Sky and Telescope
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Beginner or experienced, if you're excited about astronomy, Sky and Telescope is for you. Each issue contains practical observing tips, our popular star charts, useful product reviews, advice on astrophotography, and so much more! Roger Baker guides your tour through the universe.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliens: Finding Earty & Watching TV, Venus Transit - January, 2012 | "How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth" and "Could Aliens .. Watch Our TV's?" by Joseph Lazio; "The June Transit of Venus: It's June 5-6. Be Prepared!" by Fred Espenak & Jay Anderson. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:38:58 |
| News Notes & Venus Transit - January, 2012 | News Notes From the World of Astronomy; "In the Footsteps of the First Recorded transit of Venus. In the village where Jeremiah Horrocks predicted and epochal event, he's still a home-town hero." by Eli Maor. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:30:50 |
| Venus, Asteroids & Webb - December, 2011 | "Losing Venus. Neglecting Venus could lose us knowledge of Earth." by David Grinspoon; "Measuring Asteroids with Homemade Scopes." by Mike Lockwood; "Why We Should Build Webb Telescope." by Heidi B. Hammel. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:22:43 |
| News Notes & Curiosity - December, 2011 | News Notes from the world of Astronomy and "Face-to-Face With a Giant. NASA's new rover Curiosity will take Mars exploration to an entirely new level." by Emily Lakdawalla. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:36:37 |
| Dawn Mission, Horror Novel & History - November, 2011 | "A Vesta Fiesta. NASA's Dawn mission gives first look at giant asteroid." by Jim Bell; "The Moon and the Origin of Frankenstein" by various authors; "Eyewitness to History." by Richard Tresch Fienberg. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:34:25 |
| Galaxy Zoo & News Notes - November, 2011 | "News Notes: Articles from the Astronomy World"; "Galaxy Zoo and the Wisdom of Crowds. Citizen-scientists spur insight into galaxy evolution" by Kevin Schawinski | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:28:13 |
| Rocks, Satellites & AAVSO Plans - October, 2011 | "Rocks From Heaven. Meteor breakup over Canada" by Philip Downey; "Observing Geosynchronous Satellites. You don't need a telescope!" by Randy Rhea; "AAVSO's Future Plans. An exciting century" by Arne Henden. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:25 |
| News Notes & Supernovae - October, 2011 | "News Notes - From the World of Astronomy."; "Supercharged Supernovae. The discovery of powerful supernovae opens the door on violent events that occur before and after stars explode." by David Sinclair Stevenson | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:29:23 |
| Planetary Sentinel & Light Pollution - September, 2011 | "Planetary Sentinel. Aussie discovers 2 impacts on Jupiter." by Greg Bryant; "The Battle to Control Light Pollution." by Bob Parks; "Light Pollution's Medical Effects." by Mario Motta | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:30:59 |
| News Notes & Jupiter's Clouds - September, 2011 | News Notes: News articles from the world of astronomy; "Peering Beneath Jupiter's Clouds - NASA's Juno mission will give scientists their first in-depth view of Jupiter's deep interior." by Jon Zander | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:29:27 |
| Exoplanets, Art & Galaxy Hunting - August, 2011 | "The Exoplanets That Weren't" by Brandon Tingley; "Is There Art on Other Planets?" by David Grinspoon; "Galaxy Hunting. Andromeda made me a galaxy fanatic." by Walt McLaughlin. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:29:00 |
| News Notes & Pummeling Planets - August, 2011 | "News Notes From the World of Astronomy."; "Pummeling The Planets. Scientists debate whether the solar system suffered a barrage of impacts long after the planets formed." by Emily Lakdawalla. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:35:15 |
| Neptune, Saturn & Summer Bugs - July, 2011 | "Neptune Comes Full Circle." by Renee James & William Sheehan; "Ring Spokes Return. Can you spot these elusive details in Saturn's rings?" by William Sheehan; "Singing to the Bugs. First telescope." by Andre Bormans. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:27:34 |
| News Notes & Volcanism - July, 2011 | News Notes "News From the World of Astronomy."; "Where The Hot Stuff Is. Volcanism takes a variety of forms on other worlds." by Rosaly Lopes. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:30:57 |
| Telescope Race & NASA Aversion- June, 2011 | "The Great Telescope Race. US progress in the 1800's." by Trudy E. Bell; "Paralyzing Effects at NASA. Risk aversion threatens US space exploration." by Daniel N. Baker. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:21:58 |
| News Notes & Having a Blast - June, 2011 | "News Notes from the World of Astronomy"; "Having a Blast in Antarctica: With the BLAST telescope, astronomers find where half the starlight has gone." by Mark Devlin & Mark Halpern | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:29:16 |
| Planets, Stellar Winds & Human Nature - April, 2011 | "The Stars That Host Planet.s" by John A. Johnson; "Stellar Winds Above Atlantic Clouds." by Thomas Eversberg; "Science as Human Nature." by Dale E. Lehman | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:31:54 |
| News Notes, Photometry, & Akatsuki - April, 2011 | News articles from the world of astronomy; "Photometry for all in the digital age" by Brian Kloppenborg and Tom Pearson; "Requiem for Akatsuki - It's hard to lose a spacecraft" by David Grinspoon | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:13 |
| Mercury Mirage, It's a Duesy, & Scope Prices - March, 2011 | "The Mercury Mirage. Schiaparelli's celebrated discoveries reconsidered" by William Sheehan & others; "It's a Duesy. Showpiece telescope." by Mike Boessen; "Scope prices - Now vs. 1958" by Albert Boudreau. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:27:01 |
| News Notes & Astronomy's Crystal Ball - March 2011 | "News Notes: Various news articles from the world of Astronomy". "Astronomy’s Crystal Ball – A recent report will set the research agenda for the coming decade". by Robert Zimmerman | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:32:13 |
| Sun's Secrets, Solar Radio Astronomy & Giving an Astronomy Show - February, 2011 | "New Scrutiny of the Sun's Secrets: fine-scale movies of every layer from the Sunâ??s surface up" by Monica Bobra; "Solar Radio Astronomy: it's easy to observe the Sun at radio frequencies" by J. Kelly Smith; David L. Smith; William L. Joyner; "Giving an Astronomy Show" by Chris Miller | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:23:47 |
| News Notes & Solar Superstorm - February, 2011 | "News Notes - Various news articles from the world of astronomy."; Feature Article: "The Perfect Solar Superstorm. What a recurrence of the 1859 solar storm would do to our modern world." by Daniel N. Baker & James L. Green | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:35:14 |
| Improved Worlds, Holst's Music, & Outreach - January, 2011 | "Astronomers & climate modelers meet to improve predictions" by David Grinspoon; "Improved Solar System" by J. Kelly Beatty; "Astronomer's guide to Holst's Planets" by James Reid; "Library's telescope outreach program" | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:29 |
| News Notes & Earth's Water - January, 2011 | "News Notes: News articles from the world of astronomy."; "Where DID Earth's Water Come From? Asteroid ice evidence suggests more hidden water in the solar system." by Kristina Grifantini. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:18 |
| News Notes & Rogue Asteroids - December, 2010 | "News Notes: News articles from the world of astronomy."; "How to Deflect a Hazardous Asteroid. If astronomers ever find an asteroid on collision course with Earth, here�s what we could do." by Dan Durda. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:27:22 |
| Legal Aliens, Archimedes, & Antarctica - November, 2010 | "Legal Aliens. Will Denver establish a commission for diplomacy with aliens?" by David Grinspoon; "The Universe of Archimedes. How a system for large numbers came to be" by Alan Hirshfield; "The Lessons of Antarctica" by William H. Waller | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:20:07 |
| News Notes & Search For ET - November, 2010 | "News Notes: Various news articles from the world of astronomy."; "The Search for ET Speeds Up - With new technology, the prospects for contact are better than ever." By Seth Shostak. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:42 |
| News Notes & NASA Observatory - October, 2010 | "News Notes: Various news articles from the world of astronomy."; "NASA's New Jet-borne Telescope. From a Boeing 747 platform, SOFIA will carry infrared astronomy to new heights." By Luke Keller & Jurgen Wolf. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:25:40 |
| News Notes & Telescope Restoration - September, 2010 | News Notes: Various news articles from the world of astronomy; "French Brass Meet Yankee Glass. Restoring a historic telescope brings the author many rewards." By Tim Donovan. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:20:15 |
| Einstein's Lab, Southwest, & Summer Nights - August, 2010 | "Einstein's Ultimate Laboratory. New opportunity to test general relativity" by Michael Kramer; "Amateur Astronomy's Southwestern Frontier" by Warren Keller; "The Peace of a Summer Night" by Fred Schaaf | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:32:28 |
| News Notes, Evolving Planets & Frozen Worlds - August 2010 | "News Notes."; "Glimpses of An Evolving Planet. A stroll through Earth's past gives vital clues of what to expect from terrestrial-sized planets." by Jeff Hecht; "Familiar Forms on Fried and Frozen Worlds. Recent discoveries on Titan and Venus." by David Grinspoon | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:32:29 |
| News Notes, Solar Twins & Discovery - July 2010 | "News Notes: Astronomy News"; "Lessons from Solar Twins - Sun's analogs hold clues to past & future." by Jeffrey Hall; "The Day I Found. Amateur astronomy is rife with discovery possibilities." by Andrew Vanden Heuvel | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:04 |
| Hubble, Pluto, Celestron & NASA - June 2010 | "Hubble's Greatest Scientific Achievements" by Mario Livio; "Halfway to a Historic Encounter With Pluto" by S. Alan Stern; "Turning 50 - Celestron's Golden Anniversary" by Dennis Di Cicco; "A Sea Change for NASA" by Jim Bell | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:40:13 |
| News Stories - June 2010 | Various News Stories from the Sky & Telescope web site. Content provided by The Associated Press, United Press International, Kelly Beatty, and Alan MacRobert. | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:22:36 |
| Most Massive Star & Light Pollution - May 2010 | "The Quest for the Most Massive Star. Astronomers conduct massive search for our galaxy's most massive star." by Yael Naze; "Saving the Night Sky. Light pollution is worse than ever; a new mindset & technology are poised to slow it." by J. Kelly Beatty | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:29:35 |
| News Notes & 3 Feature Articles - May 2010 | News Notes: Updates from the world of astronomy; "U Scorpii. Amateurs catch a nova." by Mike Simonsen & Alan MacRobert; "Coma Berenices constllation littered with galaxies." by Sue French; "Our Light or Starlight? Light pollution awareness." by Constance Walker | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:34:04 |
| Planetary Orbits & Imagining Other Worlds - April 2010 | "Hanging In The Balance - Will the orbits of the planets ever go haywire?" by Greg Laughlin; "Imagining Other Worlds - Space artists help us visualize planets and moons that humans have only glimpsed." by Michael Carroll | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:26:56 |
| News Notes & Feature Articles - April 2010 | News Notes: Monthly updates from the world of astronomy; "Between the Bears. The often-neglected area north of the Great Bear" by Sue French; "Reasons for NOT Choosing Astronomy. A whimsical look at amateur astronomy." by Mark Stephenson | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:25:36 |
| Feature Articles - March 2010 | "Planets & other large objects beyond Neptune." by David Jewitt; "Shedding light on dark stars - First to form after Big Bang?" by Ker Than; "Little-known Lynx hosts exotic deep-sky objects" by Sue French | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:30:22 |
| News Notes - March 2010 | Astronomy News Stories: "The Sky Above Us" by Fred Schaaf; "Commercial Spaceflight Coming Back?" by David Grinspoon; "Where Have all the Aliens Gone?" by Jacob Haqq-Misra & Seth D. Baum | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:27:12 |
| News Articles - February 2010 | "Spiral galaxies exist - But why?" & "NASA's new eye on the sun" by Kelly Beatty; "WMAP refines 'precision cosmology'" by Alan MacRobert; "IAU's discovery clearinghouse moves" by Robert Naeye; "NASA extends Cassini tour of Saturn"; & "A new viewport installed in the ISS"; from UPI | Reader: Roger Baker | 00:21:31 |
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