October 13th, 2009

October 13th: The Summer We Flew to the Moon

Date: October 13, 2009 Title: The Summer We Flew to the Moon [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091013-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mike Simonsen Organization: Simostronomy- The Astronomy and Variable Star Blog http://simostronomy.blogspot.com/ Description: Today we go back to the 60’s, before man had landed on the moon, before Watergate, before personal computers, before the Internet, at the height of the race to [...]

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October 12th, 2009

October 12th: Lovell Telescope Detects Sputnik

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Date: October 12, 2009 Title: Lovell Telescope Detects Sputnik [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091012-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Stuart Lowe and Tim O’Brien Organization: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/ Description: On this day in 1957, the newly constructed Mark I telescope at Jodrell Bank became involved in the dawn of the space age when it picked up a radar echo from [...]

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October 11th, 2009

October 11th: Quiet Skies

Date: October 11, 2009 Title: Quiet Skies [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091011-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Sue Ann Heatherly of NRAO Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatories: http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ Description: Radio astronomers study the radio waves produced by cosmic objects. Objects like comets, exploding stars, and even black holes in distant galaxies! But, radio waves made by your favorite radio station, your microwave oven, [...]

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October 10th, 2009

October 10th: I know why it’s dark at night. Do you?

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Date: October 10, 2009 Title: I know why it’s dark at night. Do you? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091010-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Terry Johnson and friends Organization: http://infinitewell.wordpress.com Description: 100 years ago astronomers pondered a question that they knew would eventually be solved, but the technology of the time wasn’t capable of producing the answer. Olbers’ Paradox was logical at its [...]

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October 9th, 2009

October 9th: The Search for Distant Worlds

Date: October 9, 2009 Title: The Search for Distant Worlds [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091009-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Christopher Crockett Organization: Lowell Observatory http://www.lowell.edu/users/crockett/ Description: In the past 14 years, we have gone from knowing of no other planets around other stars to cataloguing over 300 of them. The search for extrasolar planets is one of the hottest and most rapidly [...]

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October 8th, 2009

October 8th: Learning About Seasons in a Planetarium

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Date: October 8, 2009 Title: Learning About Seasons in a Planetarium [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091008-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Chuck Dibbs and Virginia Beach City Public Schools Organization: Virginia Beach City Public Schools www.planetarium.vbschools.com Description: Having taught Astronomy in the planetarium for a decade now I’ve discovered that one topic continues to give students and adults of all ages trouble. That [...]

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October 7th, 2009

October 7th: Mira and the Pulsating Red Giants

Date: October 7, 2009 Title: Mira and the Pulsating Red Giants [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091007-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mike Simonsen with Virginia Renehan and Rebecca Turner Organization: American Association of Variable Star Observers – http://www.aavso.org Description: Today we’re going to introduce you to a group of stars known as long period variables, or LPVs for short. The most prominent of [...]

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October 6th, 2009

October 6th: Crashing to Ground: Anniversary of the Impact of 2008 TC3

Date: October 6, 2009 Title: Crashing to Ground: Anniversary of the Impact of 2008 TC3 [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091006-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: Planetary Society Description: A year ago today was the first time ever that a celestial object was discovered before it was to crash into Earth. 2008 TC3 was discovered by a telescope in Arizona and [...]

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October 5th, 2009

October 5th: Postcards from the Universe: Behind the scenes at the launch of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition

Date: October 5, 2009 Title: Postcards from the Universe: Behind the scenes at the launch of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091005-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Will Gater, Graham Southorn, Chris Bramley, and Nick Howes Organization: Sky At Night Magazine www.skyatnightmagazine.com Description: March 2009 saw the launch of the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the [...]

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October 4th, 2009

October 4th: Measuring Time

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Date: October 4, 2009 Title: Measuring Time [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091004-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Nik Whitehead Organization: None Description: Most people think of astronomy as being completely unrelated to their daily lives. They couldn’t be more wrong. Our day-to-day lives are governed by clocks and calendars, devices that only exist because ancient man looked at and measured the movements of [...]

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