As Simple As That (Show #44)

By Aaron on February 28, 2006 at 10:11 pm | In Slacker Astronomy Archival Podcasts |

Castdate: 060228
Title: As Simple As That
Written By: Aaron
Disembodied Voices: Pamela & Travis
Engineered: Travis
Rating: [FF] - Family Friendly

• Transcript
• RS Oph - AAVSO Variable Star of the Season
• Latest pictures and spectra of this outburst
• RS Oph - Sokoloski’s RXTE X-Ray observations telegram
• A 1990’s survey and report on gender equity in astronomy
• Study showing increasing numbers of female astronomers - among 18-23 year-olds women are in the majority
• Buddhist Sand Mandala via Wikipedia

At right is RS Oph in outburst. Image by amateur astronomer John Chumack in New Mexico, USA.

Above is a light curve of the 1985 outburst. Vertical axis is brightness (5 is naked eye from dark locations, 7-10 requires binoculars and 10+ a telescope) and horizontal axis is time (approximately 2 years).