Please note that this event has been rescheduled to February 10 ... In the spirit of NASA's #SDOisGO tweetup and encouraging greater
learning everywhere, Astronomy.FM is hosting the first-ever,
simultaneous, virtual launch tweetup to celebrate the launch of NASA's
latest solar observatory!
Astronomy.FM is proud to welcome Mike Simonsen to The Event^Horizon at 0200UT Saturday, January 30 (9:00pm US EST on Friday, January 29)for a conversation with Marty Kunz about the AAVSO and variable star observing. Bring your questions and experiences to the chat room!
Tavi Greiner was nominated for a Shorty Award in the #education category. Astronomy.FM has been nominated for Shorty Award in #astronomy! The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter. If you are a Twitter user, cast your votes to promote astronomy outreach. And, thank you!
Congratulations to Nicole Melso, an 11th grade student at Springfield
High School in Pennsylvania, USA, for receiving her second research
time grant from Global Rent-A-Scope (GRAS)!
Last year Nicole used observations she made with GRAS telescopes to study the “flicker” behavior of SS Cygni,
a Dwarf Nova, before multiple outbursts. She noted events that she
believes may be significant precursors of an impending outburst: a jump
in the flicker statistic representing a change in magnitude and high
frequencies closer to the start of the outburst.
The New Weekly Lineup New for 2010 - AFM*Radio is now ON-THE-AIR 24 hours each day, 7 days a week.
We now have
three hours of new programming every day, starting at 0200 UT (9pm US
Eastern) with an hour-long AFM*Radio Original Program, followed by an
internationally recognized program or a AFM*Radio Original, topped off
with an hour of "The Nightwatch!" music and science news. This 3-hour
block is repeated at 0500 UT, 0800 UT, 1100 UT, 1400 UT, 1700 UT, 2000
UT and 2300 UT. Wherever you are in the world, there is fresh Astronomy.FM Radio available for you at any time of the day or night!
Global Rent-A-Scope and Astronomy.FM have partnered in the
support for student astronomy science. Students can write a proposal for their
astronomical research and submit the proposal to the AFM Grant Committee.
