The 365 Days of Astronomy

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:

- Carson Fulz is at it again too! He discovered 2015 TC25, which reflects 4 times more sunlight than most other Earth approaching asteroids. It's likely dust-free and bald!

- Greg Leonard discovered 2016 WJ1, a potentially hazardous asteroid. at 600' in diameter it could cause trouble. Big trouble.

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Mercury – Too close to the Sun to be seen easily at sunset.

Venus – Rises around 4am.  Bright and visible about 20˚ high in East before sunrise all month. 

Mars – Not visible in August.  Too close to the Sun from our perspective.  Maybe next month.

Jupiter – After sunset, look W about 10˚ up the sky and find the brightest point of light in that area, but get out there quick, since it will set by 11pm in early August and 9pm (just after sunset) in late August. This is your last chance to get a good look at the king of the planets for a couple months.

Saturn – Look S after sunset and find the bright light above and between Scorpius and Sagittarius. It will move toward the SW, setting around 2am in early August and midnight in late August.

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Like a soda drink splashing around, or wine in a wine glass, huge clouds of hot gas are sloshing back and forth in a picture taken back in 2011 by the Chandra X-ray Space Telescope.

Here's the link to the image: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/a2052/

The picture shows a collection of galaxies, which is known as galaxy cluster Abell 2052. It's in the constellation Serpens Caput, which is the serpent's head. It's not nearby. It's 480 million light years away!

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Streamed live on Jun 21, 2017.

In this episode Andy Shaner of the Lunar and Planetary Institute chats with Dr. Pamela Gay about the 2017 Great American Eclipse. What is a solar eclipse? What will I see from my city? Join us for answers to these questions and more!

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Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce.

Ralph & Paul pick their highlights for this month’s skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers:

Dwarf Planet Ceres for small telescopes in the constellation Gemini

Saturn in the evening, Venus at dawn and Uranus high up in Pisces

The long anticipated total solar eclipse for observers in the United States

The Perseid meteor shower peaking on the night of 12/13th August.

Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:

Ralph – Globular Cluster Messier 56 between Lyra & Cygnus

Paul – Peculiar Galaxy NGC7727 in Aquarius.

And we finish this sky guide with August’s moon phases.

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How does the universe generate giant magnetic fields? Is it astrophysical or primordial? How do we find them anyway? Why am I not talking about Maxwell? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Originally posted on May 14, 2007.

Gamma ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the Universe, releasing more energy in a few seconds than our Sun will put out in its lifetime. It’s only been in the last few years that astronomers are finally starting to unravel the cataclysmic events that cause these energetic explosions.

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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 Sky Survey's Alex Gibbs discovered a rare Atira-class asteroid, 2016 VB1. Though its current orbit does not bring it close enough to hit Earth, its close passes by Venus & Mercury may change the orbit and endanger Earth. It bears watching.

- "If Martian microbial life is discovered, is it ethical for humans to colonize Mars even if it means spoiling the environment of the microbes?"

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Mike Simonson hosts. The guests this episode are astro-artists Stepfano Giovanardi and Angelina Yeshova as well as Daniella DePaulis of AWB's astro arts program. Stefano and Angelina chat about the genesis of their musical Astroconcerts that were featured in several Global Astronomy Months. You can share your eclipse stories with Angelina and Stefano at their website: http://www.astroconcert.com/ or directly through their email: [email protected]

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Astronomers discovered tiny little dust grains and molecules inside a supernova remnant or SNR a few months ago. For the first time they found HCO+, the formyl cation and SO, sulfur monoxide, in the inner parts of an SNR. They'd detected other molecules before, but this was the first time for these particular ones.

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