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de-trend setter (or, transit photometry from the MSGC-observatory)
In which I observe an exoplanet transit, and explain how I fit a model to my observations. For a brief intro to, and some artsy pictures of, the Maryland Space Grant Observatory I’ve been starting to use, visit this previous post. What if I told you I observed a planet, orbiting a star hundreds of […]
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farewell, dragon of pendor
Now, big dragon, little wizard, take your true shape. I command you by the power of your true name… Your name is Yevaud! The Rule of Names,by Ursula K. LeGuin There is a solitude to an empty home that I have not yet had to face. This solitude is a shadow, which follows me through […]
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good morning baltimore! (or, grism spectroscopy from the MSGC-observatory)
If there’s one thing I know about myself, its that if there’s a telescope in my vicinity I am going to try to drive it. I recently started grad school at Johns Hopkins University, whose Physics and Astronomy Department building is host to the Maryland Space Grant Observatory (pictured below). I’ve made some awesome friends […]
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an amherst college retrospective
i wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. My fairly constant refrain during my time in undergrad was “I just work here,” uttered with wry smile and a shrug. The sentiment was part fact and part commentary. Through my scholarship, the school was paying me to be there, and I worked first at odd-jobs my […]
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DELvE: my new game about feelings and d&d
I’ve just published my new game! DELvE is a short text-adventure that moves between first and second person perspective, a reflection on a dungeons and dragons game I’ve been running for my friends since the beginning of college.
astro will
short for astronomy william o balmer ;~)