Wanted to drop a quick “hello!” out there as I haven’t continued my travelogues here. Lots of work, little free time, and very little internet time have all contributed to that. However, I’m still writing here and there and taking lots and lots of pictures, all to be seen soon after I get home next…
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Travelogues: To Africa!
Greetings from South Africa! As you may know by now, I’m on a research trip to build out the Precision Array to Probe the Epoch of Reionization, or PAPER, out to a 64-antenna radio astronomy array. My advisor, Rich Bradley, and resident technical wonder, Pat Klima, and I have spent two days in Cape Town…
Leaving on a jet plane! #psa64
And all the planning and craziness leading up to today is over. Let the adventure begin! I’m heading to South Africa to work on The Precision Array to Probe the Epoch of Reionization, aka PAPER, aka the project on which i am writing my thesis. I’ve talked about PAPER a bit before, as it is…
Astronomers Without Borders
Hey! Just a quick note to plug a really cool organization called Astronomers Without Borders. They asked me to write a guest blog for them for Global Astronomy Month, and you can see that here. I’ll be crossing some borders of my own as I head off to South Africa in late June! Dates are…
Green chile mania
Still recovering from my New Mexico trip, followed by a successful outreach event with the Girl Scouts at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center. And then struggling to find disk space for the many GBs of data that are coming from our telescope! The fun never ends. So, in honor of New Mexico, I give you bit…
Thrust or Bust!!!! STS-133…
SQUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Okay, yeah I’m excited. I was idly wondering on Twitter whether I should take advantage of the fact that I had a free weekend that coincided with the next launch attempt of the space shuttle. Lo and behold, the fabulous @JahdavusRex mentioned he had 4 launch viewing tickets that he couldn’t use. One thing…
Conference Travel: URSI Day 3
I have written about some interesting highlights from the annual National Radio Sciences Meeting of URSI in Boulder, CO, and would like to finish that off with a topic near and dear to my brain: radio astronomy through the ionosphere. Low frequency radio astronomy has enjoyed a resurgence in the last few years, partly driven…
#SciO11… Be There!
Update 1/13: Would help if I use the proper hashtag in the title. Fixed! With one trip done, I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s road trip to Science Online 2011 in North Carolina. This is my first time at the “open conference” or “unconference” about communicating science on the internet. There will be museum tours,…
More Travel
I have had too much beer today to continue working on my deep science-y posts, so here are more pictures from Boulder! Contortionist at Boulder’s Downtown Mall Some sobering displays at the Nat’l Center for Atmospheric Research The insides of an old Cray-1A supercomputer! Lots of great microbreweries in Boulder! Thanks to Jake and Angela…
Pretty, pretty mountains
So pretty. I love the mountains out west far more than the sloping, green ones of the east. I know, that probably makes me a failed northeasterner. But I grew up in a city, anyway, and feel more at home with a metal skyline. That’s all I have for now as I prepare for my…
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About Nicole Gugliucci
I’m a brand new post-doc in astronomy working as part of the CosmoQuest team. My thesis focused on radio astronomy instrumentation. That means, I got to build cool telescopes that will open up new frontiers in the universe. I also love to teach, both in a classroom setting and informally. I'm happy to talk about the universe with anyone who will listen, and I am skeptically curious about all things.Also blogging at…
