This podcast contains three short updates about NSF’s National Optical Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory.

1. The organization has a new name: NOIRLab.

2. The Globe at Night program is still running strong and…

3. There is a quick update about the New Horizons Parallax Program.

https://nationalastro.org/

https://www.globeatnight.org/

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Learn/Get-Involved.php#Parallax-Program

Short bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the EPO group at NOAO and works on the Galileoscope project (www.galileoscope.org), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He also pens a great blog at halfastro.wordpress.com.

 

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