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  • čas přidán 12. 01. 2023
  • Professor Meghan Gray discusses her first academic paper - pointing a telescope at Abel 2219.
    More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓
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    Professor Mike Merrifield discusses HIS first paper: • My First Paper (Michae...
    Professor Gray at the University of Nottingham: www.nottingham...
    Infrared observations of gravitational lensing in Abell 2219 with CIRSI: arxiv.org/abs/...
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Komentáře • 103

  • @sixtysymbols
    @sixtysymbols  Před rokem +19

    More videos with Professor Gray: bit.ly/Meghan_Playlist
    Professor Mike Merrifield discusses HIS first paper: czcams.com/video/9V_-0WbtSPc/video.html

    • @Bibibosh
      @Bibibosh Před rokem +3

      Meg's initials are M.E.G.

  • @dlanska
    @dlanska Před rokem +57

    Thoughtful and humble. A role model for any up-and-coming scientist.

  • @OvidiuHretcanu
    @OvidiuHretcanu Před rokem +1

    12:02 "grant you, immediately, the sum of" - this is pure class. Is always the little things that pushes us forward in life. Thank you for sharing this!

  • @narendraaditya8
    @narendraaditya8 Před rokem +26

    More videos like this please! It is so inspirational for current PhD students to see

  • @evanherk
    @evanherk Před rokem +22

    Wish you made videos more frequently, because they are always excellent.. Go prof Gray!

  • @BillMSmith
    @BillMSmith Před rokem +20

    As always, terrific and insightful content. I was touched, as I think Dr Gray is, by her appreciation of the support from the instrument makers guild. Sometimes little things, small encouragements, can make a huge difference to someone.

  • @Heleous281
    @Heleous281 Před rokem +35

    This was sooooo insightful and inspirational! Great work. Would love to see more of these brilliant origin stories!

    • @mettanotation
      @mettanotation Před rokem +2

      This is a great video on two levels. First it sheds light on how science works behind the scenes (always interesting), and secondly it inspires and shows the way for future scientists. Thank you for sharing Professor Gray.

  • @Sinnistering
    @Sinnistering Před rokem +5

    Oh, I absolutely loved seeing the raw research data folder! Thank you saving that and sharing it with all of us.

  • @imager8763
    @imager8763 Před rokem +5

    Meghan's videos are always great! Thank you (and Brady) for all your efforts!!!

  • @gasdive
    @gasdive Před rokem +2

    I love that it's modeled as a spherical cluster in a vacuum.

  • @_vicary
    @_vicary Před 10 měsíci

    Professor Gray is always pleasing to watch.

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 Před rokem +3

    1:22 Apparently one of the benefits of being a PhD student at Cambridge University is they issue a Cat Box attachment for your desk.

  • @Bibibosh
    @Bibibosh Před rokem +9

    I love the content!
    This channel is one of my favorites.
    LOVE IT GUYS!
    KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

  • @JohnSmythe-od4gk
    @JohnSmythe-od4gk Před rokem

    It’s just such a pleasure to come back to this channel every once in a while and see how you all are getting on. I was so addicted to this channel when I was a student back in 09-11.

  • @stub1116
    @stub1116 Před rokem

    This video is one of the best that I've seen on "Sixty Symbols"; not because of the expertise, but because of the tenacity showed by the "Star".

  • @deeprecce9852
    @deeprecce9852 Před rokem +9

    Heartwarming video!! Thanks for sharing!❤️

    • @Bibibosh
      @Bibibosh Před rokem

      wait?wat? how do u share a video?

  • @RGLove13
    @RGLove13 Před rokem +2

    I'm Canadian doing my PhD (in carbon capture) in Scotland so it was cool to hear about another person with a similar story (and a happy story at that :))

  • @fishnsyd
    @fishnsyd Před rokem +4

    This is so inspiring! More of these with the profs please!

  • @QirnsChannel
    @QirnsChannel Před rokem +2

    I love the expression "first light"

  • @BruceGrembowski
    @BruceGrembowski Před rokem +2

    Gray-te video! I loved seeing Dr. Gray's file on the paper, especially the FORTRAN code.

    • @edgeeffect
      @edgeeffect Před rokem

      I thought that might be Fortran, but I only ever had an aged Fortran 1966 textbook... that later version "has a whiff" of Pascal about it... what with procedure calls and not a line number in sight, etc.

    • @BruceGrembowski
      @BruceGrembowski Před rokem

      @@edgeeffect The 'C' in column 1 leads me to think FORTRAN rather than Pascal.

  • @Rattiar
    @Rattiar Před rokem +1

    This is an amazing glimpse into life as a young PhD student. It sounds exciting and terrifying. Thanks, Dr. Gray!

  • @danielcook1271
    @danielcook1271 Před rokem +5

    The uncertainty of getting results within the 4 year PhD course and the need for multiple lines of research was particularly evident in my chemistry PhD to the extent that in immense frustration at the lack of results I would fire a plastic crossbow dart at the periodic table to decide which element to look at next..!
    But it did feel very good when the results started to come... by the third year! #LongSentence

    • @herblapp6134
      @herblapp6134 Před rokem

      Yes doing science means dealing or coping with great uncertainties and not losing the faith one needs to preserve and not give up!!

  • @ryanwaege7251
    @ryanwaege7251 Před rokem +1

    Lovely trip down memory lane with Professor Gray.

  • @craigcollings5568
    @craigcollings5568 Před rokem

    Wow. That is an inspiring story. The doubt. The anxiety. The success! The work!

  • @Veptis
    @Veptis Před 10 měsíci +1

    I really want to do ground based infrared observations one day. Uncooled microbolometers for the 8-12μm range.

  • @benjhabert
    @benjhabert Před rokem +1

    That was such a lovely and inspiring interview !
    It was really interesting to hear about what professor Grey's first year as a phd student what like. Of course the experiment did not work the first time around! I am glad it did eventually! Thank you for sharing the feeling of being a pioneer, doubts and all

  • @zzzaphod8507
    @zzzaphod8507 Před rokem

    Outstanding to hear reminiscences and words of wisdom from Dr. Gray.

  • @robertma6068
    @robertma6068 Před rokem

    It's wonderiful to see the beginning of a project, a paper, to see the guts of it, so to speak. It's also fascinating to see the older ways of keeping data. It really gives one a sense of things. I'd have been terrified, personally, of losing those tapes, or of something happening to them, if I had something like that with me while doing such an extensive project!

  • @bryanerdmann
    @bryanerdmann Před 10 měsíci

    What a lovely video and story! Thank you for sharing!

  • @Richardincancale
    @Richardincancale Před rokem +3

    Fabulous interview!

  • @muzikhed
    @muzikhed Před rokem

    Nice interesting talk, nice to catch up with you again. All the best Meghan and Sixty Symbols team for 2023 !

  • @Olhado256
    @Olhado256 Před rokem +1

    Such a fascinating video! I love the behind the scenes stuff in astronomy

  • @MrMas9
    @MrMas9 Před rokem +3

    Fantastic video thoroughly enjoyed it!

  • @Wanttofanta
    @Wanttofanta Před rokem

    Since this is a video of your first paper, had to go back and watch the video you first appeared in on this channel. Can’t believe it’s been 13yrs! Let’s keep it goin even longer :D

  • @RobertDeloyd
    @RobertDeloyd Před rokem

    The video was very interesting for me to see the accomplishments through the years of a young bright-eyed astronomer who later became a professor at a major university.

  • @Tatterdemalion-77
    @Tatterdemalion-77 Před rokem

    Always enjoyable, but more so when we get to hear a bit of the personal origin story.

  • @dftba4us
    @dftba4us Před rokem

    This video is absolutely brilliant. Such insight, so much advice for younger students.

  • @ianhodgson9779
    @ianhodgson9779 Před rokem

    Great video! I really enjoyed it. It was great to see all the stumbling around that goes on behind the scenes of scientific advances. More of these "First Paper" videos please

  • @umbrellajack
    @umbrellajack Před rokem +33

    So exciting! I'm so jealous. Do you think a 34 y/o chef could switch professions and dive into academic astronomy/cosmology?

    • @yeet1337
      @yeet1337 Před rokem +10

      Of course

    • @Mercury-Wells
      @Mercury-Wells Před rokem +3

      Probably not. There's a lot of maths.

    • @MK-13337
      @MK-13337 Před rokem +14

      @@Mercury-Wells anyone can do maths if they put the effort in.

    • @lindagates9150
      @lindagates9150 Před rokem +1

      Why not make a list of the pros and cons weigh the options and follow your dream in reality or vicariously

    • @danielkerr4100
      @danielkerr4100 Před rokem +3

      @@MK-13337some people just can’t, some people have trouble learning some thing no matter what

  • @homayounabtahi5832
    @homayounabtahi5832 Před rokem

    Professor , I admire your deep knowledge and your hard work as well.
    By the way you look so great with this beautiful natural colour of hair.

  • @CalvinLXVII
    @CalvinLXVII Před 10 měsíci

    Qué historia más deliciosa. Me ha encantado la gratitud de esas 200 libras. Esta mujer me tiene fascinado por la musicalidad de su voz. Disfruto enormemente sus videos y sus charlas.
    Saludos!

  • @olamarvin
    @olamarvin Před rokem

    Should have checked with the Lieutenant Colonel at Apothecaries' Hall right away IMHO, pretty obvious!

  • @rtpoe
    @rtpoe Před rokem

    I have a bit of a 'proprietary' feeling towards a celestial object, too. Though I didn't make it as an astronomer, my name is still on two papers. I dug up and crunched some numbers for observations of a binary star in the Hyades, that my advisor used to tweak the distance modulus to that cluster. Funny, though the system should be readily visible in binoculars, I don't think I've ever went to look for it.....

  • @DC-id2ih
    @DC-id2ih Před rokem

    Great video Brady! Was wonderful hearing about Dr Gray's first paper.....this reminds me a lot of your Numberphile2 podcast/channel where you share the backstories of the Mathematicians that appear on Numberphile....maybe u could have a similar podcast for the astronomers/astrophysicists that appear on SixtySymbols 😉

  • @gquijano
    @gquijano Před rokem

    Very inspiring. Thanks so much for sharing

  • @bilalphysics4872
    @bilalphysics4872 Před rokem +2

    Congratulations madam

  • @tinyderppotato5410
    @tinyderppotato5410 Před rokem +2

    now you have to make a video with the people that made CIRSI

  • @patrick247two
    @patrick247two Před rokem

    Thank you.

  • @ddogg9255
    @ddogg9255 Před rokem

    What a lovely story

  • @dahemac
    @dahemac Před rokem

    I was just thinking of Professor Gray the other day. I hope her beautiful christmas cactus is ok. It was not where I expected to see it.

  • @ricardoabh3242
    @ricardoabh3242 Před rokem

    I wonder, if CIRSI was build these days, what if any would be the results benefits?
    And any thing that JWST can do?
    🇨🇦

  • @ThePrimevalVoid
    @ThePrimevalVoid Před rokem

    OMG Groningen represent!

  • @adrien5568
    @adrien5568 Před rokem

    Research is truly a family story in the end.

  • @LiamDennehy
    @LiamDennehy Před rokem +1

    I got a bit emotional at one point. Lovely story, and I've even viewed that telescope, through a telescope, from the observatory on neighboring Tenerife.

    • @Bayerwaldler
      @Bayerwaldler Před rokem

      Me too. It 's the picture of the proud young researcher together with proud mom and dad.

    • @LiamDennehy
      @LiamDennehy Před rokem

      @@Bayerwaldler Interesting... For me it was the spontaneous generation of a cheque, providing financial support, simply because someone demonstrated competence, passion and asked nicely :)

  • @theultimatereductionist7592

    1:22 Do all desks in the UK come with cats in their top left drawer?

  • @angustin6590
    @angustin6590 Před rokem +1

    Nice

  • @LWPC7
    @LWPC7 Před rokem

    very cool

  • @boredgrass
    @boredgrass Před rokem

    Science is made by people; not by budget numbers.

  • @IanKjos
    @IanKjos Před rokem

    @9:20 is that Fortran code?

  • @peterfireflylund
    @peterfireflylund Před rokem

    Nice, a2ps printouts :)

  • @Afraithe
    @Afraithe Před rokem

    Was this instrument used (or followup versions) for other discoveries after this initial paper or was this a one-off?

  • @phelliprd6659
    @phelliprd6659 Před rokem

    👍

  • @AlanTheBeast100
    @AlanTheBeast100 Před rokem

    Forgot to show a spherical cow ...

  • @PaVIThRa9188
    @PaVIThRa9188 Před rokem

  • @docbones213
    @docbones213 Před rokem +1

    🍻

  • @stoatystoat174
    @stoatystoat174 Před rokem

    :)

  • @jamesdecross1035
    @jamesdecross1035 Před rokem

    I thought names were alphabetical.

  • @mmartinisgreat
    @mmartinisgreat Před rokem

    Noice

  • @skrame01
    @skrame01 Před rokem

    Omg she's smiling

  • @ThunderAppeal
    @ThunderAppeal Před rokem

    The only thing this proves is that these klowns are paid too much and given too little to do.