The 365 Days of Astronomy

What powers a quasar? Just how strong is a blazar? What’s the connection to giant black holes?  I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain. Thanks to WCBE Radio for hosting the recording session, Greg Mobius for producing, and Cathy Rinella for editing.

Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, Chief Scientist at COSI Science Center, and the one and only Agent to the Stars

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Streamed live on Dec 1, 2017.

Astronomers depend on simulations to study the Universe. From relatively straightforward orbital simulations to vast simulations that try to recreate the large scale structure of the Universe from the Big Bang onwards. Today we're gonna talk about some of those simulations as well as tools you can use to simulate the Universe for fun & science.

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006.

Today's 2 topics:

- Catalina's Greg Leonard discovered 50' diameter asteroid 2017 FC2. It has an orbital period of 364.4 days. A rock like this enters our atmosphere about every 25 years.

- Cutting the funding of NASA's Earth observation and global warming analysis will not stop the changes that are happening. Arctic ice is shrinking fast.

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EVENTS...

Full Moon – 3rd (Visible all night)

Last Quarter Moon – 10th (Visible from midnight into the morning)

13th, 14th – Geminid Meteor Shower – A good year for the Geminids, given the moon will be a thin waning crescent rising very late in the morning, giving us a shot at around 100 meteors per hour, depending on your light pollution levels.

Some advice for watching:

- Find a dark location and lie down in a reclining chair or swimming pool floaty.

- Look at the whole sky, but note Gemini is where the radiant is - where the meteors will appear to be coming from. Gemini will be in the East after sunset, South after midnight, West in the morning.

- Check the weather to see if the skies will be clear

- Adapt your eyes to the dark by staying away from light sources or using a red light if you need to look at a star chart or not trip over something. 

- If you’re feeling extra nerdy, do a scientific meteor count (S&T and IMO).

Or find out if your local astronomy club or museum is holding a viewing party.

13th – 15th – Close Encounter – Moon, Mars, Jupiter.

New Moon – 18th (darkest skies).

21st – Winter Solstice - The longest night and shortest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. More info here: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/december-solstice.html

25th – Christmas.

First Quarter Moon – 26th (Visible until midnight).

30th – Close Encounter – Moon, Aldebaran.

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Scheduled for Nov 29, 2017.

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest: Dean Regas is the Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory and co-host of the PBS series Star Gazers with James Albury. Viewers may remember that last November, Dean was a guest on the WSH during which he told us about his first book, "Facts From Space!"

We are once again pleased to welcome Dean back to the WSH, this time to discuss his newest book, "100 Things to See in the Night Sky."

Regular Guests:

Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )

Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( http://cosmicchatter.org/ & @MorganRehnberg )

Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier )

This week's stories:

- Problems with WFIRST !!!

- Mapping the 3D motions of extragalactic stars.

- Flowing rivers of sand on Mars.

- Low power LED lights are killing our dark skies.

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The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/

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While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site:

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Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!

Big planet near a little star, a guide to making giant telescopes, why bother with the arts, and of course listener questions!

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Produced by Greg Moebius at WCBE Radio Columbus.

Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, Chief Scientist at COSI Science Center, and the one and only Agent to the Stars

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The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/

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Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!

Dr. Mel Blake of the University of North Alabama hosts.

Mel's research area is mainly in time-variable phenomena in astronomy including binary and variable stars and active galaxies. Recent efforts include studying the close binary star UU Psc at David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill Ontario. Mel has also worked at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman, North Carolina. At UNA, Mel is preparing a research project with students to study long-term evolution of stars and variability in star forming regions.

Mel teaches courses in introductory astronomy and physics.

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The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/

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While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site:

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Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!

Dear Cheap Astronomy – Can you talk us through the recent Falcon 9 rocket landing on water? Yes, we can. On Friday 8th of April 2016, a two stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. As with any launch from Florida, the rocket flew east in a parabolic arc, since, near the equator, the Earth is rotating towards the east at nearly 1700 kilometers an hour – so it makes no sense to fly west and subtract that advantage from your launch. And, of course flying east from Florida takes you right over the Atlantic Ocean.

Dear Cheap Astronomy – Is the Milner Hawking mission to Alpha Centauri technically feasible? The announcement of Breakthrough Starshot, a mission to send a ‘gram-scale’ spacecraft to Alpha Centauri at 20% of the speed of light, is a good example of describing what’s technically-feasible versus what’s technically-practical.

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Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!

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Streamed live on Nov 19, 2017.
Many of the moons and planets across the Universe are in resonance with each other and their star. What causes this resonance, and how can it help us understand the history of planetary formation and migration?

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While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site:

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Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006.

Today's 2 topics:

- In 2020 a good launch window for Mars launches will open. Many space vehicles from NASA, SpaceX, ESA, China and the UAE are getting readied for the opportunity.

- NASA's Planetary Defense Officer Lindley Johnson said that the NEA animation looked like a swarm of gnats around a porch light. So NHATS became the acronym for the Near earth object Human spaceflight Accessible Target Study.

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The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/

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While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site:

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Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!