Posts Tagged ‘imaging’

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 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 Space Pirate Radio! 2011.11.10: “PIRATES SAVE THE EARTH!” [again....]

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

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

  • Did asteroid 2005 YU55 miss the Earth on it’s own or was it deflected?
  • The full Moon and Jupiter, two (pirate) ships that pass in the night, tonight.
  • Happy birthday Carl Sagan!  Who will be the next best popularizer  of astronomy for the general public?
  • Can the Earth be saved from one of it’s own satellites, or do the Space Pirates need to be called in again?  (And so soon!)

“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 Space Pirate Radio! 2011.11.03 DUCK! Asteroid and China’s Space Station

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

On Space Pirate Radio tonight Marty and Diane discuss:

  • The latest meteor showers
  • Is there a Nemesis star lurking as the edge of the solar system?
  • The Moon, planets and a giant sunspot
  • Spotting asteroid 2005 Yu55
  • The Chinese space station Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”)

AFM’s YorkUniverse! 2011.11.01 Guest – Sarah Sadavoy

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

It’s a York Halloween special!  In tonight’s YorkUniverse – Paul is back in Canada after circling the globe!  He is joined by Ted as they welcome a former York collegue – Sarah Sadavoy (now an astronomer at the University of Victoria) – as they discuss stellar evolution, Pluto’s moons, and remember Pleiades.

AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.10.18: Earth’s water, FTL, Meteor Storm

Monday, October 17th, 2011

AFM’s Space Pirate Radio! 2011.08.24 Russian Rocket; Robots

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

This week on Space Pirate Radio, Diane and Marty talk about:

~ A Russian rocket that had a very bad day (and what that may mean for NASA)
~ What robot would you take with you in space?
~ Mars and the Moon dance in the morning sky; Saturn in the evening.
~ Hurricanes suck, so best of luck for those facing Hurricane Irene!

Live at York U! 2011.05.03: Meteors, Morning Planets

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

‘Live at York U!’  broadcasts live from the York Astronomical Observatory at York University in Toronto, featuring Paul Delaney and the students of York.

This week we covered this day in history (first jet airliner, first American space flight), commercial space flight, Eta Aquarids, planetary conjunction, eclipses, citizen science, science rendezvous, and International Astronomy Week.

For more info on our show head to yorkobservatory.com