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EHN

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Age: 42

I am a software developer with a background in astrophysics.

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When taking a sequence of exposures for stacking/coaddition, what dither patterns are most commonly desired? Why?

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Is there a reason why Python's ctypes.CDLL cannot automatically generate restype and argtypes from C header files?

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How does atmospheric seeing evolve over time?

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How can a spiral galaxy exist?

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What is meant when it is said that the universe is homogeneous and isotropic?

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What do the colors in false color images represent?

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What objects/states of objects with absolute magnitude do we know of?

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Why is the universe so organized?

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Recommend good book(s) about the “scientific method” as it relates to astronomy/astrophysics?

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Why don't we have a better telescope than the Hubble Space Telescope?

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Getting Emacs to use pdflatex

Should I use Evernote or Org-mode for taking notes?

How to identify the objects in an astrophoto, and what portion of the sky it covers?

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Standards for scientific metadata in common-use image formats?

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