What with James Randi’s The Amaz!ng Meeting coming up next week, now is a good time to plug the Skepchick and Skepdude calendars again. I have both, and they’re pretty cool.
Rebecca, who is the force behind all this, has even uploaded a vid of the ‘chicks calendars to YouTube (probably NSFW) for your previewing pleasure.
Someone else uploaded the same thing for the ‘dudes. I initially hesitated to link to it, but what the heck. It’s Friday, and I’m in a good mood. So here you go, the Skepdudes calendar in video form (yeah, again, probably NSFW). See if you can spot the astronomer in there.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Phil, you dastardly dog! Nice pic. Traumatized my son.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
That pic is firetrucking hilarious.
“It’s not the size of the equipment…Its the aperture.”
January 12th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
You just raised yourself to a whole new level of respect fom this guy!
January 12th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Yep, it’s all about diameter, folks. Yow.
January 12th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Wow. That’s an impressive piece of equipment, Phil.
January 12th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Phil,
It’s always good to give equal time to those of us who appreciate skepdudes in all their…ah… glory.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Gah. At least the guys got a decent song.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Hmm… Looks like that’s 12 inches, at least…
Impressive. I’m sure all the chicks dig your Dobsonian.
January 12th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
12.5 Magista.
Tukla, both songs are by the awesome skepdude, George Hrab.
January 12th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
My 150mm dob leaves me feeling inadequate - nicely posed, Phil!
January 12th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
What a great picture, I actually laughed out loud. And people say scientists have no sense of humor…
January 13th, 2007 at 1:22 am
BA means “Big Astronomer”… apparently…
January 13th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Wow! What an impressive,,,telescope,,,
I used to have one that large.Yeah, in my DREAMS!
I guess what they say is true,,,wider IS better!
Gary 7
January 13th, 2007 at 10:05 am
GROAN! Why did that pose not surprise me.
Though that is a good demonstration of why most astronomers succumb to “size envy” for telescopes. Hey, it’s not just size, it’s also location and performance that counts, too.
January 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
When I was in grad school and taking an observational astronomy class, I used to enjoy watching my (mostly male, natch) classmates point the telescope. There is something undeniably manly about it — though I’m happy to say this never deterred me as a woman from pursuing astronomy.
Funnily enough, when I later worked at an observatory, I heard one of the instrument maintenance guys affectionately refer to the telescope as “she”, like a ship. I thought that was cute.
January 14th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Is anyone else having trouble seeing the entire video? I am, and I wanna see some BA. Any suggestions?