Stephanie Deppe, PhD
@SpaceSciSteph
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Content Strategist @VRubinObs & lover of icy asteroids in the outer Solar System. Probably hiking a mountain. she/her Astrodon, BlueSky, Threads: spacescisteph
Cayuga land (Ithaca)
Joined May 2012
Don't belittle the "mundane," the "unspectacular." What's boring or trivial to you might be the thing that blows someone's mind and changes their life. Instead of taking things for granted, let's keep getting excited, keep seeing the beauty, no matter how often they happen.
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The word’s largest camera built for astronomy and astrophysics has arrived at Rubin Observatory! The LSST Camera completed a cross-continental trek from @SLAClab after two decades of work, marking the arrival of Rubin’s last major component in Chile. 🔗: https://t.co/ZnfzqQGzs8
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How does Rubin's 8.4-meter two-in-one mirror collect light and direct it to the camera detector? Explore the path that light will take through the telescope in this video!
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Rubin's 8.4-meter two-in-one mirror was made in Arizona, but now it's in Chile...what happened in between? Find out in part three of the "Making of Rubin's 8.4-meter Mirror" ‼️🚢 #CaptureTheCosmos
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The process of fabricating and polishing the glass structure for Rubin's two-in-one mirror took 7 years! So what went into it? Find out in part two of the "Making of Rubin's 8.4-meter Mirror" 🤩 #CaptureTheCosmos
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What goes into preparing Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass to get its reflective coating? Quite a lot, it turns out! Learn about the preparation process in Part 4 of the "Making of Rubin 's 8.4-meter Mirror" ✨
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If I never got into astronomical instrumentation, I may have lived a life of never actually seeing a deformable mirror (DM) in action. Now that I work on one, here's a video of a wibbly-wobbly DM... an engineering marvel behind many a crispy image of distant bodies.
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We spoke with @SpaceSciSteph about planet nine and icy asteroids on Science Chat - but if you missed the discussion you HAVE to check out the recording. You can find it on the Science Pawdcast feed - anywhere podcasts are played. The discussion is out of this world!
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Science Chat is going to OUTER SPACE tonight! We have @SpaceSciSteph as our guest and we can’t wait to chat about icy world and if there is a ninth planet! Science Chat is from 7PM Mountain time to 8 PM Mountain Time. Link:👇 https://t.co/gXLNsRWtF8
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Where are we in the Universe, and how do we know? Thanks to a type of supernova that happens when a white dwarf explodes, called "Type Ia," scientists have made a map the Universe. ...but that map has revealed new mysteries to solve! 🔗:
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You're not from around here, are ya? ☄️ Interstellar objects come from star systems far, far away—& give scientists another way to learn about other systems. With #LSST, scientists will find many interstellar objects that would've remained hidden! 🔗: https://t.co/gChgBpynlE
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If this is my last post on this site, I can leave happy
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I've been on a few hiring committees now & here's my biggest interview advice: GIVE. SPECIFIC. EXAMPLES. It's ok to take a minute to think! Most people conceptually know the "right" answer, but the more you can "show" vs "tell" the better! Your tips? 👇
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Also, try putting out a massive bonfire with a single drop of water and you might have a small idea of what firefighters are up against with these wildfires.
“Why aren’t the fires being put out” is a question only if you’ve never been north of the border. Canada is home to 30% of the world’s forests, over 300 billion trees, most of them in very remote areas that are not managed like US forests.
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Spending more and more time away from this place, find me elsewhere (same handle everywhere!): Insta: @/spacescisteph Mastodon: spacescisteph @ astrodon . online Blue sky: spacescisteph . bsky . social
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If nothing else, let 2023 be the year we all finally realised that billionaires are fucking idiots
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Lol. In related news, I have 3 invite codes for the sky app, mutuals DM me!
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limiting the number of posts you can see a day while refusing to just show you the posts from people you want to see: a perfect system
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LOOK. AT. THOSE. RIINNNGGSSSSSS 😍🪐
I've seen a lot of pictures of Saturn, but there's something really magical about this new raw image from JWST. Pixel noise + filter selection make the planet vanish -- just a set of rings floating in space.
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