Date: November 10, 2011

Title: Galaxy Hunting

Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen

Organization: Loch Ness Productions

Link: Music from A Gentle Rain of Starlight, Stella Novus, and the new release, Arcturian Archives, by Geodesium.

Description: Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter, talks about galaxies and how to spot the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

Bio: Carolyn Collins Petersen is a science writer and show producer, as well as vice-president of Loch Ness Productions, a company that creates astronomy documentaries and other materials. She works with planetariums, science centers, and observatories on products that explain astronomy and space science to the public. Her most recent projects include documentary scripts, exhibits for NASA/JPL, the Griffith Observatory and the California Academy of Sciences, video podcasts for MIT’s Haystack Observatory and podcasts for the Astronomical society of the Pacific’s “Astronomy Behind the Headlines” project.

Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” has been sponsored by John Sandlin. The Sandlin Family wishes you all clear skies.

Transcript:

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