Podcaster: Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest: Dr. Fred Watson, Dr. Pamela Gay, Moiya McTier, Allen Versfeld
Title: Weekly Space Hangout – Dr. Fred Watson Talks Exploding Stars & Invisible Planets
Link: Cosmoquest: http://cosmoquest.org
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Description: Today’s story:
- Fomalhaut b planet goes bye-bye!
- Black Hole collision with VERY different masses.
- New information on Venus in MESSENGER data!
- The last Spitzer photograph. :^(
Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest:
This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Fred Watson ( @StargazerFred / http://www.fredwatson.com.au ) to the WSH. Fred is Australia’s first Astronomer-at-Large, an outreach and advocacy role within the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. He is graduate of the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and worked at both of Britain’s Royal Observatories before joining the Australian Astronomical Observatory as Astronomer-in-Charge in 1995.
Recognised internationally for helping to pioneer the use of fibre optics in astronomy during the 1980s, Fred is best known today for his award-winning radio and TV broadcasts, books, music and other outreach ventures. He holds adjunct professorships in several Australian universities, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010. He has an asteroid named after him (5691 Fredwatson), but says that if it hits the Earth, it won’t be his fault.
His latest book, Exploding Stars and Invisible Planets, was published by Columbia University Press in January.
You can follow Fred on Twitter at @StargazerFred
Regular Guest:
- Dr. Pamela Gay ( https://cosmoquest.org/x/ & @starstryder )
- Moiya McTier ( https://www.moiyamctier.com/ & @GoAstroMo )
- Allen Versfeld ( http://www.urban-astronomer.com / @uastronomer )
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