Podcaster: Ralph, Paul & Jenny ; Guest: Dr. Rebekah Higgitt
Title : Awesome Astronomy’s: Marvelous Mercury Part 1: Dr. Rebekah Higgitt
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description: Talks in preparation for the transit of Mercury and a look at this fascinating world
In this Awesome Astronomy podcast extra episode we bring you the key speakers from this spring’s AstroCamp in the Brecon Beacon dark sky reserve. As the Transit of Mercury was the main feature of this spring’s camp, we were delighted to welcome (and now share with you) speakers with detailed knowledge of planetary transits:
- Dr Rebekah Higgitt tells us about the science goals of observing transits, foreign wars, treacherous seas and national rivalries that conspired to prevent observations and the successes and mishaps that befell many astronomers keen to use this method to measure the size of the solar system.
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- Transit of Mercury by Justyn Regini with iPhone
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- Transit of Mercury by Graham Cluer
Bio: Awesome Astronomy is the show for anyone and everyone who has even the slightest interest in astronomy and science.
Join Ralph, Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programs telling you what to look out (and up) for every month as well as a main show dedicated to space and astronomy news. You can be guaranteed a passion for astronomy, simple explanations of complex and fundamental topics, space and science discussions, absorbing interviews with astronomers and astronauts who make the news and answers to listeners’ space questions.
Dr Rebekah Higgitt lectures history at the University of Kent and former curator at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
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