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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2002-04-16T10:56:10'
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title: I used to be an astronomer
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I just stumbled upon a brief description of an astrophysics project I worked on during the summer of 1992, [a "non-trivial" massaging of data from a full-sky survey](http://www.nrao.edu/education/students/NRAOstudents_projects92.shtml#1992ewagoner) at the 34.5 MHz radio frequency. The results were satisfactory, and to finish the summer I gave a talk in front of the resident astronomers detailing the project. It looks like the entire survey is on-line, [complete with images you can](http://adil.ncsa.uiuc.edu/document/95.KD.01) see in your browser. My name's not on that page, but I'm pretty sure those are my images. I drifted away from astrophysics the following year, mostly because most of the successful physicists I knew were far more consumed by their study than I wanted to be. Still, it's neat when I run across remnants of my former career path.