The Prodigal Field-of-Stars

04Feb07

I’m observing again. Now, my grad student is making supernova lightcurves, which means we take pictures of the things over a period of a few months, while they blow themselves up and calm down again. And then we wait a while, and we take another picture to finish them off.

So I just took a picture of a field I haven’t seen in ages, and it was like seeing an old friend. I literally went ‘awwww’.

But, you know, I am probably not supposed to be getting emotionally attached to my subjects. Or something. One must preserve some ethical boundaries.

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