Fun

“Swati” is the Sanskrit name of Arcturus, the brightest star in the constellation of Boötes

“It is common in our field for people to just fall in love with a specific black hole and look at it with every different type of telescope and just reobserve it to see if after some time it has changed. Much like plants are changing dramatically with the seasons, sometimes black holes will get really active…sometimes they’ll be a lot quieter. In some ways, it’s really this job of being the botanical photographer, of going in and checking in on this thing that I love and seeing how it’s changed or not changed. Either way it’s exciting work for us and hopefully for everyone else.”