Kimera Industries Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 I tracked Titan orbiting Saturn for a week in my telescope (think of it as baby's first scope.) It was highly dependent on absolutely clear skies and the porch light being off, so I haven't seen it ever since these winter clouds settled in. My moon counter is now at six: Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan. Surface feature counter is at 5: Venus phases, Mars ice caps (I think? With a lot of eye squinting one side looked whiter) Jupiter equatorial belt, Saturn's rings, and don't forget the Moon's craters. Not counting its seas because those are technically extremely large, lava-filled craters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 (edited) 8 hours ago, Kimera Industries said: I tracked Titan orbiting Saturn for a week in my telescope (think of it as baby's first scope.) It was highly dependent on absolutely clear skies and the porch light being off, so I haven't seen it ever since these winter clouds settled in. My moon counter is now at six: Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan. Surface feature counter is at 5: Venus phases, Mars ice caps (I think? With a lot of eye squinting one side looked whiter) Jupiter equatorial belt, Saturn's rings, and don't forget the Moon's craters. Not counting its seas because those are technically extremely large, lava-filled craters. If Titan looks bright, on a clear winter night it's worth going for Rhea, Dione, and Tethys too. You probably won't be able to make out any detail, but Neptune's not too hard to find right now and is about as bright as Titan, and Uranus is close to the Pleiades. Also, after the Full moon look for Reinier Gamma, it's a squid-shaped bright spot caused by a magnetic anomaly, not a mountain or crater. It's flat and doesn't cast any shadows. There are also some volcanoes and lava flows that can be seen when the phase is just right... Edited November 7 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 Just visited Voyager 1 in Elite Dangerous. Was fun to see! 04271109112024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 On 11/7/2024 at 6:52 AM, cubinator said: Also, after the Full moon look for Reinier Gamma, it's a squid-shaped bright spot caused by a magnetic anomaly, not a mountain or crater. It's flat and doesn't cast any shadows. Tycho Magnetic Anomaly 1? I'll try and look for it, but my telescope really isn't that great and the light pollution here is awful. Lot of towns right next to each other in a smoggy valley. I do have plans to drive to a light-free BLM area on the next new moon (TIL: apparently two new moons in one month are called a black moon.) Maybe I can see more than one moon of Saturn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 41 minutes ago, Kimera Industries said: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly 1? I'll try and look for it, but my telescope really isn't that great and the light pollution here is awful. Lot of towns right next to each other in a smoggy valley. I do have plans to drive to a light-free BLM area on the next new moon (TIL: apparently two new moons in one month are called a black moon.) Maybe I can see more than one moon of Saturn. Nothing on the Moon is going to be limited by light pollution, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 4 hours ago, cubinator said: Nothing on the Moon is going to be limited by light pollution, at least. Good to hear. I'm not very good at this astronomy thing because most of what I know about space is more directly related to space exploration. Seeing things from Earth is not something I know a ton about. You could say I'm an amateur-amateur astronomer. Recently read up on the Uranus Orbiter and Probe proposal as part of my learning about Voyager 2's flybys of the ice giants. Considering the naming patterns of the first two flagship missions to the outer planets (Galileo and Cassini), I wouldn't be surprised if UOP is named Herschel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 You can call me a selenographer because I'm drawing a map of the Moon, by hand. An hour of craning my neck and freezing my hands off got me a rough sketch of the seas. Progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 So here i am getting dinner and its at a burger place. Im in the drive thru and i swear i keep smelling latex paint. I cant figure out why or where its from. 194111152024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 I just visited a little probe humanity shot into space. Goes by the name New Horizons. Ive now visited one of the Voyagers and New Horizons in Elite Dangerous. 021911172024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted Sunday at 08:37 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:37 PM I made a pipe cleaner model of New Horizons yesterday. It does indeed look like Bill Cipher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batavia Posted Wednesday at 10:22 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:22 AM Did my first piano recital, went well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted Wednesday at 10:29 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:29 AM 6 minutes ago, Batavia said: Did my first piano recital, went well. What did you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batavia Posted Wednesday at 10:45 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:45 AM 16 minutes ago, James Kerman said: What did you play? Played the Toccata by Poulenc! Here's a link to my favorite recording of it: https://youtu.be/27eyzaU8CoA?feature=shared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted Wednesday at 11:20 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:20 PM 12 hours ago, James Kerman said: What did you play? The piano. 12 hours ago, Batavia said: Played the Toccata by Poulenc! Here's a link to my favorite recording of it: https://youtu.be/27eyzaU8CoA?feature=shared That seems like a pretty advanced piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted Thursday at 11:03 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 11:03 PM Job hunt update! Back in September I got four interview offers in rapid succession and I slowed down my pace of applications, both to focus on the interviews and also because "There's no way I mess up all four of these right? And there's a fifth one I'm already done with waiting on the answer." Company 0: Interviewed months ago, they finally got back to me with "no" for a position 2 levels higher than the one I interviewed for. Company 1: Upon learning more about the job I decided I didn't really want it and decided to push the envelope a little with interview style. Did not go well but now I know. Company 2: Made it to the second phone interview, not exactly sure what in specific went wrong but it was kind of Meh all around and this is a competitive place to get into so there were doubtless far better suited people. Company 3: Did 3 rounds of phone+online interviews, they said that I would be better in a hardware focused role on an adjacent team and had me restart the process for that position instead. I made it through 2 rounds and then they rejected me (apparently none of the candidates they interviewed were to their tastes so they opened up applications again). Company 4: Things went really well. They flew me out for an interview. The in person interview went well and somehow nothing went wrong with the travel. They say I'll know within a week. Recruiter contacts me and says that there's been a delay and that I'll know in another week. Today I finally hear back and - The team thought I did really well, but the position has been cancelled and the needs of the team have been re-evaluated so they will be looking for a level 3 person instead, and also the company is dramatically refocusing hiring on one of their other projects at the expense of everything else. Six months after graduation, no more active leads, 119 job applications and counting, I'm now competing with the 2025 graduates, here we go again. I'm starting to doubt my competence at this point. At what point does the employment gap get so large that I'm unemployable? At what point do I give up and just be a bus driver my whole life? Could I handle a part time job and graduate school at the same time, as there's no way I'll be able to pay for it otherwise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted Thursday at 11:08 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:08 PM 3 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: I'm starting to doubt my competence at this point. At what point does the employment gap get so large that I'm unemployable? At what point do I give up and just be a bus driver my whole life? Could I handle a part time job and graduate school at the same time, as there's no way I'll be able to pay for it otherwise? Sounds like you did really well in those 5 applications. They key to finding a job is to not give up, because you never know who needs you or when the call will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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