Dean W. Armstrong

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

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Kepler starts releasing smaller planet data: 1.5 Earth Mass transit exoplanet found

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/science/space/27planet.html?hp
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

2009 US Energy use

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https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2010/images/energy-flow-annotated.pdf The latest energy generation/use chart for the US is...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Another impact on Jupiter

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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/101264994.html My first thought once it was confirmed was "What is the real rate of visib...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Haze and smoke from western Canada

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Haze and smoke visible in on the visible satellite image for this afternoon might give the less humid weather the next few days in Chicago a...
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
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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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