The telescope with 24 eyes - Backstage Science

[wstmess]

drinking game: shot every time he says "instrument"

not trying to make fun of him, he's probably 100 times smarter. i just found it funnyy

[Miata822]

fascinating.

just discovered this channel. it is great. very informative.

[BackstageScience]

@Miata822 glad to have you watching!!!

[Bobajobimus]

6:25 Creation! Lol

[physicsbugga]

So why 24 objectives as opposed to 23 or 25?

[physicsbugga]

I'm I the only one that finds the sound of rotary pumps relaxing?

[82rah]

Very interesting, but I like more technical details. What fraction of electrons leaving the photocathode are collected at the anode, rather than passing through it? What is the electron current in a typical synchrotron, say the Diamond Light Source?

[Muscleduck]

I saw the Chile telescope on Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections and it's truly a marvel of technology, especially the mirrors. It would be great if you could make a movie about it, maybe once the new telescope is installed.

[Defonthana]

awww the music at the beginning....what is it?

[angelxsid]

Fascinating. Gah, is there a full size image of 6:45? It's absolutely beautiful, I'd like to have it as my background.

[airihi]

Do the "clouds" of the milky way really look impressive to the naked eye from the VLT site? The sky always looks amazing in the timelapse footage.

[MarkArandjus]

Meanwhile in another galaxy, someone is building a very similar telescope to look at us :P

[dahmer1552000]

that was awesome!



[F1LL3R]

Love all the videos Brady.

Was i the only one to notice that at 6:26 the images text is swiched?!

=)

[adrian20001]

VIV indeed :)

[josephd183]

this man says "practically" too much. but it's ok, because his job is awesome.

[historyris27]

They should name it Argus

[nagualdesign]

"...called Very Large Telescope (VLT) which are in Chile, very high altitude (VHA?), and each of these telescope has got very large mirror (VLM!?)" XD

Very interesting video (VIV!) No, seriously; no dumbing down, everything explained very well. Brilliant!

[adds to favourites]

[dylanlawless1]

..and not a single dislike Brady.

Like all your videos, minus the odd accidental one i presume.

[nagualdesign]

@dylanlawless1 I agree. Thanks Brady! :)

[jarjarfestiveseason]

this guy's accent is crazy,

[nagualdesign]

@jarjarfestiveseason Not as outrageous as French! XD

[LsBaba]

@jarjarfestiveseason Italian with a splash of Scot :)

[wyvernlord23]

If they have to protect the apparatus from dust, why didn't you have to wear head ware in the clean room?

[dylanlawless1]

Talking between 2:03 and 2:09 he sounds Scottish

[Tehtog]

This guy looks like David Mitchell (the mitchell/webb one)

[jeebersjumpincryst]

@Tehtog lol - so it would be: that mitchell and webb look? :)

[dd08880bb]

Every time I look at these videos I get my hopes up and I'm glad that I'm studying physics :D Kinda gives me inspiration that one day I might (I'd definitely like) work in a place like this :)

You rock and just keep on rocking ^^

[peanutboy41]

The holy trinity: Backstage science, sixty symbols and periodic videos

[defect530]

that stuff looks expensive o_0

[TheMarkoanton]

@defect530

It wouldn't be expensive if government wasnt spending money on weapons and military.



[puncheex]

Being a scientist is like almost any other job. Parts of it are really cool; then there are the other parts. They are no better paid than any other professional, in accordance with their training. They spend an inordinate mount of time writing and begging. I was an aerospace engineer, and much of it was fun, but them there were the proposal writing and management aspects, and long hours monitoring a very slow process. ...and reading dense documents. Evert job has it's good and bad.

[CathySander]

@puncheex: This is what I have found out by asking people from their research labs for the past three weeks. I don't like politics, but because we are humans, we are sure to participate in such showgames.

[SolarWebsite]

@mrteemuilto Being a professional scientist is not always fun. Think about things like these: making long hours and working very, very hard. Working in an extremely competitive field where you really can't trust any one. Always having to hunt for funding. Always having to convince others that your idea is valid and will yield results. In theory, the goal is to discover stuff, to forward science. In practice, the goal is to publish, publish, publish - and those goals cannot always be united.

[jamiehasnomercy]

i love backstagescience and sixtstmbols videos!

[john37309]

Very cool telescope!

John.

[mrteemumilto]

The professional scientist. They get a huge monthly salary, they work anywhere in the world during projects, always do intellectually satisfying and self-realizing work, get peace of mind during their work and respect of their bosses.

[mrteemumilto]

Probably around 4000 €/month.

[mrteemumilto]

And their co-workers are bunch of genious, so psychos there.

[snylekkie]

@mrteemumilto but they get beaten up as kids

[mrteemumilto]

@snylekkie Yes, but as they grow up, they learn to manipulate the bullies and then get laid from any woman. Any!

[GodofCider]

@mrteemumilto In theory anyways; more often than not it doesn't turn out that way though.

[shadowblack1987]

@mrteemumilto I have yet met a scientist like them that get a big pay check...

[jhonbus]

@mrteemumilto Huge monthly salary!? Which professional scientists do you know?

[mrteemumilto]

@jhonbus Correct, sir. Only the best get that. The rest struggle with low pay and scarce projects.

[mrteemumilto]

@jhonbus Actually there are no qualitative differences in scientists.

It is a contest of symbolic violence and capitalism, where the winners destroy the rest.

[darcyryan99]

@mrteemumilto actually professional scientists get paid fairly shitty for what they do

[mrteemumilto]

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