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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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