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Gaia star data with D3 – part 2 – prettier, faster

September 29, 2016 by Matthew Wilcoxson 1 Comment

Welcome back! (if that statement isn’t appropriate you’ll want to check out part 1 first: Gaia star data with D3 – part 1). We are going to make everything look much better, and then do a couple of optimizations.

Let’s make the sky look more natural, i.e. Black. In the current SVG specification there’s no way to set a background colour, so to work around that we’ll place a rectangle across the whole image.

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Posted in: Programming, Space Tagged: Astronomy, D3, GAIA, Javascript, Stars

Earthrise – Image manipulation

March 24, 2012 by Matthew Wilcoxson 2 Comments

Earthrise, one of the most famous images in the world, is almost always orientated incorrectly, at least from how it was originally shot.

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Posted in: Fun, Science fiction, Space Tagged: apollo 8, Astronomy, earth, earthrise, galaxy, jupiter, moon, nebula, Photo Manipulation, Photos, space

Advances in Astronomy – Continuing Education Oxford : Second half

May 1, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson Leave a Comment

This is the conclusion to my previous blog on the “Advances in Astronomy”. The lectures are run by the Department for Continuing Education at Oxford University every year, it is now in it’s 32nd year. More information can be found on their website here. They run various courses throughout the year, across many different subjects.

The first four lectures where covered in the previous blog, this one wil cover the last three lectures:

  1. Advances in exoplanet studies by DR ANDREW NORTON (Open University)
  2. Astrochemistry by PROF NIGEL MASON (Open University)
  3. Extremely large telescopes by DR FRASER CLARKE (University of Oxford)

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Posted in: Science Tagged: Astrochemistry, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Lecture, Oxford University, Physics, Telescopes

Advances in Astronomy – Continuing Education Oxford

April 18, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson Leave a Comment

Just back from a weekend long group of lectures about some of the latest advancements in astronomy. The lectures are run by the Department for Continuing Education at Oxford University every year, it is now in it’s 32nd year. More information can be found on their website here. They run various courses throughout the year, across many different subjects.

The loose theme of these lectures was “Exoplanets” but cover a ride range of themes too. The course starts on Friday evening with a meal and the first lecture – usually an introduction covering some of the basic themes that you’ll meet over the weekend. Saturday is the busiest with a further four lectures, and includes Two, three course meals with Tea/Coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon, there’s also some time in the afternoon to yourself or go along on an organised tour. Sunday includes another two lectures and lunch. You can opt out of the meals if you wish, or opt into accommodation also, which includes breakfast.

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Posted in: Science Tagged: Astronomy, Exoplanets, Lecture, neutrinos, Oxford University, Physics, the Moon, white dwarf, x-ray
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