Nov
20
Picture of the Week #19
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The Greenwich Meridian, May 1998
I guess I was mostly in the eastern hemisphere when I took the photo, but moments before I was standing with one half of my body in one hemisphere and my other half in the other hemisphere. I had fun watching a kid jump back and forth saying: “Now I’m east, [...]
Nov
12
Picture of the Week #18
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M33, taken with the Prime Focus Camera on the 30-inch telescope at McDonald Observatory in 1997 (AASTRA participants took the images and then I combined them into the final color image you see here.)
In honor of the Galaxy Evolution meeting that I’m working at this week, I chose the lovely image of M33.
Nov
5
Picture of the Week #17
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Comet Holmes, October 2007, from the 16-inch telescope at RLM on the University of Texas campus.
The first anniversary of the rapid brightening of Comet Holmes was last week, so I chose it for this week’s picture. More about the comet is in this post from last year.
Oct
29
Picture of the Week #16
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Hubble Space Telescope test model, National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. September 2006.
In honor of the recovery of the primary camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, I chose this photo from the NASM for this week’s picture. While I was following the news on Hubble’s ’safe mode’ issues, I was pleasantly surprised to see [...]
Oct
21
Picture of the Week #15
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Academy of Natural Sciences - Natural History Museum in Philadelphia, summer 2006
With Halloween approaching, I decided to choose this giant walk-through skull as this week’s photo.
Oct
14
Picture of the Week #14
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This week’s picture is a little different, in the fact that it is a photo that I didn’t take or compile myself. This photo is from the TRACE spacecraft and is one of 21 spectacular images of the Sun featured at Boston.com’s The Big Picture website.
Oct
7
Picture of the Week #13
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Mars Pathfinder Lander and Sojourner Rover at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. September 2006.
The lander and airbags are actual engineering prototypes and the rover is a full-scale non-functional model built by JPL for the museum.
Sep
29
Picture of the Week #12
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M 110 (NGC 205), satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, taken with the Prime Focus Camera on the 30-inch telescope at McDonald Observatory in 1997 (AASTRA participants took the images and then I combined them into the final color image you see here.)
Sep
22
Picture of the Week #11
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The Star of India, a star sapphire. American Museum of Natural History, New York. August 2006.
Another rock this week, but instead of a piece of Mars we have what is probably the largest star sapphire in the world. I loved the Gems and Minerals Hall at the AMNH and I never get tired of looking [...]
Sep
15
Picture of the Week #10
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Moonrise after an evening storm, August 2005
Since tonight is the Harvest Moon for 2008 (at least according to the tradition of “full moon closest to the autumnal equinox”), I thought it was time for another moon photo.