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t-ribeiro.bsky.social
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Astronomer at the Vera Rubin Observatory.
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This gives the telescope ENORMOUS light-collecting power while being compact! 🔆

The primary mirror is 8.4 m in diameter – taller than the height of a two-story house. Yet, the telescope also has a compact design so it's fast enough to cover the entire visible sky in just a few nights.

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Rubin Observatory and its companion 1.2-meter telescope atop Cerro Pachón. Rubin is a boot-shaped building on the left with long white service sticking toward us and angular silver dome sticking up. The vertical dome slit is open, revealing the shiny ring of the top end of the 8.4-meter telescope. On the right, the small dome of the companion telescope sits atop its own hill.
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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One of the first programs I made with rust was also a log parser… popular choice apparently… I never benchmarked it though (It is also probably a monstrosity of a thing being the first thing I ever did in rust).
March 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Modified Julian Date
February 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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From someone that also doesn’t mind git cli, this is pure gold! 🏆 🥇
February 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Mind reading?
January 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
t-ribeiro.bsky.social
Might be challenging to get a free line of sight.
January 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Kelsey is the GOAT! Such a mindful person… great first episode! Thank you so much!
January 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM