518: Nothing We Can Do About Frogs

About this episode

James Cameron discusses programming and operating a large telescope at the Anglo-Australian Telescope.

James Cameron spoke with us about programming for and operating a large telescope. The show is a blend of astronomy, engineering on the fly, and weird lady bug habitats. The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is part of the Australian National University's Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. The AAT has an all sky camera where you can check in on a very dark sky. James was on Embedded Episode 172: Tell Forth You Me Please where we talked about the Forth programming language and his experiences with One Laptop Per Child. Transcript Unrelated to the AAT, Chris took this image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) from his Zwo Seestar 50 over 9 hours (multiple days), stacking the images and processing the data .

People in this episode

Guest: James Cameron

Topics covered

• astronomy
• engineering
• telescope operation
• programming
• ladybug habitats

Keywords

• telescope
• astronomy
• engineering
• James Cameron
• Andromeda Galaxy
• Forth programming
• One Laptop Per Child

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian National University

Products: Zwo Seestar 50

Books & works: Embedded Episode 172: Tell Forth You Me Please

Places: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, Siding Spring Observatory, Andromeda Galaxy

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