Date: June 9, 2010
Title: Mysterious Magnetar XTE J1810-197
Podcaster: Sue Ann Heatherly, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Links: NRAO
Description: This podcast is an excerpt of a longer inteview conducted with pulsar astronomer Scott Ransom in 2006. At that time Scott and his colleagues were observing a strange magnetar known as XTE J1810-197 with several telescopes around the world. This object remains unique to this day, and the discoveries being made and questions being asked are fascinating!
Bio: Sue Ann Heatherly is the Education Officer at the NRAO Green Bank WV site. She comes to astronomy by way of biology (BA in 1981), and science education (MA in 1985) She visited the Observatory as a teacher in 1987 and knew she’d found Camelot. She has been employed with the NRAO since 1989.
Today’s sponsor: Between the Hayabusa homecoming from Itokawa and the Rosetta flyby of asteroid Lutetia, 13 June until 10 July 2010, this episode of 365 Days of Astronomy is sponsored anonymously and dedicated to the memory of Annie Cameron, designer of the Tryphena Sun Wheel, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, a project that remains to be started.”
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