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Hakeem Oluseyi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
304 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

Yeah. Well, you know the first question is the difference between a nerd and a geek. Yeah, right So no, here's the thing. I got this. I got it.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

Yeah. Well, you know the first question is the difference between a nerd and a geek. Yeah, right So no, here's the thing. I got this. I got it.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

I'll give you some examples. I was in the Navy back in the 80s, and a guy asked me, yo, how come you're the only brother that don't wear hella gold? And my answer was, it never occurred to me. And he said, what does a curd mean? Like, I couldn't even tell the difference between, you know, like dudes love cars. I couldn't tell two cars apart.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

I'll give you some examples. I was in the Navy back in the 80s, and a guy asked me, yo, how come you're the only brother that don't wear hella gold? And my answer was, it never occurred to me. And he said, what does a curd mean? Like, I couldn't even tell the difference between, you know, like dudes love cars. I couldn't tell two cars apart.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

I do. I do.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

I do. I do.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

So the first president was the director of Lick Observatory. But it's known as America's first and oldest national astronomy organization.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

So the first president was the director of Lick Observatory. But it's known as America's first and oldest national astronomy organization.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

In the Bay Area, I used to observe supernovae there back in the day when I was a postdoc.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

In the Bay Area, I used to observe supernovae there back in the day when I was a postdoc.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

You know, you go with a bottle and then boom. Eat chips. You gotta eat chips at the observatory. So the ASP, one thing that made it different when it was founded was this egalitarian perspective. So they accepted professional astronomers, amateur astronomers, and educators at all the same level.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

You know, you go with a bottle and then boom. Eat chips. You gotta eat chips at the observatory. So the ASP, one thing that made it different when it was founded was this egalitarian perspective. So they accepted professional astronomers, amateur astronomers, and educators at all the same level.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

And you want to get it out there.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

And you want to get it out there.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

Because he doesn't hang out with Riff Raff.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

Because he doesn't hang out with Riff Raff.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

But later, they added a new group that is labeled as enthusiasts. Good. Yeah, yeah. So here's the thing about it. So I discovered them I went to the Bay Area in 91 for graduate school, and there was this guy at the nearby community college, your name, you gotta recognize, Andy Fracknoy, who was the CEO. He was teaching at the community college. Excuse me, yeah, he was teaching at Foothills.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

But later, they added a new group that is labeled as enthusiasts. Good. Yeah, yeah. So here's the thing about it. So I discovered them I went to the Bay Area in 91 for graduate school, and there was this guy at the nearby community college, your name, you gotta recognize, Andy Fracknoy, who was the CEO. He was teaching at the community college. Excuse me, yeah, he was teaching at Foothills.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

That's right, and so I'm looking at Mercury Magazine, I'm looking at the proceedings of the ASP.

StarTalk Radio
Hubble Trouble with Hakeem Oluseyi

That's right, and so I'm looking at Mercury Magazine, I'm looking at the proceedings of the ASP.