Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Day 2 of Ice

Filed under: Virginia — Tags: , — George Privon @ 07:33

Woke up this morning to more ice on the ground. Looks as though the water on the ground froze last night. Yesterday and (so far) today, it’s looked like a real winter here, which is a nice change. Things might be a bit hairy on the roads this morning, so I’m gonna stay off my bike again today. I prefer the vertical ice at any rate…

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Back to older things..

Filed under: Astronomy — Tags: , , — George Privon @ 09:07

I spent yesterday afternoon working on a paper from my summer research a couple summers ago. Things have been so busy lately I haven’t had a chance to work on it until now, but I made some good progress last night on a paper. I had a bit written up already, so I added to it. Having written one paper already and most of a thesis, it is getting easier to write. However, still a lengthy process. One additional aspect here is that I haven’t worked on the data in a long time so I also have to reacquainted with the project. Fortunately, I had learned to document everything well so there is a good summary file I am using.

This research occured while I had my summer internship at ASTRON/JIVE in the Netherlands. I was studying neutral hydrogen absorption in radio galaxies. I think we came up with some interesting results, so I’m looking forward to getting those out.

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Road

Filed under: Photography — Tags: , , — George Privon @ 09:26


Road

Originally uploaded by GeorgePrivon

I was browsing through my photos this morning, trying to organize/find some photos I’ve been meaning to edit since June. I found this picture which I took as part of a test roll to really showcase (to myself) the effect of various color filters on black and white film.

I like the way the road draws your eye to the horizon, disappearing in the trees just before it gets there. The only thing possibly missing from this picture is a 1946 Ford Pickup truck :)

Icebox?

Filed under: Photography — Tags: , — George Privon @ 09:07


Icebox?

Originally uploaded by GeorgePrivon

You find all sorts of odd things when lakes freeze…

Sunday, 18 January 2009

PhD Qualifying Exams Done

Filed under: Astronomy,School — Tags: , — George Privon @ 14:25

I’m back at home after turning in Part 2 of the PhD qualifying exams for UVa. It wasn’t the easiest test I’ve taken, however I think I did ok. I’ll find out in a few weeks I guess! Now, I’m going to take the rest of the afternoon and do nothing. Might nap, might read, might clean. Who knows? Anything but think :)

Work starts again tomorrow, with some lab preparation to be done and the usual getting back into the swing of classes. I’ll get my schedule up soon, but I’m taking 3 classes: Radio Astronomy Instrumentation, Extragalactic Astrophysics II and Interstellar Medium. All three sound like they’re going to be quite interesting. More later…

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