Dr. Gerard van Belle

@fringedoctor.bsky.social

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Active astronomer, intrepid interferometrist, doting dad, happy hubby, heuristic homebrewer, lapsed pilot, former Director of Science at Lowell Obs. Asteroid 25155 van Belle.

A cake celebrating first fringes with the two Keck telescopes as one optical telescope array
An image of the 100-inch Hooker telescope on Mt. Wilson
A comparison of 'Die Hard' and 'Its a Wonderful Life'
young man plays "Donkey Kong" on a cocktail table arcade
Diana Gabaldon at the podium
Spreadsheet image, tracking submission letters
A view inside the QWSSI speckle camera optomechanical box
A Hummingbird at a hummingbird feeder
disassembled drop target mechanism for "METEOR" pinball