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Under British Skies – Episode 22 – Astrofest

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

 

In this months episode, we celebrated our 2nd Birthday!  We also talked about Astrofest, and Google Sky.  Our special guest for Book Corner was Ninian Boyle.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 22 Shownotes

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“Western Worlds!” In The News

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

“Western Worlds!” on the CBC!

CPSX’s & AFM’s newest radio show, Western Worlds, is in the news!Alyssa Gilbert, CPSX Outreach Coordinator and producer of Western Worlds, was interviewed by CBC Radio One about the show; you may hear that here!

And John Moores, post-doctoral fellow for CPSX and the showrunner and main host of Western Worlds, was interviewed by Western News about the program.

Join us for Western Worlds, Astronomy.FM’s newest program, each week after York∞Universe!  (0210 GMT Tuesdays, a.k.a. 10:10pm Eastern – repeating every 4 hours for the rest of the day)

“Western Worlds!” is a co-production of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) and the Voice of Astronomy – Astronomy.FM*Radio!

Under British Skies – Episode 20 – Hanny’s Voorwerp

Monday, December 19th, 2011

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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AFM’s Under British Skies 2011.11.21: Episode 19 EXTRA! – BBC Stargazing Live

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

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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AFM’s Under British Skies 2011.11.21: Episode 19 – What has ESA ever done for us?

Monday, November 21st, 2011

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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AFM’s Event^Horizon 2011.11.19: Bob Lunsford – American Meteor Society @ 100 Years of Looking Up!

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

On “The Event^Horizon!” hosts Nick Evetts and Marty Kunz are again joined by Astronomy.FM’s newest SkyGuide – John Schroer (former Planetarium Director of the Detroit Science Center, and host of the TV show “Astronomy for Everyone”)

Tonight we welcome a special guest – Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, on the occasion of their centenary!  Bob talks about observing, recording, and submitting your meteor observations.

Also discussed tonight:

AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.11.01: A visit with astronomer Amelia Ortiz-Gil; +PLUS Supernovae, Asteroid 2005 YU55

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Tonight on “York∞Universe!”, live from Toronto’s York University:
   ~ An interview with astronomer Amelia Ortiz-Gil, of the University of Valencia
   ~ Supernovae
   ~ Asteroid 2005 YU55, which whizzes past Earth TOMORROW!

AFM’s YorkUniverse! 2011.11.01 Guest – Sarah Sadavoy

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

It’s a York Halloween special!  In tonight’s YorkUniverse – Paul is back in Canada after circling the globe!  He is joined by Ted as they welcome a former York collegue – Sarah Sadavoy (now an astronomer at the University of Victoria) – as they discuss stellar evolution, Pluto’s moons, and remember Pleiades.