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Self-taught programmer, Astronomy Ph.D. currently working as a contractor for NASA as a developer on the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
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What is the current status of Pluto?
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How do you rotate a two dimensional array?
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Can the apparent equal size of sun and moon be explained or is this a coincidence?
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What is a “Trojan Moon”?
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What's the scope of the “using” declaration in C++?
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How do astronomers measure the distance to a star or other celestial object?
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What is an asterism compared to a constellation?
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Significance of letters in Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram
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Given a photo of the Moon, taken from Earth, is it possible to calculate the position of the photographer's site?
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What is the strongest evidence that anti-matter exists?
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Is there any evidence for the claim that the moon was once part of the Earth?
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Cameras in Voyager probes
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How would the night sky appear at the edge of the galaxy?
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Does the Moon's core still contain significant heat?
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Why is the Ritchey–Chrétien telescope preferred in professional astronomy?
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Why don't more rocky planets/moons have appreciable atmospheres?
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Has everything we see happened in the past?
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Eclipse has two C/C++ indexers (fast & full): what's the difference?
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Why did the june 2011 lunar eclipse last so long?
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How to find the Andromeda galaxy without using a go-to telescope?
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Which is the strongest meteor shower expected in the next years in the Northern hemisphere?
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What age to start kids with astronomy
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Are there websites or programmes that permit a simulation of the night sky in the past and the future on an ordinary computer?
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What does the sky look like to human eyes from orbit?
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In what ways can a lunar eclipse occur?
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What is the name of our Galaxy?
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What is the typical career path to become a professional Astronomer?
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How do you respond to questions like “Have you ever observed a UFO?”
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Binary stars' apparent magnitude
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Why did the ancients fail to discover that the Earth orbits the Sun?
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