Are you one of my many followers who are missing goats? Well, you're in luck, today I got to visit cows on a dairy farm that's run by an amateur astronomer!
Now time to update satellite numbers and give my talk here in New Plymouth in an hour (and try not to freak out about how terribly many things I am horrifically behind on due to this lecture schedule) #ProfSamLectureTour
@sundogplanets As a geologist, I must comment on the beautiful volcanic cone in the background of your photo.
@EricFielding It is an incredibly beautiful voclanic cone! Hello, Taranaki
There's a nice stratovolcano with the requisite shape in the background.
@sundogplanets yes! and woo-hoo! 💞 🐄 🐐 💞
@sundogplanets here is a loverly goat at Greencastle Donegal. Enjoy!😉
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Thank you for coming to Ngāmotu/New Plymouth! I really enjoyed your talk, and Mr Zizabeph now understands the random panic-rants about Low Earth Orbit that I've subjected him to over the past year or so.
@Zizabeph thanks for coming!
@sundogplanets What's it called when there are too many goats in orbit? A Singoatlarity?
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Goats vs cows.
Cascading satellite collisions vs multi vehicle motorway pile-ups.
Sort of the same but not quite.
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@sundogplanets goats, cows, livestock, astronomers. Literally head in the clouds and feet on the ground.
@sundogplanets nice view of Taranaki, I'm jealous!
There are 15 more Starlinks in orbit today (according to the catalogue https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html) than there were yesterday - I think due to a weird combination of launches, reentries, and Jonathan McDowell being on travel!
@sundogplanets I see your cows. Have some reindeers
@sundogplanets I suspect the travel factor explains most of it 😆
