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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!

minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25

minorplanetcenter.netMPEC 2025-E153 : SIXTY-ONE NEW SATURNIAN SATELLITESWe are the official body that deals with astrometric observations and orbits of minor planets (asteroids) and comets.
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Prof. Sam Lawler

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!

arxiv.org/pdf/2503.07081

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Prof. Sam Lawler

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

cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.668

CBCSask. astronomer helps with discovery of Saturn's 128 new moonsAstronomer Sam Lawler from Regina was looking for new Kuiper belt objects when she accidentally stumbled upon Saturn and some of its moons in her way.
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Prof. Sam Lawler

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

A really messy black and white image with an extremely bright, overexposed thing in the centre and bright vertical smudges bleeding up and down because all the pixels have filled with electrons and spilled over. This is a tiny part of a Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Megacam full camera field.
Mr. Teatime

@sundogplanets
I love the stark contrast in that image.
Some may find it overly abstract, but I think if photography can be art then there's no point in complaining about "unrealistic" looks.

The interpretation of the subject reminds me of 1980s video games, many of which, fittingly, were set in space.

Mar 25, 2025, 07:34 AM·Quiet public·Fedilab
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