world's worst goth

I am still enjoying the delightfully #solarpunk Timberborn game, but especially as someone who works in astronomy, I would like to bring attention to something that cannot be unseen, courtesy @notNapoleon.

The Observatory only runs during the day.

OK, I reply, fine: maybe it's a solar observatory. Those exist. NSO's Daniel K Inouye solar telescope is very cool (literally, it needs a mind-boggling amount of cooling to not melt in operation). But no. The Observatory does not track the sun. It swings around like it is carrying out unrelated short observations that could really benefit from scheduling optimization to save time and wear on the gears.

Maybe they have advanced filters and are studying fast-moving UFOs. Or they are surveying post-Kessler-syndrome layers of satellite trash. Maybe I am underappreciating Beaver Science here. It has been weeks, and I am still wondering: what are they up to?