April 20th, 2011
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Date: April 20, 2011 Title: The Moon’s Mysterious Exosphere Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson and Brian Day Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: NLSI, Info about the LADEE mission. Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford, from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. Used by permission. http://benbedford.com Description: It is commonly thought that the moon has no atmosphere – [...]
April 19th, 2011
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Date: April 19, 2011 Title: What are those Strange Abbreviations on Star Charts? Podcaster: Joe Lalumia Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX. Description: The TelescopeMan Joe Lalumia discusses the odd letters and numbers that appear on star charts. You can find more podcasts from The TelescopeMan at this link. Bio: Joe, also known as [...]
April 18th, 2011
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Date: April 18, 2011 Title: Encore: Build it and They Will Come: Tale of an Observatory. This podcast originally aired on April 10, 2009. Podcaster: Ted Judah Organization: The Sonoma County Astronomical Society Website http://www.sonomaskies.org/ Ted Judah email: judahted@comcast.net Description: Last fall I was given permission to convert an old barn on a dairy ranch [...]
April 17th, 2011
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Date: April 17, 2011 Title: Supermassive Black Hole Research at NOAO Podcaster: Dr. Tod R. Lauer and Rob Sparks from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatory Links: NOAO, NOAO on Twitter Description: Black holes are one of the most mysterious types of objects in the universe. Astronomers have found evidence that [...]
April 16th, 2011
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Date: April 16, 2011 Title: Aesthetics & Astronomy Podcaster: Chandra X-Ray Center Organization: Chandra X-ray Center is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Link: chandra.si.edu Description: Every year, hundreds of astronomical images are released to the general public by the many telescopes on the ground and in space – including the Chandra, Hubble [...]
April 15th, 2011
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Date: April 15, 2011 Title: Our Sun Podcaster: Brittani Taylor and Timothy Reilly Links: St. Vincent College Description: Brittani Taylor from Saint Vincent College in Western Pennsylvania hopes you understand our nearest star a little more after this podcast on the history, scale and morphology of the Sun. She delights in finding new ways to [...]
April 14th, 2011
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Date: April 14, 2011 Title: Central Florida for the Space Buff Podcaster: Tony Rice Links: Tony’s blog, UTProsim Description: With only 2 Space Shuttle launches left, STS-134 for Friday, April 29 at 3:47 p.m, and STS-135, currently scheduled for June 28, Central Florida is not only a popular destination for vacationing families going to visit [...]
April 13th, 2011
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Date: April 13, 2011 Title: Exploring the Solar System: Asteroid Belt Podcaster: Thomas Hofstätter Link: :: The Hidden Space Project :: http://hidden-space.at.tf Description: Continuing our journey through the solar system, the next target of a space probe traveling to the outer solar system, is the asteroid belt. Although this group of masses has been calculated [...]
April 12th, 2011
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Date: April 12, 2011 Title: 108 minutes Podcaster: Artyom Doljikov Description: 50 years ago on this day April 12th Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space on board his Vostok 1 spacecraft! Bio: Artyom Doljikov works as art-director for a small advertising agency in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Astronomy and science his love [...]
April 11th, 2011
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Date: April 11, 2011 Title: Counting Lunar Craters Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson and Michelle Kirchoff Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: NASA Lunar Science Institute Music: “One Night at a Time” by Ben Bedford, from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. Used by permission. Description: For decades, planetary scientists have used craters to determine the ages [...]
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009, 2010, 2011 -- and now 2012. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around
the world.
365 Days of Astronomy is a proud part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
