Astronomer Meir Schochet (Get to Know a Scientist!)

As far as the sciences go, astronomy is as old as it gets! We've been looking at the stars in an empirical manner for millennia. How do we approach observation astronomy today? With incredible telescopes of course, but what are we looking for and what do we do with the data? Let Meir tell you all about it! Contact Meir with all your questions: meirschochet06@gmail.com Stellar rotation GIF (Zach Claytor): https://claytorastro.wixsite.com/home Stellar rotation GIF (light curve, James A. Davenport): https://jradavenport.github.io/2015/01/15/vis.html Henrietta Swan Leavitt Cepheid Variable Figure: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1912HarCi.173....1L/0000003.000.html NASA/STScI wavelengths/telescopes image: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01FEBQTM8Y4FESTQ4N2AFQDBXH?Type=Infographics Dr. Alysa Obertas exoplanet transit gif: https://x.com/AstroAlysa/status/1432959259939983364?lang=en and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exoplanet_transit_method.gif Dr. Michael Richmond diffraction grating image: http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys312/workshops/w10b/spectra/mystery_spectra.html Christian Buil LHIRES-III optical path image: https://buil.astrosurf.com/lhires3/project.htm LHIRES-III user guide and solar spectra examples: https://www.shelyak.com/wp-content/uploads/DC0004A-Lhires-III-User-Guide-English-1.pdf Get to know more scientists: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGTKAS EMAIL► ProfessorDaveExplains@gmail.com PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices