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Podcaster: Rob Sparks

Title: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Organization: NOAO

Links: www.noao.edu ; @NOAONorthhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro ; www.lsst.org

Description: The Large Synoptic Survey telescope is currently under construction in Chile. When complete, it will survey the entire night sky every few nights opening up time domain astronomy. This podcast, recorded at the AAS meeting in Grapevine, Texas, features interviews with Dr. Tony Tyson, Dr. Joshua Pepper and Dr. Meredith Rawls about the LSST.

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Bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the Education and Public Outreach (EPO) group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and works on the Galileoscope project (www.galileoscope.org), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He blogs at halfastro.wordpress.com. You can see his photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro

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