Dean W. Armstrong

Scientific and other projects in astronomy, geoscience, physics, and electronics.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Saturn visible behind Lutetia during flyby

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Hey, this is pretty cool; I'm always a fan of planetary conjunctions. Saturn was visible in a few of the images of Lutetia taken by Ros...
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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Fly-by of Lutetia is a success

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Another successful asteroid fly-by! http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002577/
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Old Mars photos from 2003: No, it's not going to be big in August.

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Inspired by a query regarding the false meme going around about Mars, I took a look at some images I took of Mars during it's big opposi...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

nose grease

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In my high school days I had a part-time job at a professional photo lab / studio called "Phillips' Photo Lab". I was hired a...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Hayabusa coming home

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An amazing comeback for the little falcon that could-- Credit: ISAS / JAXA / Øyvind Guldbrandsen / Planetary Society Blog The Japanese space...
Friday, June 04, 2010

Visible Jovian impact

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Link and run: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/breaking-news-jupiter-hit-by-yet-another-impactor.ars
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Eyjafjallajökull eruption: webcam at midnight

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It's midnight in Iceland and nearly midsummer with a volcano erupting, what do you do? Hang out in front of the thermal camera .
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Eyjafjallajökull eruption: webcams

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There are several webcams watching the Ejyafjallajökull eruption; and at this time of year the plume is illuminated all the short night long...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Jupiter's SEB has gone pale

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Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt, normally a brown-red, has gone as pale as the cream white zones surrounding it. Check out the report w...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

ISS passes for the next ten days for Chicago

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http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=41.781312&lng=-87.605097&loc=Chicago&alt=0&tz=CST
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Floyd Dominy

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http://www.hcn.org/hcn/wotr/floyd-dominy-the-colossus-of-dams-dies-at-100
Friday, April 23, 2010

The view from Thorvaldseyri of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption

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The view from Thorvaldseyri of Eyjafjallajökull You can just pick out the ice sheet from underneath the clouds. Compare this with the view ...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Eyjafjallajökull eruption: gorgeous video

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The NY Times Lede blog has linked to BBC Channel 4 video of the eruption. From the look of it, the videographer had one of the many excursi...
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Eyjafjallajökull eruption: planes vs. volcano

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An interesting data point about the Eyjafjallajökull eruption: the disruption of the European aviation market reduces the CO2 output by an o...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Moments in spaceflight

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Soichi Noguchi captures a poignant moment as the Shuttle leaves the International Space Station. Click to enlarge to a higher quality imag...
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Dean W. Armstrong has a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the geophysical sciences. My opinions are my own and do not reflect anyone or anything else's, unless they just happen to.
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