November 30th, 2011

November 30th: Observing With Webb in December 2011

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Date: November 30, 2011 Title: Observing With Webb in December 2011 Podcaster: Rob Webb, Physics teacher at Pequea Valley High School Links: http://mrwebb.podbean.com https://sites.google.com/site/mrwebbonline/ http://twitter.com/mrwebbpv Description: This podcast discusses the planets that can be seen in the night sky during the month of December and tracks the Moon throughout the month to see how it [...]

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November 29th, 2011

Breaking: 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast to Continue in 2012!

We're back for another year! Here's our official press release, hot off the presses. So sign up already! Nov. 29, 2011 For immediate release: The award-winning 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is proud to announce the project will continue for yet another year – its fourth consecutive year -- and is now accepting sign-ups for participants for more podcasts in 2012. 365 Days of Astronomy (which will last 366 days in 2012, a leap year) is a legacy project of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), and in 2009 was a major project of the IYA. All the podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people all around the world. "During the past three years, we’ve shared astronomy with the world, and we’ve heard from many different voices in astronomy – from professionals and amateurs to those who just enjoy the all the incredible discoveries and beautiful images of our Universe," said Nancy Atkinson, who is now an advising producer for the project. During the previous years, 365 Days of Astronomy published one podcast for every day of the year. In 2012, the podcast will combine new podcasts with “encore” editions of popular past shows. The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is now looking for individuals, organizations, schools, companies and clubs to submit 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the “new” daily podcasts which will air Monday-Friday. Participants can sign up to record just 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month.) People from every continent except Antarctica have submitted podcasts the past three years, and the 365 Days of Astronomy team encourages a more diverse population from even more countries to sign up for 2012. To help facilitate that, 365 Day of Astronomy has a new Project Manager, who is based in Southeast Asia. "We are hoping to increase our international voices, and have hired Avivah Yamani as our new project manager to help us in this goal,” said Dr. Pamela Gay, Executive Director of Astrosphere New Media, which is “home” to the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. "As in previous years, we are looking to sign up a variety of participants, from amateur astronomers, classroom teachers and students to scientists, science bloggers and big media companies." 2012 continues the Year of the Solar System, which marks an unprecedented flurry of robotic exploration of space, and is the perfect opportunity for more of the public to become involved in creating podcasts to share astronomy with the world. The 365 Days of Astronomy has gained a wide audience, and each podcast is heard by 3,000 - 10,000 listeners. The project was awarded a Parsec Award in 2009 for “The Best Info-tainment” podcast in 2009, and was nominated for the “Best Fact Behind the Fiction” award in 2010. The project is also asking individuals and organizations for financial support. The podcast team also invites people and organizations to sponsor the podcast by donating $30 to support 1 day of the podcast, with your dedication appearing at the start of the show. For just $360, it is possible to sponsor 1 episode per month. Alternatively, you can also have a dedication message at the end of the show for a week, for a donation at the $100 level. These donations will help pay for editing, and posting of the podcasts. For more information visit: 365 Days of Astronomy: http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org. Astrosphere New Media: http://www.astrosphere.org/ Year of the Solar System: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/yss/index.cfm

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November 29th, 2011

November 29th: Four Small Constellations in the Northern Hemisphere

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Date: November 29, 2011 Title: Four Small Constellations in the Northern Hemisphere Podcaster: L Cate Kendal Link: http://ww.legofusker.net/astronomy.htm Description: In this podcast, we take a short look at four faint constellations in the Northern Hemisphere, and some of the interesting objects that can be seen in them with binoculars. Bio: L Cate Kendal is a [...]

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November 28th, 2011

November 28th: Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg

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Date: November 28, 2011 Title: Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg Podcaster: Adam Fuller Description: In 1576, Tycho Brahe laid the cornerstone for Uraniborg, the world’s first modern research institution. He established a place where scientists, scholars, and artisans could come together, perform cutting edge research with incredibly precise observational equipment, work with modern chemistry facilities, and mix [...]

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November 27th, 2011

November 27th: Black Holes: The Supermassive Ones

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Date: November 27, 2011 Title: Black Holes: The Supermassive Ones Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: This is part two of a two part podcast series on black holes. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where black never goes out of fashion. Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” has [...]

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November 26th, 2011

November 26th: Black Holes: Everyone’s Favorite Physics Experiment

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Date: November 26, 2011 Title: Black Holes: Everyone’s Favorite Physics Experiment Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: This is part one of a two part podcast on black holes. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website which won’t leave a black hole in your pocket. Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of [...]

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November 25th, 2011

November 25th: Encore: Seeing the Universe in a Whole New Light

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Date: November 25, 2011 Title: Encore: Seeing the Universe in a Whole New Light Podcaster: Nicole Gugliucci Links: Karl Jansky and the Discovery of Cosmic Radio Waves from NRAO, along with a picture of his Bruce array antenna – http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_jansky.shtml Nicole’s Podcast Page – http://astronoise.wordpress.com/365‐days‐of‐astronomy/ Nicole Gugliucci (UVa/NRAO) – http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_jansky.shtml This podcast originally aired on [...]

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November 24th, 2011

November 24th: Mars Science Laboratory

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Date: November 24, 2011 Title: Mars Science Laboratory Podcaster: Tony Rice Link: Tony’s blog: http://utprosim.com/ Video podcast version of this podcast: http://tinyurl.com/365msl Description: On Saturday, November 26th, the launch window for the Mars Science Lab mission and it’s Curiosity rover will open at 10:02 am for a 354 million (570 million km) trip to mars. [...]

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November 23rd, 2011

November 23rd: Flying to Mars

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Date: November 23, 2011 Title: Flying to Mars Podcaster: Rob Knop Organization: Quest University Canada Links: My home page : http://www.pobox.com/~rknop My Quest page: http://www.questu.ca/academics/faculty/rob_knop.php Description: In just a few days NASA will launch the Curiosity rover on its way to Mars. In this podcast, I talk about just how it is that we fly [...]

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November 22nd, 2011

November 22nd: Encore: Globular Star Clusters: How Old Am I? Where Are You?

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Date: November 22, 2011 Title: Encore: Globular Star Clusters: How Old Am I? Where Are You? Podcaster: Richard Kinne Organization: American Association of Variable Star Observers Link: http://www.aavso.org/ This podcast originally aired on March 14, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/03/14/march-14th/ Description: Globular Star Clusters – big, beautiful balls of stars orbiting our Galaxy – have special properties that [...]

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