate student in my research group, Sam Barber! He presents the results of a JWST MIRI/LRS survey program to build a mid-IR spectral library of brown dwarfs 🔭 #astrosci arxiv.org/abs/2607.15521 1/6
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Silicate Clouds, SiO, and Molecular Trends across the L-T Sequence: A JWST/MIRI LRS Spectral Library of Brown Dwarfs
We present the results of a survey program with JWST's MIRI LRS that obtained 5$-$14 $μ$m R~100 spectra of twenty-three L0$-$T6 dwarfs. This spectral type range spans the formation, growth, and sedime...
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ESO @eso.org · 09/07/2026
Could you move 3,500 tonnes by hand? 😲 You could if you were an engineer at the construction site of our ELT, carrying out rotation tests of the telescope’s structure. 🔭 🧪 #instrumentation 1/2
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Burr Ito @ututuy.org · 15/07/2026
What fresh hell is this? 🔭 🧪 www.cnet.com/science/spac...
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Mirrors in Space? The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Worried
For now, a single satellite has been cleared for a test demonstration, but the company making it hopes to eventually launch 50,000 of them into orbit.
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SPIE @spie.org · 07/07/2026
The 1st gen of Giant Magellan Telescope scientific instruments are in development phases ranging from preliminary design to fabrication. 🔭 GMT science instruments scientist & manager, Rafael Millan-Gabet, provides an overview of the 10 instrument stations and their common interfaces. #SPIEastro
A person wearing a blue shirt and jeans stands on stage delivering a presentation. A large screen is behind the presenter, showing a diagram of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
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