Episode 165 - Vacuum Light Pipe (with Dr. Gerard van Belle)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gerard van Belle, Astronomer at Lowell Observatory, to talk about the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis, which is about to do some crazy stuff that it does every 78 years and honestly, we really need help understanding it.
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[@dhouggy]

I was fully prepared to be underwhelmed by an astronomy discussion but this was fantastic. Definitely gets my resident astronomer vote.

[@widmermt]

Great show! Please have him back as a recurring guest?

[@Ergzay]

If this is pre-recorded why are there so many live stream glitches? No local recording?

[@spacepat_o]

Hi

[@spiralout112]

Jesus how do you position a trolley to 1nm. I've dealt with microns in my machining days, but a high end CNC is not a god damned trolley. I can only imagine how much of a pain in the dick that must have been 😂 Also i wasn't measuring something that makes the wavelength of visible light look like a country mile in comparison.

[@dancingdog2790]

Hydrogen, helium, metals