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		<title>A few more launch pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the morning in the digital media lab scanning film. After a very slow start (I&#8217;d forgotten how to use the software!) I scanned both rolls of film shot at the STS-130 and SDO launches. Naturally, I selected a few of the best shots and posted them to flickr. All three were shot using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SDO Shockwave Redux &#8211; Enhanced Images &amp; Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I noted Wednesday, I have gotten a lot of feedback and communication on my APOD picture. One in particular came from Kevin Woller (woller.kevin gmail dot com), a geophysicist who ran the photo through the ERMapper and used a &#8220;shaded relief&#8221; technique to bring out the shockwaves in the image. Very cool how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APOD: &#8220;Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it yesterday, a picture of mine from the Solar Dynamics Observatory launch was the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD):
APOD: 2010 February 23 &#8211; Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog
It was very cool to see the picture on APOD. I got a decent amount of feedback and contact from people. Lots [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://privon.com/blog/photography/apod-exceptional-rocket-waves-destroy-sun-dog/</link>
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		<title>Satellite Fly-overs and flares above your house!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got back inside from watching the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) overhead as it orbited the Earth. It passed over Charlottesville and was visible from the reflection of the Sun&#8217;s light off the satellite. I was able to watch HST as it moved across the Southern sky.
As a nice coincidence for the evening it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://privon.com/blog/astronomy/satellite-fly-overs-and-flares-above-your-house/</link>
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		<title>Rocket Launches: If at first you don&#8217;t succeed&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I was fortunate enough to witness two launches: the space shuttle for STS-130, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory. I&#8217;ve already posted some pictures from STS-130 (linked above).
As with STS-130, the SDO launch was scrubbed on the first day. After going through the whole 1 hour launch window on 10 February, the winds were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://privon.com/blog/photography/rocket-launches-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/</link>
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		<title>More STS-130 Launch Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few more pictures from the STS 130 launch&#8230;





View all 4 photos from launch here: STS-130 Launch on flickr
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		<title>STS-130 Launch</title>
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The probable last night launch of the space shuttle program was an incredible event to witness. I can&#8217;t begin to describe the excitement when they issued the final &#8220;GO&#8221; for launch, with 9 minutes left in the countdown. And seeing the launch was an amazing experience&#8230;
We just got back to the hotel and contrary to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The part they don&#8217;t tell you about shuttle launches&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; is the 5 mph drive for 2 hours after the launch is scrubbed for 24 hours due to clouds! And we even had a shorter drive than most! 
The mass of cars exiting the causeway clogged up the road and the interstate. Fortunately we never needed to get on the interstate, but it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://privon.com/blog/space/the-part-they-dont-tell-you-about-shuttle-launches/</link>
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		<title>STS-130, the Solar Dynamics Observatory and twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick heads up on some things to look for in the next week. I will be traveling to Kennedy Space Center on Saturday with Aleya, Nicole (the Noisy Astronomer), and Aleya&#8217;s brother. We are planning to see two launches: Shuttle Endeavour on STS-130 and the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). I am obviously very excited to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://privon.com/blog/space/sts-130-the-solar-dynamics-observatory-and-twitter/</link>
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		<title>My Research on the ASTRON JIVE Daily Image</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of my ongoing research has been to observe hydrogen gas (HI) in a number of Luminous Infrared Galaxies to study the dynamics of mergers and to look for evidence of galaxy mergers in systems which appear to be single galaxies in the optical. Some of the new data was featured on the ASTRON/JIVE Daily [...]]]></description>
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