In this podcast. Dr. Aaron Meisner discusses Backyard Worlds, a citizen science project that looks for brown dwarfs & other low mass stars in WISE data. #365DaysOfAstro
Mar 9th: Backyard Worlds
Rob Sparks Archive
Feb 9th: The Poetry Of the Dark Energy Survey
The Poetry Of the Dark Energy Survey with @halfastro and Amy Catanzano #365DaysOfAstro @NOAONorth
Jan 12th: The Last Night of the Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey started in 2013 to map dark energy over 5000 square degrees of sky. The survey concluded on January 9th, 2018 with its last night of observing. Listen to the conversation at the end of this journey.
Dec 8th: The SpaceX CRS16 NASA Social
NASA hosts events called NASA Socials to bring together social media users at various NASA event. In this podcast, NOAO’s Rob Sparks talks about his experience at the recent NASA Social for the SpaceX Cargo Resupply Mission #16 to the International Space Station.
Nov 10th: Comet Wirtanen
Comet 46P Wirtanen is about to make its closest approach to Earth since its discovery in 1948. Hear how to get outside and see the potentially naked eye comet!
Oct 13th: The Windows On the Universe Center For Astronomy Outreach
Discussion on new plan for the Windows On the Universe Center with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak
Sep 8th: Encore: Coloring The Universe
How to produces stunning images of the universe?
Aug 11th: Parents of Family and Non-Family Asteroids
Astronomers have long recognized asteroid families that share similar orbits. More recent data suggests that family and non-family asteroids come from a surprisingly small number of parent bodies.
Jul 14th: Encore: NEID: A Precision Spectometer For Exoplanet Research
NEID spectrometer is being installed and it will soon start to search for exoplanets by using the Doppler, or Radial Velocity (RV), effect.
Jun 9th: : Photographing the Milky Way
Summer is when the heart of the Milky Way graces the night sky. It’s time to observe and take a picture. But how?