Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’

AFM’s Under British Skies 2011.11.21: Episode 19 – What has ESA ever done for us?

Monday, November 21st, 2011

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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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.11.18: Congress is a Vegetable!

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 18th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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AFM’s Event^Horizon 2011.11.19: Bob Lunsford – American Meteor Society @ 100 Years of Looking Up!

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

On “The Event^Horizon!” hosts Nick Evetts and Marty Kunz are again 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 we welcome a special guest – Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, on the occasion of their centenary!  Bob talks about observing, recording, and submitting your meteor observations.

Also discussed tonight:

AFM’s Space Pirate Radio 2011.11.17: “What’s Up with the Pirates?”

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Join Captains Marty and Diane as they share tall tales
of the High Space Seas, on Space Pirate Radio!

  • Astronauts ride Soyuz to the International Space Station
  • What do you think was the first object to be called a planet?
  • Jupiter tonight!
  • Dante’s Solar System
  • October’s AAPOD winner
  • Constellations and asterisms in the Autumn
  • What’s the other evening planet?
  • Sunspots lately
  • Powering probes; Curiosity is getting ready for Mars

“Space Pirate Radio” and Astronomy.FM are sponsored by Global-Rent-A-Scope – GRAS THE Global Remote Telescope Network for Astromony. Imaging or Science.

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AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.11.15: RadShift, Leonids, Phobos-Grunt, Supernovae, Ike + ISS

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

(Broadcast LIVE on Astronomy.FM on November 15th [GMT], 2011)

Join the astronomers of York University, Toronto, for an amazing look at the latest news from the Universe!  AND during the live broadcast (0200-0300 GMT / 9pm Eastern) York’s observatory is open for viewing over the internet (see our broadcast schedule for times).  This week Dr. Paul Delaney is joined by York astronomers Jesse Rogerson and Rob Berthiaume to discuss:

  • Will the Leonid meteor shower freak us out this year?
  • Roscosmos’ Phobos-Grunt mission is still “lost in space”; will it recover?
  • “The Mars Curse”
  • Jesse sees red[shift], and when the wind is just right can see all the way to the beginning of time
  • Uncle Ike (Newton) is RIGHT YET AGAIN!  Paul’s lesson plans are safe for another semester

WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.11.11: Veteran’s Day, Happy Birthday Carl, EAS Test, GPS Tracking, Another Monster Storm, Fracking Water, Asteroid 2005 YU55, Phobos-Grunt is Lost in Space?, Aurora and More This Weekend, Leap Second, and more!

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 11th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.10.28: Fukushima Dai-Ichi, Mars500, Astronaut Blindness, New Mars Missions x2, Bad Climate News, and more!

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 4th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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AFM’s Event^Horizon! 2011.11.05: Close Encounters / Space Dust to Asteroids

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/