@ansate
I'm an aging, retired in fact, person somewhat of your ilk. I dabble in #R, #PDL, #Yorick, #Euler, and #Octave. #Python wasn't so much the thing in my day as it is now, so I never used it.

I'll boost your request so you can hopefully find younger and more active practitioners.

@thomasfuchs
I'm a big fan of small telescopes and what can be done with them. What you've done with your Messier 16 photo is FANTASTIC.

I'm just not well set up for star photography, but I've done some #lunar and #planetary photography with small instruments.

The following photo of #jupiter was taken with an unmotorized #60mm refractor. The #yorick stacking software combined about 60 frames for the image. This was taken in 2010 when the SEB did one of its disappearing acts.

@CoastalCoasting @marcelias
I'm quite used to this industry vs #opensource debate. For at least 20 years I've used #forth, #yorick, and #perlpdl for programming, and #Linux as my #operatingsystem.

In so doing, I've found open source to generally be of high quality and flexible for simple to complex #computer solutions.

Until recently, partly from being retired, I've had no interest in #socialmedia. Had I been aware of #Mastodon, likely I'd have started there in the first place.

@rayh
I never directly worked on spacecraft, but did work on missiles and airplanes, guidance specifically. That was before I retired some years ago.
I used several #opensource packages. #Yorick, #perlpdl, #scilab, #octave, #R, #gnuplot, to name a few. Management permitting, if I was working specifically on spacecraft, I'd likely use the same tools.

#Yorick à Librería Yorick Artes Escénicas https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhK_tzsAGr/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=

july 2022

A month full of many things!

I love #flowers and sometimes draw little sprites from my plant encyclopedia.

The bottom right is a study of @/amiianectar on tiktok! :]

And if you see the #yorick meme... :]

#MastoArt #ArtByAuroris #illustration