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Me in Honolulu, following a successful observing run at the Keck facility.

Nicholas Borsato

From Sweden to Australia, I'm on a quest to unveil the secrets of alien atmospheres.

Me in Honolulu, following a successful observing run at the Keck facility.

The Meridian S02E06 : Nuclear fusion, fission & a chat with a telescope operator

Author

  • Anna Arnadottir
  • Nicholas Borsato
  • Rebecca Forsberg
  • Colin Carlile
  • Sara Vitali

Summary, in English

Joining us on the Meridian today we have Colin Carlile, the former director of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). He came to Sweden to head up the Swedish bid to locate the European Spallation Source here in Lund, and after formally retireing he did a master degree in astronomy here at Lund Observatory.

In this second season of the Meridian we are also bringing you some field reporting from the Nordic Optical Telescope on La Palma, where a team of Lund Observatory astronomers have been trying to catch an ultra-hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet. In this instalment clouds are making it impossible to observe, so Nic invites the support astronomer, Sara Vitali, to share her experiences of how it is to work on the mountaintop.

Department/s

  • Lund Observatory - Has been reorganised
  • Vattenhallen Science Center

Publishing year

2022-04-08

Language

English

Document type

Exhibition

Publisher

Anchor

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Keywords

  • PodCast

Status

Published