The world’s newest astronomy podcast, AstroPodcast, celebrated its 1 month birthday yesterday…awwwww. In that time things have taken off in a HUGE way with thousands of downloads, being picked up by Astronomy.FM and lots of contact with interesting astronomy people wanting to come on to be interviewed. Thank you to everyone who has downloaded, subscribed […]
Allison interviews Brad Moore and Peter Poulos from iTelescope.net, a telescope on demand service that is a tenant of Siding Spring Observatory. Brad explains how the business came about and how people use it. Show Links iTelescope.net
This week AstroPodcast interviews Dr Fred Watson, Astronomer in Charge at the AAO. Fred talks about his early life and what prompted him to become an astronomer, as well as his science outreach tours and the things that excite him in science at the moment. Lots of fun! Fred Watson Homepage – http://www.fredwatson.com.au/ Show Links Fred Watson […]
April sees the biggest month of coordinated astronomy events since the Year of Astronomy in 2009 – Global Astronomy Month (GAM). Make sure you check out your local astronomy club and the GAM schedule. AstroPodcast is celebrating Global Astronomy Month by recording quite a few podcasts to capture some of the great stuff that is happening […]
AstroPodcast: I’m here with Amanda Bauer. Hi Amanda. Amanda: Hello, hello. AstroPodcast: So, you’re a Super Science Fellow for the AAO. Amanda: That is correct. AstroPodcast: Okay, well first of all I need you to explain what that is. It makes you sound like a guy, and you wear some kind […]
AstroPodcast this week talks to 3 members of the Project Solaris team who are setting up automated robotic telescopes in Australia, South Africa and Argentina to look for planets orbiting binary stars. Piotr Sybilski, Stanisław Kozłowski & Rafal Konrad Pawlaszek talk about who they are, the project and their thoughts about the countries they have visited […]
I have had a couple of people ask “where do you make this awesome podcast? – it sounds so great” (well maybe the first bit and I added the second bit). This gives me a good opportunity to do a show and tell about where it all happens. Studio The podcast is recorded in the […]
This week Dr. Amanda Bauer, Super Science Fellow of the AAO, joins us to talk about her life as an astronomer collecting images of galaxies and trying to find the reason for some of their seemingly strange behaviours. Amanda can be found at AstroPixie Blog AstroPixie Twitter Show Notes Super Science Fellow Program – […]
In exciting news AstroPodcast was approached over the weekend to contribute to acclaimed astronomy audio network Astronomy.FM and I have said yes. Astronomy.FM, or AFM for short, is an online streaming service that plays popular astronomy programs in scheduled slots just like a radio station. AFM has around 20,000 listeners per month and is a growing community of […]
Listen to Podcast here Allison Welcome to AstroPodcast, you’re here with Allison. Today we interview the famous Rob McNaught – you might know him from asteroids such as 3904 Honda or maybe comet C2006 P1. Who could forget that one? It’s a great interview, you’ll get to learn a lot about Rob and his […]