# Sustainable Physics!

**URL:** https://uknsr.discourse.group/t/sustainable-physics/199
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**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://uknsr.discourse.group/t/sustainable-physics/199 "2026-04-02T12:11:03Z")
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### Author: ![ElisaGarcia-UoDundee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@ElisaGarcia-UoDundee](https://uknsr.discourse.group/u/ElisaGarcia-UoDundee)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://uknsr.discourse.group/t/sustainable-physics/199/1 "2026-04-02T12:11:03Z")

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Hello, I just wanted to share a lovely paper by two of my sustainability champions in physics here in Dundee. Focussing on data that can be gathered by small telescopes and the use of citizen science - if you only read one part, read the last section on two immigrant housemaids from Dundee who ended up in Harvard doing stellar classification.

[[The power of small telescopes: science and sustainability](https://zenodo.org/records/18716819)]([https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecords%2F18716819&data=05|02|e.e.garciawilson%40dundee.ac.uk|f092170c5b0b4f2c0b8c08de907e8972|ae323139093a4d2a81a65d334bcd9019|0|0|639107070296985183|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&sdata=AShsLak7ux3gAzgzighWwktX45xjotE%2Fi6hBBMRtqps%3D&reserved=0](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecords%2F18716819&data=05%7C02%7Ce.e.garciawilson%40dundee.ac.uk%7Cf092170c5b0b4f2c0b8c08de907e8972%7Cae323139093a4d2a81a65d334bcd9019%7C0%7C0%7C639107070296985183%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AShsLak7ux3gAzgzighWwktX45xjotE%2Fi6hBBMRtqps%3D&reserved=0) "Original URL:  
[The power of small telescopes: science and sustainability](https://zenodo.org/records/18716819)

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[[SPS Communications | Swiss Physical Society (SPS)](https://sps.ch/en/publications/spg_mitteilungen)]([SPS Communications | Swiss Physical Society (SPS)](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsps.ch%2Fen%2Fpublications%2Fspg_mitteilungen&data=05%7C02%7Ce.e.garciawilson%40dundee.ac.uk%7Cf092170c5b0b4f2c0b8c08de907e8972%7Cae323139093a4d2a81a65d334bcd9019%7C0%7C0%7C639107070297011439%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WYMvAPjkO3MSueRy59rsF5l3npysu7vKWXbW8HbK798%3D&reserved=0) "Original URL:  
[SPS Communications | Swiss Physical Society (SPS)](https://sps.ch/en/publications/spg_mitteilungen)

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DOI [10.5281/zenodo.18716818]([https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5281%2Fzenodo.18716818&data=05|02|e.e.garciawilson%40dundee.ac.uk|f092170c5b0b4f2c0b8c08de907e8972|ae323139093a4d2a81a65d334bcd9019|0|0|639107070297035888|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&sdata=RUkA942cnOBk9PLMvaZXU%2FT9wnZBs4Frxx2mhQtG4Po%3D&reserved=0](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5281%2Fzenodo.18716818&data=05%7C02%7Ce.e.garciawilson%40dundee.ac.uk%7Cf092170c5b0b4f2c0b8c08de907e8972%7Cae323139093a4d2a81a65d334bcd9019%7C0%7C0%7C639107070297035888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RUkA942cnOBk9PLMvaZXU%2FT9wnZBs4Frxx2mhQtG4Po%3D&reserved=0) "Original URL:  
[The power of small telescopes: science and sustainability](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18716818)

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