Astronomy.FM welcomes Jenny Winder (@astrojenny) to the AFM SkyGuide team, as the newest member of the Under British Skies crew. Jenny is an amateur astronomer, a music lover, a bookworm, and a science writer for Urban Times. You can hear her, here, every third Sunday of the month, at 2000 GMT / 3pm EST!
Under British Skies interviewed the lovely Hanny Van Arkel, and learnt all about her work with the Voorwerp and the Peas. We also talked about BBC Stargazing Live, and what events the Under British Skies team are involved in.
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 20 Shownotes
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Iin an Under British Skies “Extra”, Richie interviews Paul Vanezis, one of the producers of the BBC program “Star Gazing Live” – the BBC needs our help
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: http://nebul.ae/afm/Episode19/UnderBritishSkies-Episode19Shownotes.pdf
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In a word: LOTS! Paul and Nick Evetts highlight some of the projects ESA has worked on recently, Nick Howes discusses his work at the Faulkes Telescope, and also at ESA; Ninian Boyle presents the night sky this month in his “Astronomy Know How”; and in an Under British Skies “Extra”, Richie interviews Paul Vanezis, one of the producers of the BBC program “Star Gazing Live” – the BBC needs our help
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: http://nebul.ae/afm/Episode19/UnderBritishSkies-Episode19Shownotes.pdf
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Tonight we talked on an interesting subject – “Hunting for Snoopy”, which was the Lunar Module from Apollo 10. Nick Howes (Astronomy Now’s Equipment Consultant) and Mike Loucks (Principal Astrodynamics Scientist) will be joining us to discuss the hunt. Here is an interesting webste that covers the story, http://astrogatorsguild.com/?p=240.’
Ninian Boyle’s November 2011 Skytour also premiers during the show.
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: http://nebul.ae/afm/Episode18/UnderBritishSkies-Episode18Shownotes.pdf
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This month, the team discussed SN2011fe in Messier 101, the Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition and visible comets. You can find the shownotes here.
See you next month!
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Under British Skies is back this month. After a long break over the summer, the UBS team will be gracing the airwaves again on Sunday 18th September for Episode 17.
This month, we talk about the Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival, Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, and the Supernova in the Pinwheel galaxy.
Join us live at 20:00 GMT (9pm BST) for the usual fun and frolics.
Under British Skies’ episode 16, which aired on July 17 and featured an interview with the Meteorite Men’s Geoffrey Notkin, is now available on podcast. Check it out, here!
Following is a list of some of the websites and pages, in no particular order, mentioned during the show:
MeteorLab: What are Meteorites?
Geoffrey Notkin’s new book: Meteorite Hunting - How to find treasure from Space
Natural History Museum: A collection of images by Paul Harper
American Meteor Society: Fireball Reports
Geology.com: Impactites – Ghostly Footprints of Ancient Meteorites
Geology.com: Zoomable Satellite Imagery of Meteor Craters and Asteroid Impact Sites
Geology.com: Did Meteorite Bombardments Make Early Earth More Habitable?
The Telegraph: Woman ‘hit by meteorite’
