Back From NowHere

I finally got my head around the problem I've been trying to solve with my all-sky camera project and am now proceeding.  The problem was to find the proper algorithm to calculate the RA and DEC of any pixel location in a given image.  At least on paper this is now complete.  I still need to encode and test it, and this is the next task which I figure will take a little while because there are quadrant complications that I need to figure out.

Once this is done, I can calculate the position of interesting targets in these all-sky images.  This will allow me to start doing some moderately interesting science.

Here's what one of my desktops look like:

Frame on left is my IRAF screen, showing the image header info.  Frame in right is the MMTO all-sky image I'm currently working with.

Thank the gods for the book 'Spherical Astronomy' by Robin Green for the math, and one of my college professors (Dr. Roemer) for the fearlessness to tackle these calculations.

Latest music on my soundcloud channel: http://soundcloud.com/cosmiclettuce

Peace to All.

More new songs, which to my amazement continue to happen.

• Song Of The Day #31 'Flung Into Space' 
• Song Of The Day #32 'Oh My There's A Hole In My Submarine'
• Song Of The Day #33 Remix
• Song Of The Day #34 01 August 2013
• Song Of The Day #35 'Twenty-Nine Is Prime' 
• Song Of The Day #36 03 August 2013
• Song Of The Day #37 04 August 2013

Song Of The Day #24 ''Seeing Terra From Far Far Away'

Yesterday, NASA released an image of the Terra-Luna system from Saturn.  During the day, I happened to hear a cover of 'Leaving On A Jet Plane' originally written and sung by John Denver.  I've always liked this chord sequence, which is G-C-D.  I took this and created the following song -- inspired by a beautiful image and a beautiful song.

Song Of The Day #7 05 July 2013

Unknown Author

Not a sea of flame

Whose waves and deeps

Shall gulf the sun’s and worlds

But as a night, a darkness, and a silence

Past all light

Beyond all sound,

Oblivion waits and sleeps

Within its absolute encircling sweeps,

The universe

A stream of stars that sight deems countless

But upon whose gleaming flight like some eternal tide,

Oblivion creeps

A darkness and a silence,

There shall draw to one eclipse

The systems,

And disperse this strange and troubled dream

Of time and place

Then sun nor world shall be, nor light, nor law,

But endless night and emptiness of space

A vast nirvana of the universe

Music is Everywhere

Wow a lot's happened in the past several months.

Too much to post here.  Best just to put my links in here so you can hear what I've been up to.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AstroAndMusic

https://soundcloud.com/cosmiclettuce

I'm creating a new song every day and I've been doing it now for nine days in a row.  Tomorrow will be number ten and I'll start spreading the word about it.

Peace

New Music

Some new original music on my SoundCloud channel:

http://soundcloud.com/cosmiclettuce

Peace to All