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Unexpected science from a 0.000001 megapixel home-made telescope

2023-06-06

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Bonus footage of me talking about the Parkerscope over here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-data-chat-84165442

Thanks to Greg Foot for helping out with all of the filming. Check out their channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GregFoot

Pretty sure Greg was the only YouTuber who was with me at the Eclipse.

Lucie's telescope was the "Coronal Imaging Polarizer (CIP)" from Aberystwyth University. Here is a poster outlining its results from a 2020 eclipse: https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/NAM/P184%20-%20Edwards.pdf

Print your own Parkerscope stickers: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljbzzu46gab1s4r/parkerscope%20sticker%20pack.zip?dl=0

This is the excel file with all my data from the video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5nxlx9otc7gom7i/parkerscope_data.xlsx?dl=0

Parkerscope code is over here: https://github.com/standupmaths/parkerscope

I was using the ALX-1309 USB Logging Light Meter

https://atp-instrumentation.co.uk/usb-logging-light-meter.html

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They paid for all the snacks Grant ate during the very long drive. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!

Much filming by Greg Foot

Additional filming by Alex Genn-Bash

Editing by Christopher Brooks

Parkerscope design by Nicole Jacobus and Alex Genn-BAsh

Written and performed by Matt Parker

Produced by Nicole Jacobus

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician

Website: http://standupmaths.com/

US book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker/

UK book: https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback


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