Podcaster: Ralph, Paul & Jenni
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Title : Awesome Astronomy Live Lockdown Q&A Show Part 1
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description:
You can watch the video of this recording (and our live Episode 45 recording on 27th April) at https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos
This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy questions. Producer John thought lockdown would be the perfect time to do it, when we can try and help ease the stress, boredom and isolation.
The Guests: We invited some of our friends from the astronomy world to answer your questions too:
- University of Oxford Professor of Astronomy, Creator of the Zooniverse and BBC’s The Sky at Night Presenter, Chris Lintott. We asked him:
- Are there ways for an amateur astrophotographer to get involved in contributing to actual science? From David Schlaudt
- Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be? From Mark De Vrij
- Director of Public Engagement for Cardiff University’s Gravity Exploration Institute, Dr Chris North. We asked him:
- Why are astronomers so sure that Oumuamua and Borisov are from outside the Solar System? From Derry North (Chris’ Dad!)
- Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be? From Mark De Vrij
Other listener inspired topics discussed by the podcast crew:
- What astronomy equipment do we use?
- Are the current clear skies a product of fewer airplanes and lower pollution?
- What would happen if a small stellar-mass black hole collided with a much more massive star? Could the star ever ‘win’? From Glenn Diekmann in California
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