One of the nice things about being a scientist is that you occasionally get given unusual toys to play with.
I was recently honoured by being this year’s George Hay Lecturer at the UK National SF Convention. I spoke about far-IR astronomy and results from the Herschel Space Observatory. As part of the show I borrowed an 8-14 micron mid-IR camera to show off some of the things that you can do in the infrared. It’s not quite at Herschel wavelengths, but it does show you some familiar objects in a rather different light…
You can see the effect of the long hair on heat insulation!
I do get a bit worried about the cold nose and the glowing eyes of the short-haired cat…
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