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Date: November 17, 2009

Title: Astronomy Without an Astrophysics Degree

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Podcaster: Pamela Gay and Fraser Cain

Organization: Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
Universe Today: http://www.universetoday.com/
Star Stryder: http://www.starstryder.com/

Description: If you’re too impatient to spend the 10+ years it takes to get an astrophysics degree, and want to do some real astronomy research right now, we can help. We’re going to talk about how amateurs are making real contributions to astronomy.

Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. They team up to do Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.

Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by the Physics Department at Eastern Illinois University: “Caring faculty guiding students through teaching and research” at www.eiu.edu/~physics/.

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***Transcript coming soon.***

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