Archive for the ‘Nick Evetts’ Category
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
On “The Event^Horizon!” hosts Nick Evetts and Marty Kunz are 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:
- Discussion about the giant and active sunspot group approaching the Sun’s meridian
- Asteroid 2005 YU55′s visibility as it screams past the Earth next week
- Meteor watching via radio
- A night of planets.
Links discussed in tonight’s show:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots_1024.jpg
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Asteroid_2005_YU55_To_Approach_Earth_Nov_8_2011_999.html
http://www.transitofvenus.org/
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
The Event^Horizon – with Nick Evetts & Marty Kunz – rubber pants optional….
Tonight, over the Horizon:
- Halloween Movies
- Jupiter at Opposition
- The most deadly things about space.
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Tags: AFM*Radio, amateur astronomy, astronomy, astronomy news, Astronomy.FM, Event^Horizon, Global-Rent-A-Scope, Marty Kunz, Nick Evetts, sky events
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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.
See you next month!
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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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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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