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Podcast: Fun from the Sun
Michael, Doug and Mike discuss coronal mass ejections, solar flares, aurora and related topics.
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Variable Stars and Epsilon Aurigae
Awesome video, narrated by Timothy Ferris, about variable stars and epsilon Aurigae. Courtesy of the good people at citizensky.org.
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The Extragalactic Distance Scale
Michael Koppelman interviews Dr. Lucas Macri about his work on the extragalactic distance scale using Cepheid variable stars and space telescopes.
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AAVSONet with Dr. Arne Henden
Mike Simonsen interviews Dr. Arne Henden about AAVSONet, a global network of research telescopes, including APASS and the BSM.
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Citizen Sky with Rebekah Turner
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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Interview: Robert Naeye of Sky & Telescope Part 2
The conclusion of Mike Simonsen's interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. The topic today is science journalism and afterward Michael, Doug and Mike share their thoughts via their typical slacker banter.
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Interview: Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope
Mike Simonsen from Slacker Astronomy interviews Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine about the future of amateur astronomy. Michael, Mike and Doug also discuss various topics and provide brilliant insights and humorous commentary.
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Interview: Kevin Krisciunas
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 and lots of other stuff.
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Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids
An interview with Steve Howell from NOAO about the Kepler mission, extrasolar asteroids and Ophiuchans.
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Citizen Science with Epsilon Aurigae
The folks at citizensky.org made this cool Lite Brite video about Epsilon Aurigae.
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Heat
Michael, Doug and Mike discuss heat, temperature, thermodynamics, black bodies and associated hot topics.
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Supernovae and Caroline Moore
Mike interviews Caroline Moore, the youngest discoverer of a supernova and Michael, Doug and Mike dicuss supernovae in general in some detail.
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CCDs, Cosmology and Ben
Michael, Doug and Mike discuss the charge coupled device (CCD), answer reader mail about cosmology and interivew Slacker Blogger Ben Huset.
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North Star Special
A thorough and lengthy show about the North Star, Polaris, including an interview with Dr. Edward Guinan.
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Slackerchat with Michael, Doug and Mike
Michael, Doug and proto-Slacker Mike Simonsen discuss Citizen Sky, Jupiter, Stardust, Active SETI and much, much more.
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Interview: Evalyn Gates
Doug and Michael interview cosmologist Dr. Evalyn Gates about white dwarfs, dark matter, dark energy and women in science.
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Interview: Peter Brookhouse
Doug Welch interview Peter Brookhouse about protecting Australia's observatories from bush fires.
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Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. II
Mike Simonsen interviews Christopher Tout, Paula Szkody and Boris Gaensicke about cataclysmic variable stars.
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Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. I
A full show complete with discussion by Michael and Doug, 2 interviews by Mike Simonsen about cataclysmic variable stars and more chatter and laughing.
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365 Days of Astronomy: 2/12/09
This is a cross-post of our third contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. It is part 2 of a 2 part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota, discussing massive stars.
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365 Days of Astronomy: 1/12/09
This is a cross-post of our second contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. It is part 1 of a 2 part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota, discussing massive stars.
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Interview with George Hrab
An interivew with musician, skeptic, podcaster and 365 Days of Astronomy theme song writer George Hrab. Also includes a live extended version of the 365 Days of Astronomy theme song!
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Dark Energy with Dr. Michael Turner
An interivew with cosmologist Dr. Michael Turner, who coined the term Dark Energy. We caught up with Dr. Turner at the AAS Meeting in Long Beach, CA on Jan 7th, 2009.
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365 Days of Astronomy: 1/5/09
This is a cross-post of our first contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. Doug and Michael discuss the cause of the seasons here on earth and other aspects of the night sky as explained by simple geometry.
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Interview: Ken Mogul on using Global Rent-a-Scope
Doug interviews Ken Mogul, who has been using the Global Rent-a-scope system to observe variable stars from his bed.
