Many people enjoy watching meteor showers. Digital cameras make it possible to capture photos of meteors in the night sky. In this podcast, you will learn how to capture meteors using a DSLR.
Dec 10th: Meteor Shower Photography
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Nov 12th: Visiting Kitt Peak National Observatory
What you can expect when you visit Kitt Peak National Observatory?
Oct 8th: Encore: The Gemini Observatory
The Gemini Observatory is an international collaboration that runs twin 8.1 meter telescopes. Today, Dr. Verne Smith discusses the collaboration, the Gemini telescopes and their instruments.
Sep 10th: Robo AO
Adaptive Optics systems are used on telescopes around the world to remove the blurring produced by Earth’s atmosphere. In this podcast, Megan Nieberding talks about Robo AO, a robotic adaptive optics system that has been installed on the 2.1 meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Podcaster: Rob Sparks, Megan Nieberding
Title:Robo AO
Aug 13th: Citizen CATE and the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Podcaster: Rob Sparks, Myles McKay, Sarah Kovac, Honor Hare and Logan Jensen
Title: Citizen CATE and the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Jul 9th: Proto Galaxy Clusters In The Early Universe
Podcaster: Rob Sparks & Dr. Arjun Dey
Title: Proto Galaxy Clusters In The Early Universe
Jun 11th: Kilodegree Extremely LIttle Telescope-South (KELT-S)
Podcaster: Rob Sparks & Dr. David James
Title: KELT-S
May 14th: NEID: A Precision Spectometer For Exoplanet Research
Podcaster: Rob Sparks & Dr. Joan Najit
Title: NEID: A Precision Spectometer For Exoplanet Research
Apr 9th: The NOAO Data Lab
Podcaster: Rob Sparks & Knut Olson
Title: The NOAO Data Lab
Mar 12th: Journey Through The Universe
Podcaster: Rob Sparks & Janice Harvey
Title: Journey Through The Universe