The second season of the Lund Observatory astronomy podcast has arrived, giving you an insight into the life and work of our astronomers! Joining us on the Meridian today we have Colin Carlile, the former director of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). He came to Sweden to (successfully) head up the Swedish bid to locate the European Spallation Source here in Lund, and after formally retiring he decided to do a master degree in astronomy here at Lund Observatory. In this second season of the Meridian we are also bringing you some field reporting from the Nordic Optical Telescope on La Palma, where a team of Lund Observatory astronomers have been trying to catch an ultra-hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet. In this instalment clouds are making it impossible to observe, so Nic invites the support astronomer, Sara Vitali, to share her experiences of how it is to work on the mountain-top. The Meridian is produced by Lund Observatory. For more information, and pictures, please visit our website: www.astro.lu.se/TheMeridian Note that in this podcast series there is a significant risk we may mention astrophysics, planetary science, astronomy research, PhD studies, telescopes, both space based and ground based observatories, telescope development, space missions, astronauts, Earth science, particle physics, stars, planets, moons, galaxies, nebulae, stellar clusters, cosmology, astrometry, ESA, NASA, ISS, astronomers, instrumentation, data reduction, spectroscopy, photometry, exoplanets (from exo-Earths to ultra-hot Jupiters), simulations and modelling, solar science and solar storms, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, stellar evolution, supernovae and many more space related topics.
