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Show Notes for the 5th of February 2013 Hosts: Ryan, Paul This week in space/astronomy history: 4 February 1906 - Clyde Tombaugh is born - discovered Pluto (1930) @ Lowell Observatory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tombaugh 5 February 197...

YorkUniverse showNotes: 28 January 2013 Follow us on twitter @YorkUniverse (https://twitter.com/yorkuniverse) Hosts: Ryan (website (astronomyinaction.com), twitter (https://twitter.com/AstroInAction)), Paul, and Jesse (website (jesserogerson.com), twitter (https://twitter.com/jesserogerson)) We Remember the contributions of the fallen in This Week in History 27 January 1967 - Grissom, White, Chaffee, die in apollo 1 cockpit fire 1 February 2003 - Columbia (STS 107) explodes upon reentry 28 January 1986 - Challenger is lost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger 24 January 1986 - Voyager 2 passes Uranus (first and last!) now at 100 A.U. Major Topics Covered 1. 10 years for Opportunity on Mars Opportunity landed on 25 January 2004 and hasn't stopped yet! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover 2. Japanese Astronomers use Subaru find planets with Retrograde orbits http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130125103923.htm 3. Astronomy and Space Exploration Symposium at University of Toronto http://asx.sa.utoronto.ca/ 4. Curiosity Snaps Night Images http://www.universetoday.com/99622/curiositys-robotic-arm-camera-snaps-1st-night-images/ Check out the host bios and find contact info at the YorkUniverse webpage (http://astronomy.fm/yorkuniverse/).

YorkUniverse showNotes: 21 January 2013 Follow the York Observatory Tweeps on twitter: Jesse Rogerson (jesserogerson.com) - @jesserogerson Ryan Marciniak (astronomyinaction.com)- @AstroinAction Lianne Manzer - @liannemanzer YorkUniverse (yorkuniverse.com) - @YorkUniverse York University Astronomical Observatory (yorkobservatory.com) - @YorkObservatory Hosts Tonight: Jesse, Ryan, and Pat (yorku.ca/phall) This Week in History 21 January 2013 - Chris Hadfield drops puck at the leaf game http://goo.gl/ki6Ii 21 January 1979 - Neptune became the furthest planet in solar system 19 January 2006 - New Horizons launched 18 January 2002 - Gemini South Observatory dedicated Major Topics Covered 1. Gemini's New Adaptive Optics system - http://goo.gl/KSpQc GeMS - Gemini Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics System. Is a diffraction limited, Near Infrared (NIR) Adaptive Optics system designed to increase both the field of view and resolution of the adaptive optics at Gemini South. The outgoing light will be sent either to the NIR imager/Multi Object Spectrograph known as Flamingos2, or the NIR imager GSAOI GeMS has not 1 but 5 laser guide stars and 3 deformable mirrors used to sample atmospheric distortions and cancel it out in real time. It creates 3D snapshot of atmospheric turbulence about 500/1000 times/sec. About 80 hours will be offered to observers in 2013A, more after to come in the following semesters. Orion Bullets While commissioning GeMS, the GeminiSouth team observed the 'bullets' in Orion. You can actually see the movement they've made over 5 years since the last observation. Amazing! These are clumps of gas ejected at super sonic speeds, in clumps 100x larger than the orbit of pluto. 2. Curiosity finds multiple instances of surface water http://goo.gl/0C9iW http://goo.gl/YkCrl 3. Nessie found - long dark filament of star formation - http://goo.gl/AY8dx 4. Space Medicine - question from friend/listener - http://goo.gl/ihPvY See Chris Hadfield working on ISS medical emergencies 5. Earth possibly hit by a Gamma Ray burst 1200 years ago - http://goo.gl/lZuyw evidence in the trees! Analyst's Journal Tonight was the first airing of a new YorkUniverse production called 'The Analyst's Journal.' From the brain of Dr. John Moores. There are many papers published everyday, most of which don't make it to the front page of the News Paper, or to your nightly news program on television. Dr. John hosts a round table discussion with Jesse Rogerson and Lianne Manzer to cover some of the lesser known papers. http://goo.gl/k5Lis - 17.5 min

Discussed in this episode: 21 December 2012 Just Another Day http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/jpl-asteroid20120307.html (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/jpl-asteroid20120307.html) Dr. Brian May rumored to be new BBC Sky at Night Host http://www.rttnews.com/2027403/queen-s-brian-may-rumored-as-new-host-of-bbc-astronomy-show.aspx?type=ent (http://www.rttnews.com/2027403/queen-s-brian-may-rumored-as-new-host-of-bbc-astronomy-show.aspx?type=ent) Astronomers tip Queen's Brian May as BBC replacement for Sir Patrick Moore Guitarist is praised for his 'gift for communication' http://www.nme.com/news/queen/67790 (http://www.nme.com/news/queen/67790) Manned Soyuz Launch o ISS Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VmUpj3H4Bo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VmUpj3H4Bo) Expedition 34 now at ISS for the holidays http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition34/e34_xmas_message.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition34/e34_xmas_message.html) Phonesat small smart and sassy http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/PhoneSat.html (http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/PhoneSat.html) New Free ebooks from NASA http://www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/features/e-books.html (http://www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/features/e-books.html) All Systems Go for Highest Altitude Supercomputer ALMA correlator turns many antennas into one giant telescope ALMA Video Released http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12099/ (http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12099/) ESO  50th Anniversary Virtual Tour http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12103/ (http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12103/) A Splendor Never seen http://www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=68a0440d-5c1a-410a-ab8a-1642ca4748e3 (http://www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=68a0440d-5c1a-410a-ab8a-1642ca4748e3) Top Astronomy Pictures of 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-top-astronomy-pictures-of-2012-8428402.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-top-astronomy-pictures-of-2012-8428402.html) Hubble Space Telescope Christmas Card NGC 5189 http://www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=fc02b65f-e5f1-4133-9141-c36308d6c64c (http://www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=fc02b65f-e5f1-4133-9141-c36308d6c64c) Hubble eyes the Needle Galaxy http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/ic2233.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/ic2233.html) Apollo 8's Xmas Eve

Rare clear skies in Southeastern MI, Meteor Showers Come and Go, Toutatis Meets Chang'e 2, Ebb and Flow come to a dramatic end, Trash We Left on the Moon, Our Boring Sun, AAVSO zeroes in on Mintaka, the latest "habitable" exoplanet story, and the amazing edible Mars rover. Links discussed: http://news.yahoo.com/meteor-shower-may-debut-alongside-geminids-122306406.html (http://news.yahoo.com/meteor-shower-may-debut-alongside-geminids-122306406.html) http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1212/17toutatis/#.UNJ2Uqz9jyA (http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1212/17toutatis/#.UNJ2Uqz9jyA) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/17/chinese_probe_visits_asteroid_toutatis/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/17/chinese_probe_visits_asteroid_toutatis/) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20121214.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20121214.html) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa) http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/the-trash-weve-left-on-the-moon/266465/ (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/the-trash-weve-left-on-the-moon/266465/) http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots_1024.jpg (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots_1024.jpg) http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-474 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-474) http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/possible-habitable-zone-planet-a-mere-12-light-years-away/ (http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/possible-habitable-zone-planet-a-mere-12-light-years-away/) http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/18/167553525/building-a-rover-of-the-edible-kind (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/18/167553525/building-a-rover-of-the-edible-kind)

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/UBS_logo-300x1502.png) This month on UBS team pay tribute to 2 great Amateur Astronomers who passed away this month - Giovanni Sostero and Sir Patrick Moore.  Plus the usual News and Views. The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 30 Shownotes (https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1m0QBPWxbvMh6t7Ax6bgKJ0DiPBl3Ya_9NH2kLUsQe1Y) The App of the Month was Meteor Shower Calendar The Book of the Month was Patrick Moore on the Moon The UBS team Join the Under British Skies Group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ubsafm/)Follow @UnderBritishSky on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#%21/underbritishsky) App of the Month Meteor Shower Calendar

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Show Notes: SDO Using Sungrazing Comets as Probes http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/sungrazing-comets.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/sungrazing-comets.html) NASA Celebrates 50 years of Planetary Exploration with Mariner 2 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/mariner20121212.html (http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/mariner20121212.html) ESA Initializes New Tracking Station http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESA_s_powerful_new_tracking_station_ready_for_service (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESA_s_powerful_new_tracking_station_ready_for_service) North Korea Launches Weather Satellite – video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26H58UHQbO0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26H58UHQbO0) North Korean Satellite orbiting Earth – Possibly out of control tumbling http://www.space.com/18886-north-korean-satellite-out-of-control.html (http://www.space.com/18886-north-korean-satellite-out-of-control.html) NASA Twin Lunar Gravity Probes prepare for the end. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/news/grail20121213.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/news/grail20121213.html) Last Men on The Moon left 40 years ago 5:55 PM EST http://www.space.com/18910-apollo-17-anniversary-men-left-moon.html (http://www.space.com/18910-apollo-17-anniversary-men-left-moon.html) NASA Jx-2 Engine completes year of Successful Testing http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/j2x/j2x_powerpack_dec13.html (http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/j2x/j2x_powerpack_dec13.html) Expedition 34/35 to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrone next week http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/dec/HQ_M12-237_Next_ISS_Soyuz_Launch.html (http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/dec/HQ_M12-237_Next_ISS_Soyuz_Launch.html) Kazakhstan mulling change in management of Baikonur Cosmodrone http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/12/10/kazakhstan-to-russia-get-your-own-cosmodrome/ (http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/12/10/kazakhstan-to-russia-get-your-own-cosmodrome/) NASA Progressing towards Orion’s First Launch in 2014 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/galaxy-census.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/galaxy-census.html) ESA Mars Express sees Charitum Montes as a cratered Winter Wonderland http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Charitum_Montes_a_cratered_winter_wonderland (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Charitum_Montes_a_cratered_winter_wonderland) ESA/NASA Cassini Mission finds mini-Nile River of hydrocarbons on Saturn’s moon Titan http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20121212.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20121212.html) Image of Carina Nebula Inaugurates VLT Survey Telescope http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1250/ (http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1250/) With the combined power of Earth-orbiting X-ray telescopes, including NASA’s Swift and ESA’s XMM-Newton, an international team of astronomers has found for the first time a microquasar beyond our Milky Way Galaxy. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=51221 ESO Debuts KMOS at the Very Large Telescope http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1251/ (http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1251/) KMOS is unique as it will be able to observe not just one, but 24 objects at the same time in infrared light and study the structure simultaneously within each one. It will provide crucial data to help understand how galaxies grew and evolved in the early Universe — and provide it much faster than has been possible up to now ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope Discovers 7 Primitive Galaxies more than 13 billion light years away http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/galaxy-census.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/galaxy-census.html)

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AFM’s Event^Horizon! 121208 Planetary News from AGU

Links from Tonight's Show: http://links.mkt746.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=MTE5NzMxODQS1&r=NDA4MzA4NzQ2OTkS1&b=0&j=MjA4MTU2NjUxS0&mt=1&rt=0 (http://links.mkt746.com/ctt?kn=9&ms=MTE5NzMxODQS1&r=NDA4MzA4NzQ2OTkS1&b=0&j=MjA4MTU2NjUxS0&mt=1&rt=0) http://moonandback.com/2012/12/05/ebb-and-flow-create-high-resolution-map-of-moons-gravity-field/ (http://moonandback.com/2012/12/05/ebb-and-flow-create-high-resolution-map-of-moons-gravity-field/) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20617506 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20617506) http://astronomy.com/News-Observing/News/2012/11/Astronomers%20directly%20image%20massive%20stars%20super-Jupiter.aspx (http://astronomy.com/News-Observing/News/2012/11/Astronomers%20directly%20image%20massive%20stars%20super-Jupiter.aspx) http://www.technologyreview.com/view/508416/nasa-announces-curiositys-child/ (http://www.technologyreview.com/view/508416/nasa-announces-curiositys-child/) http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1212/03voyager/#.UMACfo7VnBI (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1212/03voyager/#.UMACfo7VnBI) http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm?photo_id=3C6E805D-EFD9-11DC-02173DB7C17CF9AB (http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm?photo_id=3C6E805D-EFD9-11DC-02173DB7C17CF9AB) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/news/earth-at-night.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/news/earth-at-night.html) http://www.astronomy.com/en/News-Observing/News/2012/10/Jupiter%20brightens%20the%20December%20sky.aspx?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASY_News_Sub_121130_Final&utm_content= (http://www.astronomy.com/en/News-Observing/News/2012/10/Jupiter%20brightens%20the%20December%20sky.aspx?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASY_News_Sub_121130_Final&utm_content=) http://www.space.com/18744-space-spider-smithsonian-museum.html (http://www.space.com/18744-space-spider-smithsonian-museum.html)

AFM’s York∞Universe! 121204 Astronomical Egyptology, with Sarah Symons

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