Archive for the ‘Under British Skies’ Category
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
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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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
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.
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
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.
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
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?
Meteorite Men!
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’
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Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Join us, Sunday July 17, for a fun interview with Geoff Notkin of the Science Channel’s Meteorite Men! Currently filming their third season, the Meteorite Men is an award-winning series featuring the meteorite-hunting adventures of the dynamic duo, Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin. In our interview, Notkin discusses such topics as his favorite strewn field, how he and Arnold came to be the Meteorite Men, and a meteorite hunter’s greatest “fears”.
The show begins at 20:00 UTC – that’s 4pm EDT / 1pm PT – and will include a live meteorites discussion and chatroom Q&A with UBS team members: Paul Harper, Sam Hawkins, Iain Melville, and Nick Evetts. ”See” ya there!
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
This month, the team NEAF, NAM and the SPA. We interviewed Prof John Zarnecki from the Open University. We also spoke to Nick Howes, the Equipment Consultant from Astronomy Now Magazine about his recent travels to NEAF and NAM
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Friday, April 29th, 2011
This month, the team discussed the Cox Effect. We interviewed Simon Singh, author, journalist and TV producer about science education and his Uncaged Monkeys tour. We also spoke to Nick Howes, the Equipment Consultant from Astronomy Now Magazine, and Rob Hodgkinson.
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
This month, the team discussed Astro Trips. We interviewed Dr Emily Baldwin, the Deputy Editor from Astronomy Now Magazine about her recent visit to the Kennedy Space Center. We also spoke to Nick Howes, the Equipment Consultant from Astronomy Now Magazine.
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