announcement: i'm launching a $100,000 grant for amateur astronomy research: http://claudestronomy.com
over the past few weeks, @joshuawolk @LukeFarritor and i have been digging through public telescope data, hunting for new planets, asteroids, and more
our first release: we found a new dwarf planet in our solar system!! it's insane how much you can find with some claude + codex credits
it's about 1/4 the width of Pluto and orbits about twice as far (way past Neptune), and looks like it's about the 50th largest object in our solar system. @joshuawolk is in the process of confirming it
this dwarf planet has sat in public images for over a decade without anyone noticing. there's tons more out there: all sitting in public NASA/ESA/etc. databases for you to analyze
there's tons of stuff still out there, sitting in data that astronomers don't have enough time to go through all of
you can do this too! apply for a grant. more info below