Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’
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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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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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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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
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Tags: AFM*Radio, amateur astronomy, astronomy, Astronomy.FM, Marty Kunz, Nick Evetts, space news, spaceflight, Star Trek, The Event^Horizon!
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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.
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Tags: AFM*Radio, amateur astronomy, astronomy, astronomy radio, Astronomy.FM, contest, Diane Hall, Global-Rent-A-Scope, GRAS, internet radio, live astronomy, Marty Kunz, sky events, Space Pirate Radio, Thanksgiving
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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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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
LIVE COVERAGE of the return of Soyuz from the International Space Station! Also:
- Happy Birthday Fast Eddie
- The expansion of the Universe
- It’s REALLY important to proof your paper before publication
- Keck is really cool, and more!
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Tags: AFM*Radio, amateur astronomy, astronomy, astronomy radio, Astronomy.FM, cosmology, Jesse Rogerson, Keck, Lianne Manzer, live astronomy, Michael Foerster, NASA, night sky, Paul Delaney, podcast, science, sky events, Soyuz, space probes, space science, spaceflight, York University, York∞Universe!
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