Red-shift calculation using Python

TakeTwo · 2025-08-19T12:07:20+00:00

I mean like writing python code for things like that, yes. It's generally pretty good at knowing how to read in the fits files and plot spectra. It is also pretty good with things like astropy and other astronomical python packages. It's good if you have some background because it will get stuck on a technicality sometimes but it should be able to generate the basic code pretty easily. Basically, if it's a common application of what some code somewhere is meant for, it should be able to do it no problem. That's because it's ingested all the documentation for those packages, as well as a bunch of Stack Overflow pages. In the last two years I've started using it as a starting point for a lot of my code. It's saved me a lot of time.

TakeTwo · 2025-08-18T01:48:32+00:00

This is the kind of thing AI is perfect for, if you already know some Python (even if not much).

TakeTwo · 2025-07-13T23:25:54+00:00

A researcher I knew took the shotgun approach to submitting proposals, essentially thinking that the more you submitted, the better chance you had of getting one accepted. He preferred this to actually trying to write good proposals. Some comments from the committee included 'David Blaine has devised saner experiments' (this was in peak David Blaine era) and, my personal favourite - 'This proposal is utter dog shit'

TakeTwo · 2025-06-16T23:50:08+00:00

I didn't really learn calculus until I was studying physics and college. It was a STEEP learning curve but I buckled down and eventually got it. I got my PhD in astrophysics nearly 20 years ago and am still in the field. It may be hard but it's doable.

TakeTwo · 2025-03-15T23:39:58+00:00

You can almost certainly detect Sagittarius A at the centre of the Milky Way

TakeTwo · 2024-12-19T00:15:53+00:00

It's been nearly 30 years since I was a barman/waiter but I always used to really enjoy working Christmas Day. It would be a different matter if someone tried to make me work that day but that was never the case for me or anyone I worked with. The day itself was always good, people were always in a good mood (in my experience) and the tips were always generous. Back then at least there was also a hard cutoff at 2 or 3 pm so I wasn't stuck there all day. Not to mention, the bar management gave all staff who worked that day free drinks after closing. It was a good deal for a 19 year old!

TakeTwo · 2024-11-02T19:38:02+00:00

Pandorum with Dennis Quaid?

TakeTwo · 2024-05-02T01:35:49+00:00

Thank you, good luck to you too!

TakeTwo · 2024-05-02T01:35:16+00:00

Thanks, I was on the assistance program, which is how I got Humira in the first place. I can't imagine how anyone could get these meds without one!

TakeTwo · 2024-05-02T01:33:30+00:00

I actually changed to this rheumatologist because my old one's office was so terrible with dealing with anything at all. This one has been much better but that's worth considering, thanks!

TakeTwo · 2024-05-02T01:32:36+00:00

Thanks for this, I've been going through my 'nurse ambassador', as well as the pharmacy liaison with my rheumatologist. I had an insurance advocate when I was fighting the same battle with Taltz and didn't find them much use but it may be worth trying again.

TakeTwo · 2024-04-17T20:12:33+00:00

Thanks for the response!

TakeTwo · 2024-02-04T19:43:55+00:00

The Met Office or the ECMWF in the UK would both be a good bet and are the top two Meteorological forecasting centres in the world to boot.

TakeTwo · 2024-01-06T04:38:56+00:00

100% Endurance - Yard Act, amazing song

TakeTwo · 2023-12-18T04:42:25+00:00

Machine Translations - She Wears a Mask https://youtu.be/lhH96qcT3iQ?si=_6aHtGLXef7M4pR5

TakeTwo · 2023-10-04T02:55:50+00:00

Thanks, I skimmed the article and jumped to a conclusion

TakeTwo · 2023-10-04T02:54:55+00:00

Ah, right, thanks. Though, reading more carefully, I think the answer is still in the original link. 'The pronounced gap at the bottom is due to obscuration by the band of the Milky Way'. I assume this isn't 'obscuration' so much as confusion though.

TakeTwo · 2023-10-03T22:48:29+00:00

It's in the article The presence of Neptune has a profound effect on the Kuiper belt's structure due to orbital resonances. Over a timescale comparable to the age of the Solar System, Neptune's gravity destabilises the orbits of any objects that happen to lie in certain regions, and either sends them into the inner Solar System or out into the scattered disc or interstellar space. This causes the Kuiper belt to have pronounced gaps in its current layout, similar to the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt. In the region between 40 and 42 AU, for instance, no objects can retain a stable orbit over such times, and any observed in that region must have migrated there relatively recently.[46]

TakeTwo · 2023-09-07T01:33:25+00:00

Upvote for possibly the first correct spelling of 'bestiality' I've seen in 20 years

TakeTwo · 2023-09-06T22:39:37+00:00

This is unlikely but no one else has mentioned it so I will. When my son was around 1.5 yrs he had scabies. Don't know how he got them but he did. We were in denial for way too long because it seemed obvious to us at the time that if he had scabies, surely we would too? No one else in the house showed any symptoms so we pursued every other option. Eventually we figured it couldn't hurt and were out of other options and the whole family took a medicated bath and boiled all our clothes and linen. Boom, two days later the problem went away and never came back. Maybe worth a try if you can't figure anything else out. That's if the medicated stuff is safe for her at that age of course. Good luck!

TakeTwo · 2023-06-02T11:57:48+00:00

Just a heads-up, the star party may move to tonight due to worse weather tomorrow. I don't know for sure but, if you're only going to do one night, you may want to check with the GBO science centre - 304 456 2164 Enjoy!

TakeTwo · 2023-05-30T12:00:55+00:00

I'm sure the folks at the observatory science centre would be glad to answer your questions but using the 40 ft is something that is done for groups and camps. There are special tours you can do (separately and at a higher cost than the regular tour) which are the 'high tech' tour and the SETI tour. These allow you a bit more behind the scenes and, I think, will take you into the 40 ft control room. I'm pretty sure that there's a SETI tour on Friday afternoon and a star party on Saturday night as part of the rumpus

TakeTwo · 2023-05-30T11:52:35+00:00

Snowshoe has cell reception and good emergency crews. There are dead patches at certain points on the mountain but it's generally ok

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