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Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐<p>Cuando hace calor y tu único remedio es un ventilador, quizás te hayas fijado que se forman unos patrones en las rejillas. Son los patrones de Moiré producidos por la superposición de líneas o mallas. También lo puedes encontrar en algunas plumas, telas y pantallas LCD. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a></p>
Água-VivaAlcohol, oil, water, pigment and, most importantly, your eye.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/visuals?src=hash" title="#visuals" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visuals</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/liquidlight?src=hash" title="#liquidlight" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liquidlight</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/optics?src=hash" title="#optics" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#optics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/analog?src=hash" title="#analog" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" title="#handmade" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustrationart?src=hash" title="#illustrationart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustrationart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphicdesign?src=hash" title="#graphicdesign" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphicdesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vj?src=hash" title="#vj" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vj</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/projection?src=hash" title="#projection" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#projection</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifiart?src=hash" title="#scifiart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifiart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fluidart?src=hash" title="#fluidart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fluidart</a>
j_bertolotti<p>Didn't have any proper equipment, so I improvised a pinhole camera making a small hole in a piece of paper with a toothpick and projecting the image of the (partial) eclipse on a second piece of paper.<br>Rudimentary, but it works.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eclipse</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a></p>
Água-VivaI enjoy sharing snapshots here but I really wish you guys could see this moving in a video. <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fluidart?src=hash" title="#fluidart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fluidart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/visualart?src=hash" title="#visualart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visualart</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newmediaart?src=hash" title="#newmediaart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newmediaart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/liquidlight?src=hash" title="#liquidlight" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liquidlight</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/liquid?src=hash" title="#liquid" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liquid</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/water?src=hash" title="#water" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifiart?src=hash" title="#scifiart" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifiart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macro?src=hash" title="#macro" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/analog?src=hash" title="#analog" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/techno?src=hash" title="#techno" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techno</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vj?src=hash" title="#vj" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vj</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ink?src=hash" title="#ink" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ink</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cosmos?src=hash" title="#cosmos" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cosmos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/optics?src=hash" title="#optics" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#optics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphicdesign?src=hash" title="#graphicdesign" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphicdesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" title="#handmade" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a>
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐<p>Modelo de un ojo de finales del siglo XIX que usaba córneas de vidrio intercambiables para enseñar los defectos oculares. 🏛️Wellcome <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/salud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>Cool.</p><p>"Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s Gravity Laboratory, alongside student LEGO enthusiasts, have developed unique LEGO-based interferometer kits to make quantum science more accessible and engaging."</p><p><a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/photon-bricks-a-lego-set-for-playful-quantum-explorations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nottingham.ac.uk/news/photon-b</span><span class="invisible">ricks-a-lego-set-for-playful-quantum-explorations</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/LEGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEGO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Interferometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interferometry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
Ed Wiebe<p>Two photos of the same male Anna’s hummingbird. The photos were one second apart. The feathers’ iridescence is structural, not from dyes. It’s caused by layers of tiny granules of melanin in the feather barbules. The melanin is dark brown or black. The structure of the granules results in the nearly specular reflection of narrow wavelength bands of light and the absorption of other colours. Unedited images.</p><p>Here’s the science!</p><p><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6244987/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/</span><span class="invisible">PMC6244987/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hummingbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hummingbird</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a></p>
Florian Marquardt<p>Please share: Our Max Planck Institute recently left X and is present here on Mastodon. Give them a follow! Beautiful pictures from the science of light!</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Light</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Photonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photonics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pictures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pictures</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@maxplanckgesellschaft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maxplanckgesellschaft</span></a></span> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@MPI_ScienceOfLight" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MPI_ScienceOfLight</span></a></span><br><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@MPI_ScienceOfLight/113906463840724222" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wisskomm.social/@MPI_ScienceOf</span><span class="invisible">Light/113906463840724222</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A Waist Level Viewfinder For Not A Lot - Photographic accessories are often plagued by high prices, as photography is consi... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/a-waist-level-viewfinder-for-not-a-lot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/26/a-wais</span><span class="invisible">t-level-viewfinder-for-not-a-lot/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/digitalcamerashacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalcamerashacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/viewfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viewfinder</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camera</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Shedding Light on Quantum Measurement with Calcite - Have you ever struggled with the concept of quantum measurement, feeling it’s unne... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/shedding-light-on-quantum-measurement-with-calcite/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/26/sheddi</span><span class="invisible">ng-light-on-quantum-measurement-with-calcite/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/quantummeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantummeasurement</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/quantummechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantummechanics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/entanglement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entanglement</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/laserhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laserhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/calcite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calcite</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/photons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photons</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Innovative Clock Uses Printed Caustic Lens - Hackers and makers have built just about every kind of clock under the sun. Digita... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/20/innovative-clock-uses-printed-caustic-lens/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/20/innova</span><span class="invisible">tive-clock-uses-printed-caustic-lens/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/clockhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clockhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/caustics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caustics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/caustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caustic</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/clock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clock</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a></p>
j_bertolotti<p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhysicsFactlet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicsFactlet</span></a> <br>It's a foggy day here in Albion, so let's talk about light (multiple) scattering!<br>Fog is composed of micrometre sized water droplet that can scatter light. This has two main effects: some of the light that was supposed to reach your eyes don't (because it is scattered away), and some of the light that was not supposed to reach you gets scattered into your eyes.<br>The denser is the fog and the further an object is from you, the more likely light is to be scattered away before it reaches your eyes. The amount of unscattered light (i.e. the one your eyes can use to form a sharp image) goes down exponentially (Lambert-Beer law), so an object in the fog gets dimmer pretty quickly. On the other hand there is a chance that light that was never meant to reach you is now scattered into your eyes, but since it arrives from a largely random direction, mixed up with a lot of other scattered light, your brain perceived it as a white blur on top of everything else. And since far away object were already dim, this white halo can easily overpower them, so you can't see them anymore.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ITeachPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITeachPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/EverydayPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EverydayPhysics</span></a></p>
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐<p>Siglos después de morir, comenzó a relacionarse a Arquímedes con espejos ardientes. La bola creció hasta hacer creer que los usó para quemar barcos romanos. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://resolviendolaincognita.blogspot.com/2025/01/Arquimedes-espejos-incendiarios-siracusa.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">resolviendolaincognita.blogspo</span><span class="invisible">t.com/2025/01/Arquimedes-espejos-incendiarios-siracusa.html</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Shining Through: Germanium and Gold Leaf Transparency - Germanium. It might sound like just another periodic table entry (number 32, to be... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/shining-through-germanium-and-gold-leaf-transparency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/05/shinin</span><span class="invisible">g-through-germanium-and-gold-leaf-transparency/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/germanium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germanium</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/goldleaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goldleaf</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/infrared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrared</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ir</span></a></p>
j_bertolotti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Rappenem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Rappenem</span></a></span> Reverse-engineering this feels like a fun summer project for an <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a> student 😃</p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Ice halos around the nearly full moon.</p><p>There are several features in these photos.</p><p>1st photo is fisheye all-sky.</p><p>2nd photo looks closer at the zenith. (see alt text for more discussion)</p><p>3rd photo looks below the moon, near the horizon.</p><p>Go back to the first photo to take it all in again.</p><p>The brightest 'star' in these photos is the planet Jupiter. You'll also see Orion rising, the Hyades, Cassiopeia, and other constellations.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(optical_phenomenon)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(op</span><span class="invisible">tical_phenomenon)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Halo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halo</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IceCrystals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceCrystals</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a></p>
Adrian Tombu 🇪🇺<p>Science is fun, episode 48392 : today, on my flight from Toulouse to Belgium, I discovered an amazing optical phenomenon called a «&nbsp;glory&nbsp;»<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(optical_phenomenon)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_</span><span class="invisible">(optical_phenomenon)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a></p>
multioculate<p>Anyone got recommendations for an inexpensive broadband spectrometer? Bonus points for sensitivity past 1um, open source software, or an Ethernet interface.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lazyweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lazyweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a></p>
AstroHyde<p>Not so long ago our uni decided to build a football stadium right next to the observatory (insane, I know!)... but it turns out the light pollution is only one of the many dangers. A few nights ago with no warning they set off a *huge* smoke bomb. We were observing with both telescopes at the time.</p><p> If you didn't just gasp in horror, let me tell you about smoke and optical surfaces, it's bad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telescopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescopes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/observatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yorkuniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yorkuniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/observer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <br> 1/</p>
dorotaC<p>Does anyone know any Free Software application to design <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lenses</span></a> / optical elements?</p><p>I haven't found any and I kind of know how to make one...</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cad</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simulation</span></a></p>