August 31st, 2009

August 31st: Grote Reber: The First Radio Astronomer

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Date: August 31, 2009 Title: Grote Reber: The First Radio Astronomer [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090831-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Destry Saul Organization: Columbia University Astronomy: http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu Description: The first detection of radio waves from space was made by Karl Jansky in 1932, but it was an amateur radio enthusiast in a suburb of Chicago that would continue Jansky’s work. His name [...]

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August 30th, 2009

August 30th: The Environments of Jupiter’s Moons

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Date: August 30, 2009 Title: The Environments of Jupiter’s Moons [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090830-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Amy Bowen Link: Amy Bowen’s website http://amybowen.wordpress.com/ Description: The moons of Jupiter are home to some of the most fascinating extraterrestrial environments known to science. They’re so fascinating, in fact, that this podcaster decided to set one of her earliest science-fiction stories there. [...]

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August 29th, 2009

August 29th: My Life With Charlie

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Date: August 29, 2009 Title: My Life With Charlie [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090829-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: David Powell Organization: None Description: This podcast takes a look at the life and times of Charles Messier from his human foibles to his contributions to astronomy. The podcast also takes a look at how Charlie’s catalog influenced my career in amateur astronomy and [...]

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August 28th, 2009

August 28th: Saturn’s Moon Enceladus – Past, Present, and Future

Date: August 28, 2009 Title: Saturn’s Moon Enceladus – Past, Present, and Future [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090828-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: David Seal Organization: None Description: August 28th will be the 220th anniversary of William Herschel’s discovery of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. Enceladus is rapidly becoming one of the most interesting bodies in the Solar System, due in large part to jets [...]

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August 27th, 2009

August 27th: Need a Unique Birthday Gift? “Buy” a Birthday Star

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Date: August 27, 2009 Title: Need a Unique Birthday Gift? “Buy” a Birthday Star [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090827-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Patrick McQuillan and Ryan McQuillan Organization: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) www.iris.edu Description: Every year around Christmas time we are bombarded with advertisements suggesting you “name-a-star” for a loved one. If you purchase a “Name-a-Star” kit, your loved [...]

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August 26th, 2009

August 26th: 20th Anniversary of Voyager 2 at Neptune

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Date: August 26, 2009 Title: 20th Anniversary of Voyager 2 at Neptune [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090826-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Martin Ratcliffe and Dr. Ed Stone Organization: None Description: In August 1989, the Voyager 2 spacecraft performed the first reconnaissance with the solar system’s outermost major planet, Neptune. Now, 20 years later, the Voyager mission Project Scientist, Dr Ed Stone, joined [...]

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August 25th, 2009

August 25th: The Scenery of the Night

Date: August 25, 2009 Title: The Scenery of the Night [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090825DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Chad Moore Organization: U.S. National Park Service Description: Today is the 92nd Birthday of the US National Park Service (NPS). The U.S. National Park Service was established in 1916 “to conserve the scenery, the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein, [...]

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August 24th, 2009

August 24th: The Reemergence of Planetary Science: Revisiting Percival Lowell

Date: August 24, 2009 Title: The Reemergence of Planetary Science: Revisiting Percival Lowell [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090824-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Holly Larson Capelo from Columbia Astronomy Organization: Columbia University Astronomy http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu Description: At the turn of the 20th Century, Percival Lowell published a series of books promoting the notion that there were advanced civilizations on Mars. His writing was particularly [...]

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August 23rd, 2009

August 23rd: Galileo Presents a Telescope to the Venetian Senate

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Date: August 23, 2009 Title: Galileo Presents a Telescope to the Venetian Senate [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090823-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mark Thompson Organization: Galileo 1610 http://www.galileo1610.com/ Description: Galileo presents and eight-powered telescope to the Venetian Senate and is rewarded by a doubling of his salary and life tenure at the University of Padua, but he is disappointed by the fine [...]

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August 22nd, 2009

August 22nd: Astronomy for Beginners

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Date: August 22, 2009 Title: Astronomy for Beginners [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20090822-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Assi Süer Organization: Observatory in Gothenburg, Sweden http://astronomi.blogg.se Description: There are many people who have never used a telescope, or who have had a telescope recently but do not know how to use it. I will tell you a little about telescopes, what you can [...]

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