The 365 Days of Astronomy

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The 365 Days of Astronomy episodes

May 06, 2016 Weekly Space Hangout - April 29: Dr. Michael Richmond from RIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpXLvAkPiWw

Streamed live on Apr 29, 2016

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Special Guest:
Dr. Michael Richmond is a Physics and Astronomy professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, and is the director of the RIT Observatory. Dr. Richmond’s research interest is Supernovae and Variable Stars.
Guests:
Paul M. Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )
Morgan Rehnberg ( MorganRehnberg.com & @MorganRehnberg )
Their stories this week:
- SpaceX to send Dragon to Mars

- Nearby recent supernova

- Makemake has a moon!

- Titan’s seas are methane, not ethane
We’ve had an abundance of news stories for the past few months, and not enough time to get to them all. So we’ve started a new system. Instead of adding all of the stories to the spreadsheet each week, we are now using a tool called Trello to submit and vote on stories we would like to see covered each week, and then Fraser will be selecting the stories from there. Here is the link to the Trello WSH page (http://bit.ly/WSHVote), which you can see without logging in. If you’d like to vote, just create a login and help us decide what to cover!
We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.
You can also join in the discussion between episodes over at our Weekly Space Hangout Crew group in G+!

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51 min
May 05, 2016 Awesome Astronomy - Astrocamp Special
Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce.

Summary of content:

In this month's AstroCamp podcast extra episode:

The Discussion: An introduction to star parties and enjoying practical astronomy under pristine dark skies away from the city.

As the podcast crewmembers run the AstroCamp star party, which many listeners attend, in the Brecon Beacon’s international dark sky reserve twice a year, we take you through the events, tutorials and workshops we run to help you hone your stargazing skills and win astronomy prizes from the Tring Astronomy Centre.

The Sky guides:

In readiness for 3 nights of stargazing in the Welsh valleys, Ralph, Paul and John choose objects to look out for this time of year. If you’re not coming to AstroCamp, these are still great night sky treats to try and locate wherever you are in the northern hemisphere.

-      Ralph’s top choices are for beginner astrophotographers, armed only with a DSLR camera and a telescope, and focuses on the Leo Triplet

-      Paul takes five deep sky galaxy treats for visual astronomers in May and throughout spring. The prime pick is a tricky tricky double galaxy to test your skills and help develop your averted vision.

-      John takes a look at the solar system objects available a little closer to home this month as he runs through the best of the planetary offerings and whets our appetites for the coming transit of Mercury on 9th May.

Awesome Astronomy: http://www.awesomeastronomy.com

Awesome Astronomy is a free monthly educational podcast to explore the frontiers of science and our evolving understanding of the universe.

Join Ralph, Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programmes dedicated to space and astronomy news and occasional podcast extras covering hot topics and special interviews in the world of science and astronomy.

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19 min
May 04, 2016 UCA SPS - Titan as a Prebiotic Chemical System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mXxWkC99-Y
Published on Nov 21, 2013
Special guest: Dr. Sarah M. Hörst ( @PlanetDr & @horstlab ), Assistant Professor in the Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is one of the most
interesting places in the Solar System to study prebiotic
chemistry. The atmosphere is rich in organic chemistry, including a
thick global haze layer and the surface is covered by hydrocarbon
seas and organic dune fields. I give an overview of some of the
major discoveries about Titan from the Cassini-Huygens mission and
discuss ongoing work to understand Titan's atmospheric
chemistry.
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educator training program by going to this site:
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demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and
more!
1 hr
May 03, 2016 Ask A Spaceman 031: The Speed of Light
Hosted by Dr. Paul Matt Sutter.
- How can the universe expand faster than the speed
of light?
- What does it mean for Special Relativity to be
“local”?
- Is there a conflict between General and Special
Relativity?
I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a
Spaceman!
Follow all the show updates at askaspaceman.com, and
help support the show at patreon.com/pmsutter!
Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy,
astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman on
Twitter@PaulMattSutter and Facebook/PaulMattSutter for COMPLETE
KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick
Bain.
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educator training program by going to this site:
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education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the
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demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and
more!
37 min
May 02, 2016 Astronomy Cast - Ep. 412: The Color of the Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn6hgvi60XY
Streamed live April 29, 2016.
Join +Fraser Cain and +Pamela Gay for a live episode
of Astronomy Cast. We'll record our 30-minute show, and then stay
tuned for them to answer questions!
What color is the Universe? Turns out this isn't a simple question,
and one that scientists have really been unable to answer, until
now!
BTW, "Cosmic Latte" is 255-248-231 or #FFF8E7.
Yeah.
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While you're at it, do support our Learning Space
educator training program by going to this site:
https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace
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!
25 min
May 01, 2016 Awesome Astronomy - May Sky Guide
Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host.
Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce.
Organisation name: Awesome Astronomy
http://www.awesomeastronomy.com
Summary of content: What to look out, and up, for
in March.
We start a new look (listen?) for sky guide this
month.
We begin the show with a discussion around the
highlights to observe this May:
- The Transit of Mercury on 9th May
- International Astronomy Day on 14th May
- Mars at opposition on 22nd May
- Three meteor shower peaks, Eta Aquariids (6th), Eta
Lyrids (8th) & Camelopardalids (24th)
Next we each suggest and help you find a deep sky
favourite to observe in May:
- Ralph – M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
- Jeni – M27 The Dumbbell Nebula
- Paul – M3 Globular cluster in Canes Venatici
Finally we round up the moon phases and a couple of
nice planetary and lunar conjunctions.
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While you're at it, do support our Learning Space
educator training program by going to this site:
https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace
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!
21 min
April 30, 2016 Hangout-a-Thon 2015: Hubble's 25th Anniversary
https://youtu.be/Hd_rGtZ3HSc
Streamed live on Apr 25, 2015
Special Guests: Dr. Phil Plait ( @BadAstronomer ) and Dr.
Sarah Willis, a post-doc fellow at the Harvard-Smithonian CfA
(Center for Astrophysics) in Cambridge Mass.
We chat about all the cool things the Hubble Space
Telescope has given us over the years it has been working, and a
bit about the rocky start it had.
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Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/
Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].
While you're at it, do support our Learning Space
educator training program by going to this site:
https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace
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!
51 min
April 29, 2016 Weekly Space Hangout - Apr 22: Mike Simmons Highlights Global Astronomy Month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfgIsUvVP0
Streamed live April 22, 2016.
Host: Fraser Cain
(@fcain)
Special
Guest:
Mike Simmons, Founder
and President of Astronomers without Borders (http://astronomerswithoutborders.org),
will be joining us to discuss the 2016 Global Astronomy Month
(GAM)! http://gam-awb.org/ GAM is
organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders and is the
world’s largest global celebration of astronomy. Find out about the
amazing GAM events going on all over the world and how YOU can get
involved.
Guests:
Kimberly
Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org &
@AstroKimCartier
)
Morgan Rehnberg ( MorganRehnberg.com & @MorganRehnberg )
Their stories this week:
- Autopsying Hitomi
- Lone Planetary-Mass Object Found in Family of
Stars
- China studies making babies in space!
- Ultra-cool polar regions of Venus’s
atmosphere
- Didn't fruit flies reproduce on the ISS in an
experiment?
- Could there be "sweet spots" on Venus where landing
probes would be more practical?
We’ve
had an abundance of news stories for the past few months, and not
enough time to get to them all. So we’ve started a new system.
Instead of adding all of the stories to the spreadsheet each week,
we are now using a tool called Trello to submit and vote on stories
we would like to see covered each week, and then Fraser will be
selecting the stories from there. Here is the link to the Trello
WSH page (http://bit.ly/WSHVote), which you can
see without logging in. If you’d like to vote, just create a login
and help us decide what to cover!
We
record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific /
3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today,
or the Universe Today YouTube page.
You can also join in the discussion between episodes over at our
Weekly Space Hangout Crew group in G+!
Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/
for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and
other awesomeness!
http://cosmoquest.org/Donate
This show is made possible through your donations.
Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just
click!)
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by
Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/
Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].
While you're at it, do support our Learning Space
educator training program by going to this site:
https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace
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!
55 min
April 28, 2016 Cosmic Perspectives - Adventurer Jim Clash
Andy Poniros hosts.
Jim Clash is a seasoned adventurer and journalist. In
reporting for Forbes and other publications over the last two
decades, he has skied to the South Pole; flown in a MiG-25 at Mach
2.6 to the edge of space; driven the Bugatti Veyron at its top
speed of 253 mph; visited the North Pole twice; and done bobsled
runs with the Olympic team.
Jim has interviewed and profiled some of the world’s
great adventurers. Including the late Sir Edmund Hillary and Neil
Armstrong, John Glenn, Chuck Yeager, Buzz Aldrin, and the late Dr.
Edward Teller.
Clash is a fellow and director at The Explorers Club.
He has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from the University
of Maryland. Recently he purchased a ticket from Virgin Galactic
Airways to fly into suborbital space in 2013.
Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/
for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and
other awesomeness!
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This show is made possible through your donations.
Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just
click!)
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by
Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/
Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].
While you're at it, do support our Learning Space
educator training program by going to this site:
https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace
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!
19 min
April 27, 2016 UCA SPS - Gravity: A Love Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waqHDqv8LME
Published on Dec 4, 2013
Special Guest: Dr. Matthew Francis ( https://bowlerhatscience.org/
& @DrMRFrancis )
"Gravity a Love Story"
"Beauty" and "black holes" are terms not often associated with each
other. However, those of us who study black holes often do find
them beautiful in a way: a beauty of the mind. My story is an
intertwined narrative of the physics and astronomy of black holes,
my love for them, and - not least - the pleasure we can all find in
telling others about our beautiful Universe.
Hosted by UCA SPS Chapter
For more information on upcoming events and
speakers;
https://www.facebook.com/groups/spsat...

Twitter: @UCAPhysicsClub
Email: [email protected] for any further
questions
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The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by
Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/
Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].
While you're at it, do support our Learning Space
educator training program by going to this site:
https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace
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!
49 min

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The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast launched in 2009 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This community podcast continues to bring you day after day of content across the years. Everyday, a…