March 31st, 2009
Date: March 31, 2009 Title: The Informative Dwarf Planet Haumea Podcaster: Darin Ragozzine Links: Info on Haumea: www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61 Darin’s website: www.gps.caltech.edu/~darin Description: The Dwarf Planet Haumea orbits the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto and is one of the largest known Kuiper Belt Objects. In many ways, Haumea is one of the most interesting objects in [...]
March 30th, 2009
Date: March 30, 2009 Title: Robert Zubrin on Why We Must Go to Mars Podcasters: John C. Snider and Carlos Aranaga Organization: SciFiDimensions.com Description: Robert Zubrin, the world’s most enthusiastic booster for human conquest of the Red Planet, makes the case for why Earthlings need to establish a foothold on our planetary neighbor sooner rather [...]
March 29th, 2009
Date: March 29, 2009 Title: A Magnitude of Confusion Podcaster: Chris Marr Organization: The Astronomical Society of Western Australia http://aswa.info Description: Everything about star magnitudes, from the name to the numbers, seems to confuse the newcomer. However, that doesn’t mean one shouldn’t try to explain them. In this podcast, magnitudes are explained in layman’s language, [...]
March 28th, 2009
Date: March 28, 2009 Title: What if the Moon did not exist? Podcaster: Patrick McQuillan Organization: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) www.iris.edu Description: We often take the Moon for granted. We assume it will always be there. Circling the Earth month after month with regular precision. But what would our world be like if [...]
March 27th, 2009
Date: March 27, 2009 Title: Observing the Sky: Pre-Telescope Podcaster: Nancy Ross Dribin and Mark Webb of the Adler Planetarium Organization: The Adler Planetarium Description: Prior to the age of the telescope man still looked to the sky. This podcast will explore the stories of the stars and how the night sky was observed in [...]
March 26th, 2009
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March 26th, 2009
Date: March 26, 2009 Title: Adaptive Optics Podcaster: Scott Kardel Organization: Palomar Observatory / Caltech palomar-observatory.org Description: Recently astronomers have been clearing the air and achieving remarkable results with a technique known as adaptive optics. In this pod cast I will explain the problem that adaptive optics needs to correct, how it is done on [...]
March 25th, 2009
Date: March 25, 2009 Title: Selenography: Naming and Mapping the Moon Podcaster: Mark Tillotson, amateur astronomer, lunar enthusiast, author of Today in Astronomy blog, member of the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society and IYA_US team member. Links: Today in Astronomy: http://todayinastronomy.blogspot.com/ Lunar Mark: http://lunarmark.blogspot.com/ The Astronomy Compendium: http://astronomycompendium.wikispaces.com/ LVAAS: http://www.lvaas.net/ Description: It all started with the second person who [...]
March 24th, 2009
Date: March 24, 2009 Title: Ptolemaic Cosmology – the Universe before Copernicus Podcaster: Nik Whitehead Organization: None Description: Nowadays we are all used to the idea that the Earth is nothing particularly special, just another planet orbiting a fairly average star in a pretty normal galaxy. This worldview is thanks to the work of Nicholas Copernicus, who published his [...]
March 23rd, 2009
Date: March 23, 2009 Title: Venus moves from the Evening Sky to the Morning Sky Podcaster: David M. F. Chapman Organization: Astronomy Nova Scotia: http://www.astronomynovascotia.ca/ David Chapman’s website: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/astro_page2.html Description: Venus has appeared high in the western sky throughout the winter. As it nears Inferior Conjunction on March 27, it plunges into the sunset almost 8 degrees North of [...]
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009 and 2010. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around
the world.
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