Things are in a very busy place right now in PhD Student World, so if you want to read something by me I encourage you to head out to your local news stand (remember those?) and pick up a copy of the January 2013 Sky & Telescope (I believe they do a digital edition as well these days). My first article for them appears in the issue, all about the Dwingeloo radio telescope which I’ve mentioned here before.
This was a fun article to write, and I got to talk to a lot of lovely people while researching it. It’s also a good one because saying you’ve been published in Sky & Telescope impresses a lot more geeks than saying you’ve written for Astronomy– it’s much more technical a magazine, and many people don’t realize the latter actually has a larger circulation. Frankly I’m just amazed to see my name there at this stage, and reading my words in such professional circumstances seems bizarre to me. I certainly never thought I’d be writing an article about a Dutch radio telescope!
Ok, back to busy PhD Student World. Will re-emerge after my first-ever conference talk which will happen this coming week…
Congratulations!
Next personal objective: Discover a new solar system? 😉
And do you still live after your first conference talk?
Thank you! First talk went well I’m happy to report. 🙂