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Postby Rommie » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:29 am

AARTFAAC-TV!

What you see if you follow that link is still pretty basic, and does not run 24 hours (nor will it ever, we are a piggyback instrument dependent on LOFAR being in a specific observing mode). But right now there are some neat solar flares going if you watch a few minutes, so thought you would be keen to see it. :)

To explain, image in top left is the lag in the live image. Image in lower left is the correlation matrix of the raw voltages on the various antennas (to see if there are any antenna-specific problems). Top right is channel power over time- right now there are a lot of vertical lines that correspond with solar flares. And lower right is the exciting one, which is a live view of the radio sky right now in the Netherlands. The brighter stuff is labeled (Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant for example), and the thing varying in brightness a lot right now at the bottom half of the image is the sun, thanks to an almost Jupiter sized sunspot.

Note, we don't run nonstop, so if it's a static image check back later. :)
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Postby Thumper » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:34 am

Yea! Blocked as usual...
I bet it's neat, though.
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Postby Swift » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:21 pm

That's cool
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Postby SciFiFisher » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:46 pm

Thumper wrote:Yea! Blocked as usual...
I bet it's neat, though.


Let me guess. Your employer doesn't want you on the internet for anything?
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Wed Apr 13, 2016 2:17 pm

Anybody catch the Apache in that page :P
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Postby Thumper » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:51 pm

SciFiFisher wrote:
Thumper wrote:Yea! Blocked as usual...
I bet it's neat, though.


Let me guess. Your employer doesn't want you on the internet for anything?
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Postby pumpkinpi » Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:39 pm

Awesome. I love big sunspots. I just picked up my "eclipse glasses" to look for it--yes, it's big enough to see a simple vista!*

*I hate the term by naked eye. This is how they say it in Spanish--by simple view. Much more elegant.
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:58 pm

:)
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Postby SciFiFisher » Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:58 pm

pumpkinpi wrote:Awesome. I love big sunspots. I just picked up my "eclipse glasses" to look for it--yes, it's big enough to see a simple vista!*

*I hate the term by naked eye. This is how they say it in Spanish--by simple view. Much more elegant.


Reminds me of a language comparison of what different languages sound like when they are cursing at you:

Spanish: It sounds like they are singing you a love song. Of course, almost everything in Spanish sounds like they are singing it.

German: You don't know what they are saying but you know you are going to die a horrible death...slowly.

Chinese: When translated by google translate a ten minute diatribe comes out as "you suck".

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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Fri Apr 15, 2016 3:33 pm

SciFiFisher wrote:Spanish: It sounds like they are singing you a love song. Of course, almost everything in Spanish sounds like they are singing it.


Whomever said that NEVER heard anyone swear in Spanish :P
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Postby SciFiFisher » Sat Apr 16, 2016 7:09 pm

Am I the only who thinks Rommie has the best pick up line ever? And then she actually takes them to an Observatory. :P
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Re: check out my telescope

Postby Rommie » Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:18 am

SciFiFisher wrote:
pumpkinpi wrote:Awesome. I love big sunspots. I just picked up my "eclipse glasses" to look for it--yes, it's big enough to see a simple vista!*

*I hate the term by naked eye. This is how they say it in Spanish--by simple view. Much more elegant.


Reminds me of a language comparison of what different languages sound like when they are cursing at you:

Spanish: It sounds like they are singing you a love song. Of course, almost everything in Spanish sounds like they are singing it.

German: You don't know what they are saying but you know you are going to die a horrible death...slowly.

Chinese: When translated by google translate a ten minute diatribe comes out as "you suck".

:P


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Re: check out my telescope

Postby Rommie » Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:19 am

SciFiFisher wrote:Am I the only who thinks Rommie has the best pick up line ever? And then she actually takes them to an Observatory. :P


That's a pick up line?! I'm doing it wrong. :?

Also, I don't actually take them to an Observatory, firstly it's like 90 minutes away in the middle of nowhere and secondly a bunch of wires in the field probably isn't worth the effort. :P
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Postby Sigma_Orionis » Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:05 pm

Must not make Propeller Tunnel Joke
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