Podcast: Fun from the Sun

This month Michael (that’s me), Doug and Mike get together on Skype to discuss the Sun.

If I may have a moment, the Sun is unquestionably the most important thing in our universe. Every scrap of energy we have on this planet comes from the Sun. It’s big, bright and hugely important to the evolution of Man and our fate in the future. It’s also a cauldron of convecting plasma that behaves, in ways, like a big, boiling pot of water.

In the podcast we talk specifically about aurora and their source — sun spots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections. And we go off-topic and make jokes and stuff, too. An abbreviated version of this podcast is available at The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast.

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Podcast: Lucas Macri on the Extragalactic Distance Scale

We have a new podcast on the feed and once again it is the extended version of our most recent contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast. Michael Koppelman interviews Dr. Luca Macri of Texas A&M University about his work on the extragalactic distance scale.

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Podcast: AAVSONet with Arne Henden

We have a new podcast on the feed. Mike Simonsen interviews Dr. Arne Henden about AAVSONet, a network of remote, robotically controlled, and automatically queued telescopes for the use of AAVSO members.

(UPDATE: Fixed link, it was pointing to the wrong show!

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Podcast: Citizen Sky with Rebekah Turner

We have a new (belated) podcast on the feed! Michael, Doug and Mike regale us with their wit and humor and then Mike interviews Rebekah Turner about the Citizen Sky project.

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Podcast: Interview with Bob Naeye of Sky & Telescope

Our latest contributions to The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast featured a two-part interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. Mike Simonsen talks to Bob about amateur astronomy in Part 1 and science journalism in Part 2. In the extended versions, we hear more from Mike and Bob as well as insightful and entertaining commentary by Michael, Doug and Mike. Enjoy!

Part 1, short version
Part 1, extended version

Part 2, short version
Part 2, extended version

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Podcast Interview with Kevin Krisciunas

There is a new show on the feed! It’s the extended version of our February contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast. Our very own slacker Mike Simonsen interviews Kevin Krisciunas about his recent paper that describes how to measure the eccentricity of the moon’s orbit with a yardstick and some cardboard. But that’s not all! Kevin is a funny and experienced guy and the interview is packed with stories and science from his journeys.

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Slacker Mike Simonsen on Astronomy.FM Friday night

Hey, Slacker friends, Mike will be on Astronomy.FM Friday night at 9PM EST, talking with Marty Kunz on the Event Horizon program about AAVSO, variable stars, AAVSO, cataclysmic variables, AAVSO, Mike’s research interests, AAVSO, epsilon Aurigae, AAVSO, telescopes and whatever else comes to mind…which could be just about anything!

Podcast: Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids

We have a new podcast on the feed here and over at 365 Days of Astronomy. Mike Simonsen interviews Dr. Steve Howell about the Kepler mission, extrasolar asteroids and Ophiuchans.

Steve is an interesting guy and this is an interesting interview. The version at 365 Days of Astronomy is the short version. The extended version is on the feed as well as below.

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Podcast: Heat

Our last episode of the 2009 version of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast aired today, December 12th, 2009. We put the extended version of this episode on the Slacker Astronomy feed, or you can listen right now using the player below.

Our topic is heat and we discuss heat, temperature, thermodynamics, black bodies and associated hot topics.

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Podcast: Supernovae and Caroline Moore

We have a new podcast on the feed, featuring an interview with the youngest discoverer of a supernova, Caroline Moore. We also discuss supernovae in general, touching on both the sub-luminous and extra-luminous, and who could forget the good ol’ Type I and Type II. Not us!

So here, then, is Michael Koppelman, Doug Welch and Mike Simonsen, for your listening pleasure, presenting the Slacker Astronomy podcast.

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