The 365 Days of Astronomy

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Molecules are made up of smaller, elementary particles called atoms. For example, water is a molecule created from two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. H2O. But molecules don’t sprout up just anywhere. Like most recipes the temperature needs to be just right.

Original paper: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1508.07296v1.pdf

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https://youtu.be/Vxa5DR7_IXM?t=1h59m11s - Part 5

Streamed live on Apr 27, 2014

Guest: Donna Mugavero ( @MsInformation ) of Sheer Brick Studio. http://www.sheerbrick.com/sbHome.html

We talk about the intersection where science and art meet. There's no stoplight or stop signs there, just continuous collisions. Good times, good times. There might be awesome hairstyles involved. I'm just sayin'.

Steve DeGroof and Maria Walters of Death by Puppets ( http://deathbypuppets.com/ ) are continuing to hang with us from the previous segment.

George's Trebuchet album artwork time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbgnARVLMuU

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmTPBdEkB7Q

Streamed live on Jan 8, 2016

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Special Guest: Dr. Elizabeth S. Sexton-Kennedy, who works at FermiLab as Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Offline Coordinator. CMS (at CERN/LHC) is a particle detector that is designed to see a wide range of particles and phenomena produced in high-energy proton collisions in the LHC.
Guests:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg )
Alessondra Springmann (@sondy)
Paul Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter)
Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com)
Pamela Gay (cosmoquest.org / @cosmoquestx / @starstryder) ???
Their articles:
- Unusual black holes

- Falcon 9 successfully lands + next landing attempt

- Mars InSIGHT mission delayed

- Venus meets Saturn

- New elements!

- The NASA budget: 19.3 billion and NSF gets 7.7billion!
What’s new this week:
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!
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Andy Poniros hosts.

NASA JPL & Stanford University: "How to Explore the Surface of a Comet or Asteroid" 2:04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDmoqjNQAu8

Published on Sep 3, 2015

A robot concept called Hedgehog could explore the microgravity environment of comets and asteroids by hopping and rolling around on them. See Hedgehog in action in the microgravity environment of a "vomit comet" parabolic flight.

Read more about Hedgehog here: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4712

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NASA JPL: "Buoyant Rover for Under Ice Exploration" 3:04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_NwlkW1BXw

Published on Sep 24, 2015

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, a technology that could one day explore oceans under the ice layers of planetary bodies. The prototype was tested in arctic lakes near Barrow, Alaska.

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NASA JPL: "The Search for Another Earth" 17:24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc5v_7mIFCc

Published on Nov 4, 2015

Twenty years ago astronomers discovered the first planet around a sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b. And in the last 20 years, astronomers have discovered thousands of new exotic worlds, begun to characterize atmospheres of faraway planets, and are developing cutting-edge technology to launch us on our search for alien life. Planets with two suns, rogue planets with no star, close cousins to planet Earth. This is the story of the pioneers in planet-hunting and how those who have followed are closer to answering one of humanity’s most ancient questions: Is there life elsewhere in the universe?

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Link:  www.alicesastroinfo.com

Description: Presented as a counterpart to Awesome Astronomy’s Northern Hemisphere monthly forecast [ http://www.awesomeastronomy.com ], Alice talks about what’s visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Focused at about 33°S, this forecast should work for anywhere between 25°S and 50°S

Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) is bright enough to pick out with a Telescope or Binoculars, unless you have very clear and dark skies. Then, I presume, you'll just need really good eyeballs. You’ll be looking in the northeast just before the Sun rises. It’ll be moving between the constellations of Ursa Major and Boötes throughout the month, and look like a fuzzed-out star.

This time of year, Orion is one of my favorite targets, because the color difference in the stars is noticeable with only a little practice. The two brightest stars, Rigel and Betelgeuse, are on opposite corners of Orion. Gazing at these stars on a clear night, you’ll notice that Betelgeuse is a little warmer of a color, rusty/gold. Rigel is more of a stark white, or a tinge of blue.

Useful Links:

Heavens-Above Starcharts for anywhere, anytime, no installation required:

http://www.heavens-above.com/main.aspx?lat=-33.8675&lng=151.207&loc=Sydney&alt=19&tz=AEST

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Stellarium Free planetarium-style program for your computer or tablet:

http://www.stellarium.org/

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7Timer - Clear sky charts (will it be clear enough for stargazing?). Input your location, then click on “ASTRO” in the pop-up:

http://ftp.astron.ac.cn/

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Monthly Sky Guides from Sydney Observatory:

http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/category/astronomy/monthly-sky-guides/

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Dr. Paul Matt Sutter hosts.

This week I chat with Dr. Mark Jackson of Fiat Physica ( https://www.fiatphysica.com/ ) about crowdsourcing, scientific research, and…cheese selection. Our apologies about the occasional audio difficulties… Douglas Adams says Earth is "Mostly harmless." so this show is "Mostly good audio." Your mileage may vary. Fromage à trois batteries not included…

Special thanks to the The Ohio State University’s Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics for hosting this recording session. You can find more information at realspacepodcast.com or by following me on Facebook or Twitter!

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Oh, and here's the SNL Laser Cats short: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/snl-digital-short-laser-cats/n12030

And the Jimmy Fallon/Justin Timberlake #Hashtag skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F42GVnEvsZY†

Streamed live on Jan 4, 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!
Astronomers gather electromagnetic radiation with their telescopes, mostly visible light. But sometimes they've gotta be clever about where they look for these elusive photons. Light can get emitted, absorbed, reflected, and each method tells astronomers a little more about what they're looking at.

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Hosted by Avivah Yamani.

This episode continues our deep dive into the formation of the solar system with a look at the formation issues regarding the gas and ice giants.

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Mary Angelie Alagao, BS, MS, a researcher in the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Ms. Alagao delivers a scientific paper at the SEAYAC (Southeast Asian Young Astronomer Collaboration) meeting in December 2015.

http://seayac.org/

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

Join Ralph, Paul and Jen (and occasionally John or Damien) at the beginning of each month for a passionate look at the space & astronomy world, simple explanations of complex and fundamental topics, space and science news, absorbing interviews with people that make the astronomy news and answers to listeners' questions.

As the presenters have been accused of being a little skeptical in the past, you can also expect everything to be frivolous but fact-based, with an emphasis on highlighting the wonderful science that reveals ever more about our complex and exciting universe.

The Discussion: In our first invasion of 2016 we discuss Paul’s work promoting British astronaut Tim Peake’s stay on the International Space Station and his visit to Parliament; Jen’s ongoing work in General Relativity and black holes and John tells us about his trip to visit the Sutherland Astronomical Society in Perth Australia.

The News: This month we return to NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at Ceres where we might just have the answer to those intriguing white spots on the dwarf planet. Then we discuss the findings that put to bed the puzzle about why gas giant exoplanets don’t seem to have the right amount of water in their atmospheres. And we finish January’s news with a wandering Kuiper Belt object snapped by NASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft.

The 5 Minute Concept: We conclude our series of back to basics 5 Minute Concepts with a look at the last essential items in the amateur astronomers toolkit – eyepieces. Whay are they, whey do we need them, how to get the most from them and how to get the balance between cheap stock eyepieces and expensive behemoths.

The Interview: This month we continue to honour 100 years of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity as Jen talks to Professor Mark Hannam, Dr. Patrick Sutton and Dr. Stephen Fairhurst from Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy.

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