This month on UBS team talk about the upcoming Spacefest V, discuss the latest astro-news, and round up this months comet action.
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 33 Shownotes
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The Book of the Month was Haynes Apollo 11 Owners Manual
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Show notes for the 22nd of April 2013
Title: The Spectacular York Universe 150th episode extravaganza
Time: Starting 8 pm EDT (12 AM UT) – Ending 10 pm EDT (2 am UT)
Hosts: Paul, Ryan, Jesse, Lianne, Ted, Harrison, Sophia, Rob, John, and George
This episode was broadcast live via webcam to our Online Public Viewing (OPV) chatroom!
York Universe (originally named ‘Live from YorkU’) has been on the air for 3 years and counting. A multitude of hosts have been through our camp, and all of them have helped shape York Universe into the wonderful product that you hear today. Today we celebrate our 150th episode. A large milestone, and one we thought worth marking with a special show! We’ve invited back past hosts, organized a fun trivia challenge (for hosts AND listeners), and designed some debate discussion. To accommodate all the additional content we also broadcast a full 2 hour program (instead of our usual 1 hour). Thank you to all our hosts and volunteers, thank you to astronomy.fm, and thank you very much to all our listeners without whom our show wouldn’t exist! See below for the show notes and the podcast.
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That’s right!! Tonight’s the night! Make sure to tune in at a new time of 8 PM EDT (12 AM UT) to listen to all our hosts chat, debate, bicker, and laugh about all things astronomy and astrophysics! Tonight’s special episode is sure to tickle your funny bone!
With much more listener interaction tonight make sure to swing by our live online public viewing chat room here to participate!
As always, tune in at Astronomy.FM!
Hosts: Jesse, Paul, Sophia, Ryan (only for curiosity corner)
Special Guest: Dr. Matt Johnson
Title: Dr. Matt planck-ing alongside supernovae
April Fools everyone! The internet was a-buzz with multiple april fools pranks, including the astronauts on the International Space Station. Cmdr Hadfield and company welcomed a new visitor on board! Special guest Dr. Matt Johnson, professor at York University and the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics, helped us understand the Planck data release a little better. It’s 1/100th the normal luminosity of a type 1a supernova, we shall call them ‘mini-supernovae.’ Thanks very kindly to our special guest, and to all you listening.
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Tonight on Astronomy.FM ~ TUESDAY (GMT)
IT’s ASTRONOMY NIGHT IN CANADA! Most of our programming tonight hails from Oh, Canada!
SET #1: Discovery Now — EarthSky — An Astronomy.FM Original Program it’s “York∞Universe!”, from the observatory at York University, Toronto
SET #2: Discovery Now — Science Update — 365 Days of Astro — An Astronomy.FM Original Program, ”Western Worlds!”, from the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) at Western University, Ontario
SET #3: Discovery Now — 60-Second Science — CJSR Radio’s Skeptically Speaking
SET #4: Discovery Now — A Moment of Science — the CBC’s Quirks & Quarks
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SET #1: At the intersection of Science & Society you will find “First*Light!”; a collaboration of Astronomy.FM and Michigan Public Radio station WNMC; with Eric Hines, David Gault, and Michael Foerster. Tonight: ”The Vagina Class Monologues” 58;00
SET #2: CosmoQuest’s Learning Space. Tonight: ”Astronomy Clubs” 58;00
SET #3: Planetary Society + CosmoQuest’s Planetary Hour. Tonight: “Report from the Luna & Planetary Conference” 58;00
SET #4: CosmoQuest’s Weekly Space Hangout. Tonight: “The Noisy Fedora Edition” 58;00
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