In this months episode, we talked to Professor Ian Morison from Jodrell Bank about his career. We also talked about the Isle of Wight Star Party, and the upcoming Star Parties for the rest of the year. Book corner will be back next month, but in App Corner, we talked about weather apps.
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 24 Shownotes
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Recently, I was lucky enough to have visited the Lick Observatory up Mount Hamilton. Dr Paul Lynam was kind enough to show me round, and also to provide a very interesting interview about the history of the Lick Observatory, its telescopes, current work ongoing, and his own astronomical research projects.
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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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In this months episode, we talked about the crash of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, BBC Stargazing Live, and the upcoming Astrofest. We also welcomed Jenny Winder, our new Skyguide to the Under British Skies team.
The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 21 Shownotes
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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
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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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