Feb 23, 2022
Andromeda Star Field
Andromeda Star Field
cepheid variable
din djarin x physicist!reader
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summary:
it’s accidental, when they collide. it’s fantastical, when they merge. it changes everything, when the physicist meets the mandalorian. a study she will never forget.
preview:
“Can I help you with something?” A voice emerged from behind the helmet, low and rough and modulated through an obvious vocoder. You weren’t sure what you had expected, but the sound sent a jolt through you, energy shooting from the top of your scalp to the very tips of your fingers, down your legs, to the soles of your feet.
The Mandalorian was waiting for a response.
“Oh, um … sorry!” You shook your head, continuing to move to gather your papers. “It’s just I’ve never seen a Mandalorian before. Not in person, I mean, of course I’ve seen lots of holo-images, the armour patterns between clans specifically is such an interesting study, and the history of course is just so rich. That’s real beskar, right?”
You were pointing towards the shoulder pauldron nearest you, which shone like the rest of the pieces of armour he wore, and was adorned with the side profile of a mudhorn. The familiar pleasant tingles of curiosity were firing inside your brain as you took him in, and you suppressed the urge to reach out and touch the material.
The Mandalorian tilted his head forward in a nod rather than speaking. You could feel how wide your eyes were as you took in all the details of him, but you really couldn’t help yourself.
“Do you know the melting point?”
How far is it to the Andromeda Galaxy and the other objects in the Local Group? Original caption:
"We begin with Edwin Hubble’s discovery of a Cepheid variable star in what was thought to be a Milky Way nebula. The star was V1 and it changed the history of astronomy. We also take a deep dive into the galaxy’s disk, and point out what was going on here on our planet when the light we see left Andromeda on its journey into our telescopes. We finish with a look at Andromeda’s collision course with our Milky Way.
In college, my nickname was "Waterboy." At the time, I told myself it was because I brought drunk partiers water, but in retrospect, it was because my catchphrase was also "Momma sez that's the Devil." I was dripping with religious repression, and becoming my own person since getting away from that has been so goddamn weird.
I flunked out of college 2 years in because my parents had me trying to pray away depression, ADHD, and being queer as a $3 bill. And just in case you were wondering, THAT DOESN'T FUCKING WORK. I'm 34 years old, and I'm still trying to figure out who I am outside of all that mess.
Every damn day, I discover new, wonderful things about the world that defy the religious dogma of my parents. The world is fucking amazing, and so much less boring when you realize everything's not The Devil. I have since gotten an associate degree in something completely unrelated to my original field, I have a decent job, two cats, and genuine, close friendships.
I do owe Adam Sandler a bit of belated thanks for a decent nickname, though.
And yes, Cepheid Variable, Waterboy was my D-name. I'm technically a recovering elder, would have been class of '07 if I had finished. I doubt anyone would even recognize me anymore, what with my avoidance of College Station, name/gender change, and being occasionally genuinely happy. But Cepheid Variable basically kept me from killing myself when everything else was terrible, so I'll always have a special place in my heart for it and the convention they throw, @aggiecon.
The awesome logo for AggieCon 50 is perfect in every way imaginable <3
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the star field around the Cepheid variable V1 in M31. This two-color image shows individually resolved stars in the outer disk of the Andromeda Galaxy. The soft, brown swirls are dust lanes obscuring light from stars farther away from our line of sight. The blue cluster towards the upper right of the image contains massive young stars that are emanating intense ultraviolet light. The Cepheid variable, V1, the first Cepheid ever found outside of our own galaxy, is a moderate-looking star in the lower left of the image. Object Name: M31-V1 Image Type: Astronomical Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Time And Space
expectedbehavior reblogged your photo and added:
Hello fellow Aggie!! C/o 2006 here (and a Cepheid...
Hey there @expectedbehavior ! Small world! Ironically you’re the second ex-Cepheid person I’ve met here on tumblr since posting this artwork and that’s amazing! What a small world :) I was C/O 2003 (although I hung around for a few more years afterwords for grad school). That’s awesome you got to chat with him as well at Dallas Fan Expo - Brian Stelfreeze is such an inspiration and has such an amazing charisma! The piece definitely has an awesome home and I am positively thrilled with the work he did on it :D
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