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		<title>This is your chance for your name  to go to Mars!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     This is your chance for your name to go to Mars!
    Fill in your information below and your name will be included with others on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover heading to Mars in 2011!
    More at:
http://marsparticipate.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/03/this-is-your-chance-for-your-name-to-go-to-mars/</link>
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		<title>Amateur astronomers to shed light on solar storms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[more armchair astronomy work for the internet masses.
&#8211;Ben
Amateur astronomers to shed light on solar storms
&#8220;&#8230;Becoming a solar storm tracker involves setting up a ‘Zooniverse account,’ logging into the Solar Stormwatch site at http://solarstormwatch.com and completing a short interactive training programme. Almost anyone can help the project says Dr Davis. “Many motivated individuals will always be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/03/amateur-astronomers-to-shed-light-on-solar-storms/</link>
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		<title>TENTH ANNUAL ISAAC ASIMOV MEMORIAL DEBATE 3/15 @ AMNH in NYC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[for anyone who happens to be in NYC next Mar 15th.
wonder how long till the podcast is posted?
 http://www.amnh.org/podcast/index.html
&#8211;Ben
AMNHlogo
Media Inquiries:      Department of Communications                            [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/tenth-annual-isaac-asimov-memorial-debate-315-amnh-in-nyc/</link>
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		<title>Forest of Jets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[fyi:
More images from Enceladus flyby last Nov. 21 2009.
&#8211;Ben
Forest of Jets
Cassini&#8217;s close flyby of Enceladus last Nov. 21 revealed a forest of new jets spraying from the prominent fractures crossing the south polar region and yielded the most detailed temperature map to date&#8230; 
http://ciclops.org/view_event/129/Forest_of_Jets
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/forest-of-jets/</link>
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		<title>STS-130 as seen from ISS @ Sunrise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[cool pic.
&#8211;Ben
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-130/html/iss022e062674.html
lots of other STS-130 pics here.
 http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-130/ndxpage1.html
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/sts-130-as-seen-from-iss-sunrise/</link>
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		<title>GeoStationary HighWay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cool astro photo &#8216;movie&#8217; by Babak A. Tafreshi .
&#8211;Ben
Geostationary Orbits are over five times the radius of the Earth, approximately 36000 km above sea level. Objects in such orbits have orbital period equal to the Earth&#8217;s rotation and would remain stationary over the same point on the Earth&#8217;s equator. Geostationary objects appear motionless in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/geostationary-highway/</link>
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		<title>Jurassic Space: Ancient Galaxies Come Together After Billions of Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[more cool HST galaxies gone wild pics.
As always, be sure to zoom in to the FULL frame (2758 X 2567)
6.8MB JPEG
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2010-08-a-full_jpg.jpg
to see all the &#8216;tiny&#8217; galaxies.
I like pair in the bottom left.
&#8211;Ben
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Jurassic Space: Ancient Galaxies Come Together After Billions of Years
February 18, 2010: Imagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard. Astronomers have found the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/jurassic-space-ancient-galaxies-come-together-after-billions-of-years/</link>
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		<title>Happy BD Nicolaus Copernicus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy BD Nicolaus Copernicus
19 February 1473
the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric  cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe
&#8211;Ben
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Copernicus
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/happy-bd-nicolaus-copernicus/</link>
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		<title>Prometheus Popping in 3-D</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturn&#8217;s potato-shaped moon Prometheus is rendered in three dimensions in this close-up from Cassini.
This 3-D view is a color composite picture made from two different black and white images that were taken from slightly different viewing angles. The images are combined so that the viewer&#8217;s left and right eye, respectively and separately, see a left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/prometheus-popping-in-3-d/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;PLUTO IS A PLANET IN NEW MEXICO DAY&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Is it Legal?&#8217; Really IS just a matter of time and/or geography.
I&#8217;m not sure I like the gov. defining my science.
Although they do define the weights and measures. 
I heard Indiana tried declaring pi = 3.0000 awhile back (1897).  Well at least they tried to.
&#8211;Ben
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2010  Regular  Session
HM 17
&#8220;PLUTO IS A PLANET IN [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/pluto-is-a-planet-in-new-mexico-day/</link>
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		<title>Emission Spectra Scarves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[cool retweet.
Move over Dr Who scarves&#8230;  There is a NEW geek scarf in town.
&#8211;Ben
from @starstryder  &#038; @Moonrangerlaura
I found a reason to go by more yarn &#038; study emission line lamps http://bit.ly/dbvTHf  aka:
http://sternlab.org/2010/02/emission-spectra-scarves/
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/emission-spectra-scarves/</link>
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		<title>Mimas and Calypso Rev 126 Flyby Raw Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cassini is headed towards that small moon.
That&#8217;s no small moon,  That&#8217;s a Space Station!
oh wait, yes it is just a small moon.
&#8211;Ben
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****** Forwarded Message Follows *******
February 15, 2010
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Latest images from Cassini&#8217;s flybys of Saturn&#8217;s `Death Star&#8217; moon, Mimas, and one of its small moons, Calypso, are now down on the ground.
If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/mimas-and-calypso-rev-126-flyby-raw-preview/</link>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just for you on Valentine&#8217;s Day, we&#8217;ve got a video of hearts in space,
Hearts in Space- Sixty Symbols
and a special alert to be on the lookout for northern lights tonight.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/happy-valentines-day/</link>
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		<title>Slacker Astronomy now on facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right! There is now a new way to keep up to date with all the things we should be doing, but probably aren&#8217;t&#8230;the Slacker Astronomy Fan Page on facebook. You can find us here.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/slacker-astronomy-now-on-facebook/</link>
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		<title>Podcast Interview with Kevin Krisciunas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
There is a new show on the feed! It&#8217;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&#8217;s orbit with a yardstick and some cardboard. But that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/podcast-interview-with-kevin-krisciunas/</link>
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		<title>Mars Rovers HAZCAM  picture compilations in HD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cool YouTube videos.
&#8211;Ben
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Mars Rover Spirit picture compilation in HD
Pictures compiled from Mars Rover Spirit using the front HAZCAM left side lens from martian days (sols) 1 through 1724. That&#8217;s nearly five earth years shrunk into a 7 minute video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQQKQhX&#8211;M
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Mars Rover Opportunity picture compilation in HD
Pictures compiled from Mars Rover Opportunity using the front HAZCAM right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/mars-rovers-hazcam-picture-compilations-in-hd/</link>
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		<title>Flying in Formation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Found this poster print and a bunch of other funny stuff at Despair.com. This one jumped right out at me because of the title. We&#8217;re all about exerting half the effort, well, at least half of the time.
But do not &#8220;despair&#8221;. We have several new podcasts coming up in the next few days.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/02/917/</link>
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		<title>Slacker Mike Simonsen on Astronomy.FM Friday night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s research interests, AAVSO, epsilon Aurigae, AAVSO, telescopes and whatever else comes to mind&#8230;which could be just about anything!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/01/slacker-mike-simonsen-on-astronomy-fm-friday-night/</link>
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		<title>new exoplanets.org table</title>
		<description><![CDATA[news via twitter.
&#8211;Ben

Twitter.com/Exoplanetology


Hey, exoplanets.org just launched their new exoplanets data http://exoplanets.org/exotable/exoTable.html includes plots! Nice!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/01/new-exoplanets-org-table/</link>
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		<title>Carnival of Space #136 is LIVE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Carnival of Space is hosted by Simostronomy, resident slacker, Mike Simonsen&#8217;s blog.
He&#8217;ll take you to the Moon, you&#8217;ll fly through the stars, you&#8217;ll go visit a friend on the surface of Mars.
So scroll down the page, see what there is to see, the tickets are priced just right..they&#8217;re FREE!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/01/carnival-of-space-136-is-live/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: The Monthly Sky Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the nice things about publishing an astronomy blog is we get copies of astronomy books from various publishers sent to us to review. Just before Christmas Cambridge University Press sent us a copy of the eighth edition of Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion&#8217;s &#8216;The Monthly Sky Guide&#8217;.
This book is a classic beginner level [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/01/book-review-the-monthly-sky-guide/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/01/podcast-kepler-and-extrasolar-asteroids/</link>
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		<title>Saturn is of one Time&#8217;s top 2009 pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time Magazine lists an image of  Saturn as of one Time&#8217;s top pictures of 2009.

see it at :
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1946595_2010965,00.html
You can get the the Full size 7227 samples x 3847 lines image, or smaller sizes too,
here: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11667 
or
http://ciclops.org/view/5773/The_Rite_of_Spring
It make&#8217;s a great desktop image. 
Thanks Cassini and  Carolyn Porco
&#8211;Ben
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2010/01/saturn-is-of-one-times-top-2009-pictures/</link>
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		<title>Video Podcast: Citizen Sky Lite Brite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, all. We made this video  describing epsilon Aurigae and the Citizen Sky project. Similar to our supernovae video from 2006, this was done almost entirely with diagrams made with Lite Brite pegs. BTW, the first phase of the eclipse will be ending any day now as the star reaches minima. However, there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/12/citizen-sky-lite-brite-video/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Heat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/12/podcast-heat/</link>
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		<title>My ISS / STS-129 pic was mentioned (linked) on SpaceWeather.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My ISS / STS-129 pic was mentioned (linked) on SpaceWeather.com
 http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&#038;day=28&#038;month=11&#038;year=2009
and scroll down to the &#8216;SPACESHIP SIGHTINGS:&#8217;
then to &#8216;more images:&#8217; paragraph then in mid paragraph&#8230;
ta-da&#8230;
If you want to see an animated GIF of the event check out :
 http://freemars.org/mnfan/MNSFS/2009-11-26-ISS-STS-129-Pass/ISS-STS-129-pass-2009-11-26.gif 
6Mb file.
other info here:
 http://freemars.org/mnfan/MNSFS/2009-11-26-ISS-STS-129-Pass/ 
&#8211;Ben
still trying to get my 15 min of fame.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/12/my-iss-sts-129-pic-was-mentioned-linked-on-spaceweather-com/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Supernovae and Caroline Moore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; Type I and Type II. Not us!
So here, then, is Michael Koppelman, Doug Welch and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/12/supernovae-and-caroline-moore/</link>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s Greeting from Hubble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[fire up  your color printer and have a happy holiday.
&#8211;Ben
This year, say it in stars! Send your friends and relatives best wishes for the season with our printable holiday cards. Messages of joy and peace are illuminated by the natural splendor of the universe. The cards are designed to be printed out at photo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/12/seasons-greeting-from-hubble/</link>
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		<title>New more astronomy audio?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a ton of astronomy audio content laying around here at Slacker Astronomy. We have our entire podcast feed, which dates back to February 2005 and spans entire epochs of Slacker Astronomy casts and styles. Then there is the little known Extra feed which has tons of interviews and oddball content. We also have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/11/new-more-astronomy-audio/</link>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[cool pic.
too bad GRO isn&#8217;t around any more
&#8211;Ben
NASA&#8217;s Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy
November 10, 2009: A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our
Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA on Nov. 10. This event will
commemorate the 400 years since Galileo first turned his telescope to the
heavens in 1609. In celebration of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/11/nasas-great-observatories-celebrate-international-year-of-astronomy/</link>
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		<title>Axel Mellinger’s All-Sky Milky Way Panorama 2.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[fyi:
–Ben
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Axel Mellinger’s All-Sky Milky Way Panorama 2.0
Between October 2007 and August 2009, a new digital all-sky mosaic image was assembled from more than 3000 individual CCD frames. Using an SBIG STL-11000 camera, 70 fields (each covering 40° × 27°) were imaged from dark-sky locations in South Africa, Texas and Michigan. In order to increase the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/11/axel-mellinger%e2%80%99s-all-sky-milky-way-panorama-2-0/</link>
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		<title>Get Ready &#8230; Enceladus Here We Come!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[fyi:
News from the Saturn System.
&#8211;Ben
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November 1, 2009
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Here&#8217;s a reminder that tomorrow (Mon) sees the first of two Cassini close flybys this month of the moon Enceladus.   Images should start arriving here at CICLOPS around 12:30 pm Mountain Standard Time tomorrow; we&#8217;ll post the best raw images as soon as we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/11/get-ready-enceladus-here-we-come/</link>
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		<title>30&#8243; Obsession Dobsonian telescope stolen in San Antonio TX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keep a look out for a &#8216;cheap&#8217; 30&#8243; Obsession Dobsonian telescope with S/N 1510.
here is a local TV story on it.
http://www.ksat.com/video/21243470/index.html
more at bad astro
http://www.bautforum.com/astronomical-observing-equipment-accessories/95619-30-telescope-stolen.html#post1608705
&#8211;Ben
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/30-obsession-dobsonian-telescope-stolen-in-san-antonio-tx/</link>
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		<title>Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy Galilean Nights October 23 &amp; 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy Galilean Nights
October 23 &#38; 24, 2009

find a nearby event 
http://www.galileannights.org/
or make your own event!


and party like its 1609!
Four hundred years since Galileo’s telescopic observations revolutionized our view of the Universe, the public will once again be turning their attention to the heavens. People all around the world are encouraged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/celebrate-the-international-year-of-astronomy-galilean-nights-october-23-24/</link>
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		<title>Paw Print on Mercury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reminded of the amazing paw print on Mercury picture, taken by Messenger, while Michael, Doug and I were recording the latest Slacker Astronomy podcast. I added my own text in the tradition of Lolcats. What can I say; I&#8217;m easily amused.







Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institute of Washington 


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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/paw-print-on-mercury/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: CCDs, Cosmology and Ben</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael, Doug and Mike discuss the charge coupled device (CCD), answer reader mail about cosmology and interivew Slacker-blogger Ben Huset.
You should subscribe to the feed, subscribe via iTunes or just listen or download below.
Send us your questions! Buy a t-shirt!
This podcast is brought to you by Swinburne Astronomy Online, offering fully online degree programs in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/podcast-ccds-cosmology-and-ben/</link>
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		<title>nice HST pic of Arp 243 aka NGC 2623.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[nice pic of Arp 243 aka NGC 2623.
&#8211;Ben
13-Oct-2009: A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what
appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the
result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble our own Milky Way
smashing together at breakneck speeds. The product of this dramatic
collision, called NGC 2623, or Arp [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/nice-hst-pic-of-arp-243-aka-ngc-2623/</link>
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		<title>Charting The Solar System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[interesting data visualization.
&#8211;Ben
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Ever Wonder What Every Space Mission From the Last 50 Years Looks Like on One Map?
Well, here it is. National Geographic has plotted the route of every space mission carried out over the last 50 years onto a map of the solar system, giving a nice visual look at the history of space [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/charting-the-solar-system/</link>
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		<title>Nobel for the CCD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The awkwardly named &#8220;charge coupled device&#8221; or CCD has probably been the most important technical invention in astronomy since the telescope itself. It&#8217;s impossible to overstate the importance of the CCD in science and astronomy. It has literally made it possible for us to understand the universe.
So it is freaking awesome that the 2 fellows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/nobel-for-the-ccd/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: North Star Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a new podcast on the feed! It&#8217;s been a while since our last show but we made up for it with a nice, long and informative show about Polaris, also known as The North Star. 
The podcast features the usual crew &#8212; Michael Koppelman, Doug Welch and Mike Simonsen and includes an interview [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/10/podcast-north-star-special/</link>
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		<title>The Trilogy is Complete — GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 featuring M8 (Lagoon Nebula) is now posted.
&#8211;Ben
   The Trilogy is Complete — GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3
The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online, completing this eye-opening dive into our galactic home in outstanding fashion. The latest image follows on from views, released over the last two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/the-trilogy-is-complete-%e2%80%94-gigagalaxy-zoom-phase-3/</link>
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		<title>WE HAVE SUNSPOTS!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WE HAVE SUNSPOTS!
I Haven&#8217;t seen them due to clouds over my house but SOHO has.
Nice one at the 8:00 position.
&#8211;Ben
The Very Latest SOHO Images
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/we-have-sunspots/</link>
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		<title>Planck First Light Survey results confirm excellent performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[fyi:
VERY COOL satellite.   
&#8220;&#8230;Planck the coldest object in space at just 0.1° above absolute zero (-273.15°C)&#8230;&#8221;
&#8211;Ben
First Light Survey results confirm excellent performance
The Planck space observatory, ESA’s mission to study the early Universe, has successfully completed its initial test survey of the sky, confirming that both of the scientific instruments and the sophisticated cryogenics, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/planck-first-light-survey-results-confirm-excellent-performance/</link>
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		<title>Smallest exoplanet is shown to be a solid, rocky world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cool!
&#8211;Ben
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Smallest exoplanet is shown to be a solid, rocky world 
*The confirmation of the nature of CoRoT-7b as the first rocky planet outside our Solar System marks a significant step forward in the search for Earth-like exoplanets. The detection by CoRoT and follow-up radial velocity measurements with HARPS suggest that this exoplanet, CoRoT-7b, has a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/smallest-exoplanet-is-shown-to-be-a-solid-rocky-world/</link>
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		<title>ESO unveils an amazing, interactive, 360-degree panoramic view of the entire night sky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice eye candy of the backbone of night.
has both large image files and quicktime pans 
&#8211;Ben
ESO unveils an amazing, interactive, 360-degree panoramic view of the entire night sky
The first of three images of ESO&#8217;s GigaGalaxy Zoom project — a new magnificent 800-million-pixel panorama of the entire sky as seen from ESO’s observing sites in Chile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/eso-unveils-an-amazing-interactive-360-degree-panoramic-view-of-the-entire-night-sky/</link>
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		<title>Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NEW Hubble images are here&#8230;. The NEW Hubble images are here!
Great NEW shots of NGC 6302 (Butterfly Nebula, Bug Nebula), Jet in Carina, Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) &#038; Stephan&#8217;s Quintet
They are cool&#8230;  as all HST images are.
&#8211;Ben
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Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe
  http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/25/
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/hubble-opens-new-eyes-on-the-universe/</link>
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		<title>Hubble 3D to Reveal Unprecedented Views of the Universe in IMAX(R) Theatres Starting March 19, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendars.
&#8211;Ben
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Hubble 3D to Reveal Unprecedented Views of the Universe in IMAX(R) Theatres Starting March 19, 2010
Audiences to Accompany Spacewalking Astronauts as They Perform the Final Upgrade to the Hubble Space Telescope
IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX), and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Hubble 3D will be released exclusively in IMAX(R) and IMAX(R) 3D theatres [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/hubble-3d-to-reveal-unprecedented-views-of-the-universe-in-imaxr-theatres-starting-march-19-2010/</link>
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		<title>New Slackers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
For those of you who listen to the podcast, you know that we&#8217;ve added Mike Simonsen to the Slacker Astronomy podcast crew. Mike is a funny guy, an accomplished amateur astronomer, a member of the AAVSO staff and a friend of ours for many years. Mike is a go-getter and has been doing interviews for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/new-slackers/</link>
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		<title>Mt Wilson Fire stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[interesting fire satellite photos here:
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/01/satellite-images-of-california-wildfires-mt-wilson-update/
 Interesting fire blog posts by /Hal McAlister, Director /CHARA Array  @ /Mt Wilson /on (http://www.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/fire.php)
 fire map here
 http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1856/
Mt Wilson is on the SE edge of the fire 
 *The Mount Wilson webserver has gone down, most likely due to a backfire infiltration of a pull box containing telephone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/09/mt-wilson-fire-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Catalina Sky Survey Spawns Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this should be  good on-line resource.
&#8211;Ben
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Catalina Sky Survey Spawns Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey
The Catalina Sky Survey detects potentially hazardous asteroids and comets. Now a spin-off survey is finding a windfall of &#8220;optical transients&#8221; in the same data&#8230;
&#8230;Thanks to the $890,000 NSF grant awarded this month, the CRTS team soon will construct a Web site that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/08/catalina-sky-survey-spawns-catalina-real-time-transient-survey/</link>
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		<title>Is Mt Wilson Burning ???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[bad news&#8230;  stay tuned&#8230;
&#8220;&#8230;Driven by high winds, flames continued to burn out of control high in the mountains as they neared the Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory and onsite communication towers.
“It’s a serious situation,” said Bob Shindelar, operations branch director of California Incident Management Team 5. “Is the observatory going to make it? We’re doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/08/is-mt-wilson-burning/</link>
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		<title>You look hot today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
But you would look even more hot if you were wearing one of our Slacker Astronomy t-shirts.  The price includes shipping and 100% of the profits go directly to the production of this podcast. We don&#8217;t make any money doing this and we actually couldn&#8217;t afford to do this at all except for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/08/you-look-hot-today/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Slackerchat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
We have a new podcast on the feed! Refresh your iTunes and/or click below to listen. This episode features chatter from Michael, Doug and Mike. Topics include:

Citizen Sky

Jupiter Impact

Galileo Scope

Mars
Scorpius
Starhunt

Super Planetary Nebula

Stardust@Home
Active SETI

Check it out and let us know what you think!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/08/podcast-slackerchat/</link>
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		<title>Losing the outer solar system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read a disturbing post about no more funding for Pu-238 for TNGs
Its REALLY hard to explore beyond Mars if you have to drag a few football fields of solar panels with you.  
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/08/10/nasa-may-have-to-revamp-science-without-rtgs/
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/08/losing-the-outer-solar-system/</link>
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		<title>Stay tuned&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greeting Slackerpedes!
Doug and I have been underwater lately. Sorry about the lack of new shows! But the gears have been turning and we will have new shows, new blog posts and new new new fun fun fun things coming around the bend in the not-so-distant-future.
So stay tuned!
Got a question or show idea? Email us!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/08/stay-tuned/</link>
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		<title>Citizen Sky: A different type of citizen science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hi, all. Been a long time! I&#8217;m starting my fourth year in grad school and beginning dissertation work. The end is within sight, after which I hope to return to some level of activity. I&#8217;m using what few brain cells are left to think up some new, crazy stuff. But until that day eventually comes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/06/citizen-sky-a-different-type-of-citizen-science/</link>
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		<title>Interview: Evalyn Gates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Doug and I had the pleasure of doing an interview with Dr. Evalyn Gates, Assistant Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. She studies white dwarfs (dwarves?), dark matter, cosmic strings, black holes and she recently wrote a book on gravitational lensing, Einstein’s Telescope:  The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/06/interview-evalyn-gates/</link>
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		<title>First exoplanet discovered with astrometry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Astrometry is the process of measuring positions on the 2-D projection of the sky through imaging. So you take a picture of the sky, identify all of the stars against a known star catalog and then determine the position of some object(s) relative to that catalog. Pre-telescope astronomy was based almost solely on (visual) astrometry.
Universe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/05/first-exoplanet-discovered-with-astrometry/</link>
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		<title>Nice tribute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
John Hearnshaw, as part of Cosmic Diary, has written a very nice article: Recollections of three great photometrists: Whitford, Eggen and Cousins. As a student and practitioner of modern astronomical photometry, it is very interesting to read up on my predecessors.
I, too, have recollections of great photometrists, having spent time with Dr. Arne Henden and, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/05/nice-tribute/</link>
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		<title>Hubble team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is video of some of the people who worked on the mission to upgrade and repair Hubble as they watch it released from the space shuttle.

From http://hubblesite.org/servicing_mission_4/
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/05/hubble-team/</link>
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		<title>Really cool Galileo telescope for $15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
As you know, it is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) as well as the 400th anniversary of the astronomical telescope. There is a very cool telescope that is part of these celebrations, the Galileoscope, and it is only $15 and takes just a few minutes to assemble.
If you are an educator, troop leader or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/05/really-cool-galileo-telescope-for-15/</link>
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		<title>Interview: Peter Brookhouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
We have a new podcast on the feed. Doug interviews Peter Brookhouse about saving Australian observatories from bush fires. It is a fascinating interview that also touches on the horrific fires that killed so many people last year.
Download or listen now!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/05/interview-peter-brookhouse/</link>
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		<title>Splashdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Once the solid rocket boosters leave the space shuttle, they are pretty much forgotten about by most people. Until now.  flickr user nasa1fan has posted a bunch of photos of the solid rocket boosters during their recovery at sea. Very cool lookin&#8217;.
(picked this up from Dick&#8217;s Rocket Dungeon)
We have a new podcast heading your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/04/splashdown/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
In Part I we presented 2 interviews from Mike Simonsen of Simostronomy (and the AAVSO) from a conference he attended recently, Wild Stars in the Old West II . Mike has  blogged extensively about this. 
In this episode we present 3 new interviews with professional astronomers about cataclysmic variable stars. Christopher Tout, Paula Szkody [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/04/podcast-simo-slacker-interviews-pt-ii/</link>
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		<title>The 100 Hours of Astronomy IS RIGHT NOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The 100 Hours of Astronomy is going on right now! Go see what is near you!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/04/the-100-hours-of-astronomy-is-right-now/</link>
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		<title>Some guy says we are the #5 astronomy blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This just in, some guy wrote a web page, which is a way to present content on the Internet, a world-wide network of computers networks, and on that web page he made a list of the &#8220;Top 10 Astronomy and Space Weblogs&#8220;. 
I have to say, we are in good company! On the list in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/04/some-guy-says-we-are-the-5-astronomy-blog/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At last, we have another exciting episode of Slacker Astronomy. This episode is packed full of Slackery goodness including, but not limited to, the following:

2008 TC3
Mars
Hubble
100 Hours of Astronomy
Simostronomy
Cataclysmic variable stars
 including an interview with Brad Schaefer and another interview with Steve Howell
the ISS

If you aren&#8217;t smart enough to subscribe you can just click below [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/podcast-simo-slacker-interviews-pt-i/</link>
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		<title>Eta Car &#8212; still an enigma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Eta Carinae is an enigma. Look it up, it totally is. And it doesn&#8217;t look like that is going to change anytime soon! The image at right shows 3 cycles of the X-ray light curve. You can see the most recent event is quite different than previous events. We are watching one of the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/eta-car-still-an-enigma/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Roberta Humphreys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, &#8220;an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology&#8221;.
People familiar with Slacker Astronomy have probably heard of Dr. Roberta Humphreys from my interviews with her. She is a professional astronomer at the University of Minnesota and she is a very well-connected and influential astronomer. 
When Roberta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/dr-roberta-humphreys/</link>
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		<title>My love affair with astronomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We remodeled our basement and in preparation we boxed up a lot of stuff. The basement is finished now and the boxes are down there ready to be unpacked.  One of them has all of my old beginning astronomy books in it and I opened it up last night to see my old friends.
It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/</link>
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		<title>Massive Stars Part 1 and 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve cross-posted on to the feed our last two contributions to The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast. This is a two-part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota. They are experts on massive stars, supernova imposters and Eta Carinae. Thus, these are the topics of these podcasts!
Enjoy!
Part 1:
Part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/massive-stars-part-1-and-2/</link>
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		<title>Seen the comet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have my telescope on the bench for repairs, so I am missing the Comet Lulin hubbub. I hope you are getting out and taking a look!
We have some new podcasts in the works&#8230;check the feed soon for some new audio.
Busy busy!
M.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/seen-the-comet/</link>
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		<title>Model lighting ordinance for your city</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You live somewhere, yes? Chances are you live in a place that has a local government which has authority to create guidelines for activities within its jurisdiction. Where I live, these are called City Councils and lighting ordinances for new construction are within their purview.
You, as their constituent, have more voice than you are probably [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/02/model-lighting-ordinance-for-your-city/</link>
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		<title>Interview: George Hrab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I caught up with George Hrab at AAS in Long Beach. Here is our interview. George is a musician, skeptic, podcaster and The 365 Days of Astronomy theme song writer. It also includes a live extended version of The 365 Days of Astronomy theme song!
Listen now!
This episode of Slacker Astronomy is brought to you by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/interview-george-hrab/</link>
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		<title>Getting your daily aural astronomy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Are you listening to The 365 Days of Astronomy? I am totally digging it. I listen almost every day and if I get behind I catch up, so I&#8217;ve listened to them all. 
Check out some of these titles:
Armchair Astronauts Exploring the Solar System
Five Years of Spirit on Mars
Galileo Discovers Jupiter&#8217;s Moons, Going to Disneyworld
Gosh, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/getting-your-daily-aural-astronomy/</link>
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		<title>Good luck Steve!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
OK, so it&#8217;s totally off-topic, but I just want to wish Steve Jobs the best. He is an amazing man and I hope he licks whatever health problems he is dealing with.
If Apple can&#8217;t survive without Steve Jobs Apple can&#8217;t survive. I hope Steve Jobs is at Apple for another couple of decades, but if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/good-luck-steve/</link>
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		<title>Dark Energy with Dr. Michael Turner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Aaron and I got a chance to interview Dr. Michael Turner, the cosmologist who coined the term &#8220;dark energy&#8221;. Dr. Turner shares his views on dark energy, cosmology and science in general in this 25 minute audio interview.
Favorite quote: the description of the universe as The Clash of the Dark Titans.  He also predicts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/dark-energy-with-dr-michael-turner/</link>
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		<title>Astro-blog-caster meetup TOMORROW in the LA area</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at #aas in Long Beach there is a high density  of astronomers, astro-bloggers, astro-podcasters and other minor stars of the astronomy world. Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 7th at the Rock Bottom Brewery in Long Beach, CA, USA, they will all be getting together from 6pm to 9pm with beers in their hands. I&#8217;m sure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/astro-blog-caster-meetup-tomorrow-in-the-la-area/</link>
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		<title>Reporting from the American Astronomical Society meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
There are a whole bunch of astro-blog-casters at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long Beach, CA. If you want the play-by-play, check out Astronomy Cast LIVE. 
You can also follow the action on Twitter.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/reporting-from-the-american-astronomical-society-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Killer Comet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists think they&#8217;ve found a smoking gun, linking a mass extinction 13,000 years ago with a comet:
[A] team of scientists says it has found new evidence that a comet triggered [an] extinction &#8230;13,000 years ago, when humans were around to witness the event and suffer its terrible consequences.
The researchers also think that when the comet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/killer-comet/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the IYA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
OK, enough talk, the International Year of Astronomy 2009 is finally here!
If you haven&#8217;t already, you should head over to http://365daysofastronomy.org/ and subscribe to the daily astronomy podcast. The first episode is on the feed with another scheduled to publish tomorrow, and so on, every day for the rest of the year.
There&#8217;s also a calendar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/01/welcome-to-the-iya/</link>
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		<title>Interview: Ken Mogul on using Global Rent-a-Scope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Doug interviews Ken Mogul, who has been using the Global Rent-a-Scope system to observe variable stars from his bed. Doug and I also discuss some random topics including some interesting papers on astro-ph.
Here&#8217;s some links from the interview:
Global-Rent-a-Scope Grant Program for High-School Students
Global-Rent-a-Scope
AAVSO
Mike Simonsen&#8217;s Blog
Astronomy Cast
Important paper on Type II and Anomalous Cepheids in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/12/interview-ken-mogul-on-using-global-rent-a-scope/</link>
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		<title>A new post-Slacker blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey. This is non-astro related so apologies for putting noise in your signal. I&#8217;ve started a new blog called:
Two Eyes, 3D
It&#8217;s about stereoscopic vision and technology, what most people associated with &#8220;3D glasses&#8221;. It&#8217;s the center of my research interest in grad school. So if you are into that sort of stuff, check it out. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/12/a-new-post-slacker-blog/</link>
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		<title>Good news for rocketeers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Commercial Space Transportation, a division of the Federal Aviation Administration, has issued new regulations for amateur rocketry. The paper, Requirements for Amateur Rocket Activities Final Rule, December 4, 2008, is a bit long and dry but, from what I can tell, simplifies life for most amateur rocketeers.
In summary:
Maximum Altitude Definition of 150 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/12/good-news-for-rocketeers/</link>
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		<title>Props where props are due</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, all. Long time listener&#8230; first time caller (so it seems)&#8230;
As listeners know, I like to critique poor astronomy press releases. Part of the problem stems from writers who base entire articles on those press releases, with doing no vetting on their own. Can you imagine if political writers did that? They do? Okay, you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/12/props-where-props-are-due/</link>
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		<title>Make an astronomy podcast!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve mentioned The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast &#8212; they are trying to find eight (8) people to make a podcast for them in January. Do you like astronomy? You could make a nice little 5-10 minute podcast about astronomy and you&#8217;d probably enjoy doing it! Listen to the sample episode and then volunteer!
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/11/make-an-astronomy-podcast/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Interview: JJ Kavelaars and 2008 KV42</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Michael and Doug ramble through a random selection of topics including Mars Phoenix, Hubble and iPhone rockets. Then the main event &#8212; a great interview with Dr. JJ Kavelaars about Kuiper Belt objects and specifically the discovery of 2008 KV42, &#8220;the first ever trans-neptunian object known to orbit backwards around the Sun&#8221;. 
Interview: JJ Kavelaars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/11/podcast-interview-jj-kavelaars-and-2008-kv42/</link>
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		<title>Images of other worlds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
This really is big news and Phil sums it up beautifully. We have unequivocally imaged other planets. Most of us were born in a world where we knew of no other planets besides our solar system. Now we have pictures of them. Our children will grow up in a world where planets around other stars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/11/images-of-other-worlds/</link>
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		<title>The iPhone Rocket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[iPhone Rocket Launch and Interview (from MobileOrchard.com) from Mobile Orchard on Vimeo.
This is a little video from a project I&#8217;ve been working on. It&#8217;s, um, kinda-sorta related to space and stuff?




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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/11/the-iphone-rocket/</link>
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		<title>Eta Car does its thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Eta Carinae is one of the most interesting stars that we know of. It has an annual a recurring &#8220;event&#8221; that occurs every 5.5 years and it just happens to be occurring right now. A lot is known about the event but much mystery remains. We know that there is an x-ray &#8220;eclipse&#8221; and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/10/eta-car-does-its-thing/</link>
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		<title>New podcast + interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
We have a new podcast on the feed, recorded on lovely Nantucket island during the fall AAVSO meeting. Aaron, Doug and I have a casual chat about a myriad of astronomical topics. Then we join Doug Welch as he interviews his old friend Dr. Geoff Clayton, an expert on R Coronae Borealis stars. We also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/10/new-podcast-interview/</link>
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		<title>Stephen Hawking to leave prestigious position</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Hawking is retiring from his position as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. I hope he is doing OK. A friend in my local astronomy club forwarded along a list of all of the previous Lucasian Professors:
   * 1664 Isaac Barrow
   * 1669 Sir Isaac Newton
   * [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/10/stephen-hawking-to-leave-prestigious-position/</link>
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		<title>Great Worldwide Star Count &#8211; Oct 20 to Nov 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fall is a great time to get outside and observe the stars with your naked eyes. The air is crisp. The bugs are gone. And now you have another reason  &#8212; the Great Worldwide Star Count

From October 20 to November 3 (all dates 2008), go outside and see stars. Specifically, those of us in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/10/great-worldwide-star-count-oct-20-to-nov-3/</link>
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		<title>Coming soon to a year near you!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
If you like astronomy and you like listening to podcasts then 2009 is going to be a very, very good year for you. Slacker Astronomy is going to be a strong supporter and contributor to The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast, the Daily Podcast of the IYA. 
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/10/coming-soon-to-a-year-near-you/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Another Slacker Chat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
We posted a new podcast to the feed a few days ago, full of fascinating insights, knee-slapping humor and Nobel-prize worthy oratory. You can&#8217;t miss this episode! If you never listen to a podcast again in your life, it will be OK if you listen to this episode. This is no joke, people, we even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/09/podcast-another-slacker-chat/</link>
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		<title>Hubble hosed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh noes!
Hubble Space Telescope malfunctions, space shuttle repair mission uncertain, NASA says
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/09/hubble-hosed/</link>
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		<title>The universe, concise and illustrated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From xkcd.
I wanted to post the cartoon in this post but they probably don&#8217;t like that.
The 46 billion year part is only off by a factor of 4 or so.
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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/09/the-universe-concise-and-illustrated/</link>
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		<title>The Lost Episode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recorded a great show last Tuesday, which I would have posted by now except I had a hard drive fail in my Mac mini and the show was lost. I tried various data recovery options to no avail. I&#8217;m bummed &#8212; it was a nice show with Doug, Aaron and I. We&#8217;ll be back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/09/the-lost-episode/</link>
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		<title>The Anthe Arc is pretty cool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest from Cassini:

Cassini images reveal the existence of a faint arc of material orbiting with Saturn&#8217;s small moon Anthe.
The moon is moving downward and to the right in this perspective. In this image, most of the visible material in the arc lies ahead of Anthe (2 kilometers, 1 mile across) in its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/09/the-anthe-arc-is-pretty-cool/</link>
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		<title>Video: SOFIA and Hubble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brief discussions about Sophia and the upcoming Hubble servicing mission from the AAS meeting in Saint Louis. Cameos by Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy) and Mike Simonson (AAVSO).

Also available in MP4 format.




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		<link>http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2008/09/video-sofia-and-hubble/</link>
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