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Astronomy Podcast Enters Sixth Year And Wed Love For You To Contribute!

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A part of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASAs Great Observatories. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years way that orbits our own Milky Way spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA.

If you love talking about space and as a reader of Universe Today, I really hope you do theres an awesome podcast for you to add to your playlist. 365 Days of Astronomy puts out an astronomy-themed episode every single day of the year, covering everything from recent discoveries, to folklore, to community events.

If youve got a microphone and a desire to contribute, or have at least some coffee money to contribute to charity, theyd really love to hear from you as they enter a sixth (sixth!) year of operation. More details are below the jump.

Full disclosure here: Universe Today is a big supporter of 365 Days of Astronomy, and Ive been contributing podcasts myself since last year. It is anawesomeexperience. Pamela Gay(who oversees the project through her astronomy education organization, Cosmoquest) is inspiring to work for as she is a tireless supporter of bringing the joy of space to the general public.

Nancy Atkinson (a fellow contributor and UT senior editor) joked to me today, Its kind of like the Mars rovers the Energizer Bunny of podcasts. And its through your support that we can keep going, and going, and going. Heres the official press release with information about contributions:

365 Days of Astronomy will continue its service in 2014! This time we will have more days available for new audio. Have something to share? Were looking for content from 10 minutes long up to an hour! Since 2009, 365 Days of Astronomy has brought a new podcast every day to astronomy lovers around the world to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. Fortunately, the project has continued until now and we will keep going for another year in 2014. This means we will continue to serve you for a 6th year.

Through these years, 365 Days Of Astronomy has been delivering daily podcasts discussing various topics in the constantly changing realm of astronomy. These include history of astronomy, the latest news, observing tips and topics on how the fundamental knowledge in astronomy has changed our paradigms of the world. Weve also asked people to talk about the things that inspired them, and to even share their own stories, both of life doing astronomy and science fiction that got them imagining a more scientific future.

365 Days of Astronomy is a community podcast that relies on a network of dedicated podcasters across the globe who are willing to share their knowledge and experiences in astronomy with the world and it will continue that way. In 2013, 365 Days of Astronomy started a new initiative with CosmoQuest. We now offer great new audio every weekend, while on weekdays we serve up interesting podcasts from CosmoQuest and other dedicated partners. We also have several monthly podcasts from dedicated podcasters and have started two new series: Space Stories and Space Scoop. The former is a series of science fiction tales, and the latter is an astronomy news segment for children.

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Indian man's astronomy projects get NASA's approval

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Srinagar: A Kashmiri man from a remote village of the Valley has won approval for two of his projects from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in the United States.

Asif Ali, who comes from a humble background from a village in Mattan area of south Kashmir district, Anantnag, is studying astronomy at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, a defence spokesman said in Srinagar.

The two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions.

"NASA is supporting his project works and accepting his research idea as a major leap forward in his career," the spokesman said.

Ali, who has done B.Tech from IIST and is currently doing MS in astronomy from the same college, will be headed to NASA soon to start work on his projects.

"I will be flying to NASA, US, soon to start my project work. After I return, I have some more projects in my mind that would cater to telecommunication problems faced by our state in particular and India in general," he said.

Ali is an alumnus of Army Goodwill School at Aishmuqam in Anantnag district and has done his higher studies at Government Higher Secondary School in his native area.

His father retired as an officer from the Animal Husbandry Department and his mother is a housewife.

"I have not been to elite schools of towns and cities. I dreamt of making big in life while studying at my native place in a remote area. However, to fulfil my aspirations, I went to a good college in Kerala under the guidance of brilliant mentors. I worked hard. My core interest was always astronomy," he said.

His achievement was recently acknowledged by the Army, which felicitated him in the presence of engineering students in Anantnag, the spokesman said.

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Family astronomy event is Saturday at PCC East

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Astronomy magazine editors will be at Pima Community Colleges East Campus Saturday for an all-day family event for amateur astronomers.

The Tucson Public Star Party runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the East Campus Observatory, 8181 E. Irvington Road.

It will feature daytime and nighttime viewing, as well as illustrated talks and displays on a variety of subjects.

The event is free and open to the public.

About 200 people attended the 2013 event, the first that the magazine had held at the East Campus, according to a news release from the college.

Members of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will operate solar telescopes throughout the day, providing safe, high-quality views of visible features on the sun. Nighttime observing will begin about an hour after sunset, which is 6:04 p.m.

The campus observatory will be open throughout the event, with its solar telescope tracking the sun during the day and its 14-inch telescope targeting deep-sky objects at night. The observatory also is home to the All Sky Camera, which offers a live 360-degree view of the sky.

Attendees will be able to view the moon, Jupiter, the Pleiades star cluster and the Orion nebula.

Speakers will include Amateur Astronomy Association President Keith Schlottmann; Scott Kardel of the International Dark Sky Association; Mike Reynolds, dean of liberal arts and sciences at Florida State College at Jacksonville and a contributing editor of Astronomy; and Astronomy Editor David J. Eicher.

For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/pimaastronomy or call 206-7694.

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School astronomy club visits observatory

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Canons High School astronomy club visits observatory

5:46pm Thursday 6th February 2014 in News By Bruce Thain

Members of a school astronomy club were treated to a visit to an observatory to learn more about the stars.

The 15 pupils from Canons High School, visited Bayfordbury Observatory in Hertfordshire thanks to a 300 Educational Visit grant from the Jack Petchey Foundation.

They were given a tour and a look at latest technology of the facilities seven large optical telescopes and four radio telescopes.

Pupil Babback Pormand, 12, said: The visit to Bayfordbury Observatory was very interesting and educational.

"Astronomy is really exciting because of the constant change and sense of exploration.

School librarian Adele Franklin, who accompanied the group on the visit, said: The group were really excited on the way to the observatory, and on the journey home, some of them were completely in awe about what they had seen. They are already making plans for future trips.

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Kashmiri youth's astronomy projects get NASA's approval

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Srinagar | Updated 2/6/2014 11:46:14 AM IST

A Kashmiri youth from a remote village of the Valley has won approval for two of his projects from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in the United States. Asif Ali, who comes from a humble background from a village in Mattan area of south Kashmir district, Anantnag, is studying astronomy at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, a defence spokesman said here. The two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions. "NASA is supporting his project works and accepting his research idea as a major leap forward in his career," the spokesman said. Ali, who has done BTech from IIST and is currently doing MS in astronomy from the same college, will be headed to NASA soon to start work on his projects. "I will be flying to NASA, US, soon to start my project work. After I return, I have some more projects in my mind that would cater to telecommunication problems faced by our state in particular and India in general," he said. Ali is an alumnus of Army Goodwill School at Aishmuqam in Anantnag district and has done his higher studies at Government Higher Secondary School in his native area. His father retired as an officer from the Animal Husbandry Department and his mother is a housewife. "I have not been to elite schools of towns and cities. I dreamt of making big in life while studying at my native place in a remote area. However, to fulfil my aspirations, I went to a good college in Kerala under the guidance of brilliant mentors. I worked hard. My core interest was always astronomy," he said. His achievement was recently acknowledged by the Army, which felicitated him in the presence of engineering students in Anantnag, the spokesman said.

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Defending the First Amendment since 1911 | The independent student newspaper of Texas State University

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Donald Olson walked 10 steps down a beach in the French town of tretat before pausing to snap a photo of the setting sun.

He walked systematically from one end of the beach to the other, stopping every 10 steps to take another photo. Olson, physics and astronomy professor, was looking to uncover the exact moment of inspiration for the Claude Monet painting tretat Sunset through studying a combination of celestial body movements and distinctive landforms depicted in the painting.

Monet began the painting Feb. 5, 1883 at 4:53 p.m., according to Olsons research findings.

It is no easy task to date a painting back to the exact minute the artist began working on it, but bringing humanities and sciences together in the process is important, Olson said.

Olson first began experimenting with art when fellow professors asked him to help them discover the astronomy behind the skies depicted in The Canterbury Tales and the natural elements impacting a military battle from World War II, he said. Olson and the professors researched the moon and tide patterns during each of the time periods and wrote computer programs to help with their findings.

My next thought was, if you can study the skies of the 14th century and the skies of World War II, then we can try to figure out what Van Gogh was looking at, Olson said.

This thought led Olson to research the moment of inspiration for dozens of paintings all over the world. Impressionist paintings often depict outdoor settings, making it possible to determine when and where the works were created because of distinctive foregrounds.

Olson said Monet painted dozens of scenes of tretat depicting sunsets and twilights, but chose to study tretat Sunset because the painting is the only one that shows a setting sun rather than just a glow in the sky. Distinctive rock formations also helped place the painting.

Olson said he calls himself and his team celestial sleuths because they are doing detective work and putting pieces of a puzzle together.

(Olson is) extremely good at problem solving, said Philip Smith, physics lecturer and Olsons former student. Hes probably one of the sharpest people Ive ever met.

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Kashmir Youth's Astronomy Projects Gets NASA's Approval

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A Kashmiri youth from a remote village of the Valley has won approval for two of his projects from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in the United States.

Asif Ali, who comes from a humble background from a village in Mattan area of south Kashmir district, Anantnag, is studying astronomy at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, a defence spokesman said here.

The two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions.

"NASA is supporting his project works and accepting his research idea as a major leap forward in his career," the spokesman said.

Ali, who has done BTech from IIST and is currently doing MS in astronomy from the same college, will be headed to NASA soon to start work on his projects.

"I will be flying to NASA, US, soon to start my project work. After I return, I have some more projects in my mind that would cater to telecommunication problems faced by our state in particular and India in general," he said.

Ali is an alumnus of Army Goodwill School at Aishmuqam in Anantnag district and has done his higher studies at Government Higher Secondary School in his native area.

His father retired as an officer from the Animal Husbandry Department and his mother is a housewife.

"I have not been to elite schools of towns and cities. I dreamt of making big in life while studying at my native place in a remote area. However, to fulfil my aspirations, I went to a good college in Kerala under the guidance of brilliant mentors. I worked hard. My core interest was always astronomy," he said.

His achievement was recently acknowledged by the Army, which felicitated him in the presence of engineering students in Anantnag, the spokesman said.

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UC students are helping the public reach for the stars

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There is more than meets the eye in the night sky and two University of Canterbury (UC) physics and mathematics students are showing this to the public.

Ryan Ridden-Harper and Toby Hendy, members of the Canterbury Astronomical Society, were keen to show passion about astronomy and developed the Christchurch Urban Astronomers along Malcolm Locke from the society. Their aim is to educate and inspire the public.

"The Urban Astronomers initiative is a way to encourage people to look up at the sky and consider what it may hold," says Ridden-Harper.

"We want to show people that astronomy is not just an abstract subject but rather one with great influence to life on Earth and our perspective of the universe."

Ridden-Harper and Hendy have been running the Urban Astronomy sessions since late last year, showing the public interesting bright objects such as the moon, Saturn and Venus, and more recently, allowing them to see the sun using solar telescopes.

"We started running night time Urban Astronomy sessions in September last year, at the Pallet Pavilion. We began using the solar telescopes in January this year. Weve run a few sessions across Christchurch, mainly at the Re:Start Mall," says Hendy.

The group mainly targets foot traffic so it can reach people who might otherwise never have used a telescope, or had the opportunity to develop an interest in astronomy.

"Generally, people are curious about the telescopes and approach us to see what we are doing. This gives us a wide range of people to talk to such as Christchurch residents and tourist from all over the world.

"We welcome anyone interested in becoming involved. All that is needed is a passion for science and a willingness to interact with the public," says Ridden-Harper.

Ridden-Harper and Hendy say they have received extremely positive feedback from the public.

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Barona Cultural Center & Museum Hosts Kumeyaay Astronomy Lecture

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SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/04/14 -- The Barona Cultural Center & Museum will present a lecture on Kumeyaay Astronomy with Kumeyaay historian Michael Connolly Miskwish and special guest Harry Cuero , Jr. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, February 12 from 6 until 8 p.m. The Kumeyaay lecture will explore how the Kumeyaay/Diegueo people utilized rock structures and constellations as tools to predict seasonal change and manage land resources. Mr. Connolly will share his research on the astronomy of this fascinating people including the terms for celestial events, constellations, observatories and practical uses. As a former Councilman for the Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation , Mr. Connolly has worked extensively in Kumeyaay history and authored two books on the subject. He utilizes his degrees in economics and engineering to reintroduce traditional environmental management into modern land conservation. Mr. Connolly is currently an adjunct faculty at San Diego State University in the American Indian Studies department. Harry Cuero , Jr. will share songs associated with the constellation 'emuu (big horn sheep) and its importance to the spiritual beliefs of the Kumeyaay/Diegueo people. Mr. Cuero has been a bird singer for over 25 years and served many positions of tribal government in the Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation , prior to being elected Vice Chairman. Mr. Cuero has studied the meanings behind traditional songs and their relationship to Kumeyaay cosmology and other teachings. He is an active participant in cultural heritage preservation as well as a teacher and mentor to younger singers. Admission is free but space is limited. Please call 619-443-7003 ext. 219 to make a reservation. Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine CONTACT: Audrey Doherty 619-236-8397 Kelly Jacobs Speer 619-933-5013 Source: Barona Band of Mission Indians

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How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System According to Modern Science? : Astronomy Lessons – Video

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