Posts Tagged ‘amateur astronomy’

Under British Skies – Episode 24 – Isle of Wight Star Party and Professor Ian Morison

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

 

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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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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Under British Skies – Episode 21 – Phobos-Grunt and BBC Stargazing Live

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

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 – 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 Space Pirate Radio 2011.12.01: Three’s Company

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Diane has taken the night off, so Marty (with fellow mutineers Nick and Paul) review the Sun and planets tonight. Can amateurs observe exoplanets M42 the great nebula in Orion? And laptop computer use in the field.

AFM’s The Event^Horizon! 2011.11.26: Trek Trivia

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Tonight on The Event^Horizon Nick and Marty start out with a little bit of StarTrek trivia. Spoof a few causes for Phobos-Grunt not going to Mars. Leading to Curiosity”s Launch. Ending with a discussion on the best way to explore Mars

AFM’s Space Pirate Radio 2011.11.24: Astronomical Turkeys

Friday, November 25th, 2011

Captian’s Marty and Diane talk about ideas and hypothesis about astronomy that have proved wrong. How can you prove the age of the universe and where is it’s center? Are we at the center of anything? Do planets contain mysterious powers. Missing any planets anyone? The less you see the more there must be.

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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