It’s the start of Photography Month at Gal’s Guide, and Bonnie starts us off with an image that took thousands of terabytes of data to produce – it’s the first image of a black hole! Bonnie talks about Dr. Katie Bouman, the adorkable face of the team that made the impossible possible!
Show Notes & Extras
- New research theme – Photography Gals!
- This month’s Gal-Pals are: Dr. Leah Leach, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Katie Harris, and Jenn Berk
- Jenn was on Dirty Dancing episode of Kate’s Take!
- Bonnie’s 1 Cool Photographer Gal is Dr. Katie Bouman
- In 2019, she and her team photographed a black hole
- Born in West Lafayette (Yay for an Indiana gal!)
- Mathematical Science
- We ask Bonnie too many questions at the start
- “I reached too much nerd,” Leah
- TED Talks (videos below)
- It’s a team sport!
- The science behind the photo
- A telescope the size of Earth or…
- Computational telescope
- 4-5 teams with their own images based on the data
- Thousands of terabytes of data
- Margaret Hamilton comparison (picture below)
- CHIRP
- Black hole picture (below)
- Not just a pretty picture
- It’s moving!
- 4 days in the life
- Backlash
- Dad taught at Purdue
- U of M and MIT
- NASA Library for Gal’s Guide (hopefully)
- CLARRIFICATION: M87 is the name of the black hole
Videos
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