July 12th, 2009

July 12th: Women on the Moon

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Date: July 12, 2009 Title: Women on the Moon [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090712-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mark Tillotson 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 has been 40 years since man first set foot on the Moon. As part of the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy and the Apollo [...]

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July 11th, 2009

July 11th: Apollo 11 Through the Eyes of a Young Girl

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Date: July 11, 2009 Title: Apollo 11 Through the Eyes of a Young Girl [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090711-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson Links: Universe Today, Astronomy Cast, Solar System Ambassador program Description: As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, many people are reminiscing about what happened back in 1969. Nancy shares her remembrances as [...]

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July 10th, 2009

July 10th: How Amazingly Unlikely is Your Birth?

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Date: July 10, 2009 Title: How Amazingingly Unlikely is Your Birth [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090710-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Larry Sessions Links: North American Skies, NASkies on Twitter . Description: Eric Idle’s wonderful “Galaxy Song” is an exuberant, if a bit dated, introduction to various aspects of astronomy filled with facts about the Universe. Idle concludes with a reference about how [...]

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July 9th, 2009

July 9th: Measuring the Black Hole

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Date: July 9, 2009 Title: Measuring the Black Hole [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090709-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen Organization: Loch Ness Productions (http://www.lochnessproductions.com/index2.html) Music by GEODESIUM (http://www.geodesium.com) Special thanks to Dr. Shep Doeleman for his advice about the script for this segment. Also Special thanks to Nicole Gugliucci for her script review. Description: A team of astronomers has used [...]

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July 8th, 2009

July 8th: Archimede’s Death Ray and Dante’s Inferno: The Real Story of How Galileo Ignited the Age of the Telescope

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Date: July 8, 2009 Title: Archimede’s Death Ray and Dante’s Inferno: The Real Story of How Galileo Ignited the Age of the Telescope [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090708-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mark Thompson Organization: Galileo 1610 http://www.galileo1610.com/ Description: To this day, a debate continues concerning Galileo’s role in fueling the so-called conflict between science and religion. But there is another debate, [...]

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July 7th, 2009

July 7th: The Mysterious Epsilon Aurigae

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Date: July 7, 2009 Title: The Mysterious Epsilon Aurigae [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090707-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mike Simonsen of AAVSO Organization: AAVSO www.aavso.org Description: In this episode Mike interviews Rebecca Turner from the AAVSO to find out all about the strange star epsilon Aurigae and the AAVSO’s Citizen Sky project to study it. This will be the largest citizen science [...]

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July 6th, 2009

July 6th: Science and Religion

Date: July 6, 2009 Title: Science and Religion [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090706-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Gurbir Singh Organization: AstroTalk UK http://astrotalkuk.org/ A not for profit amateur astronomy podcast by an amateur astronomer based in the UK. Description: Gurbir Singh talks with Dr. Allan Chapman, who is not a scientist but better still, a historian of science and a practising Christian [...]

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July 5th, 2009

July 5th: Looking Towards the Center of the Galaxy

Date: July 5, 2009 Title: Looking Towards the Center of the Galaxy [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090705-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Christopher Crockett Organization: Lowell Observatory http://www.lowell.edu/users/crockett/ Description: If you go outside tonight or tomorrow night and locate the Moon, you will be looking toward a rather remarkable patch of the sky. You will be looking towards the center of our galaxy! [...]

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July 4th, 2009

July 4th: New World Ordered

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Date: July 4, 2009 Title: New World Ordered [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090704-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Daniel Raffaele Organization: None Description: Daniel Raffaele talks about exoplanets: the discoveries so far, the potential for new discoveries, and what it is that we are actually looking for. New technologies, such as Infra-Red, allow us to see much smaller planets orbiting closer to their [...]

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July 3rd, 2009

July 3rd: Universe Awareness: Children’s Voices

Date: July 3, 2009 Title: Universe Awareness: Children’s Voices [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090703-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Carolina Ödman Organization: Universe Awareness (UNAWE) http://www.unawe.org/ Description: Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is the only IYA2009 cornerstone project specifically for children. UNAWE started in 2005 and has now active groups in nearly 30 countries. The programme will continue beyond 2009. If you are interested in [...]

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