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Summary: AFM*Radio podcasts contain original AFM Programs, or programs made available to AFM*Radio by their creators. Our mission is to explore, enjoy, and promote astronomy and space science; to encourage and facilitate the growth of astronomy science to professionals, amateurs, and students, and to bring awareness to the public; to educate and inspire humanity to "look skyward" and learn.

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 Space Pirate Radio! 2017/04/27 Astronomy & Gastronomy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:13

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/cassini-final-titan-fly-by http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/cassinis-final-image-of-earth https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-574 http://www.techtimes.com/articles/203844/20170403/why-did-it-take-a-century-for-april-fools-comet-to-be-identified.htm https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/dawn-observing-ceres-3rd-reaction-wheel-malfunctions https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/where-astronomy-and-gastronomy-meet/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-spacecraft-set-for-fifth-jupiter-flyby http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/smallest-planet-ever-seen-through-microlensing  

 The Event Horizon 2017/04/21 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:58

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Shoemaker-Levy-Man-Made-Impact/0691113254  http://www.space.com/35929-tiny-asteroid-buzzes-earth-returns-in-100-years.html?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#809028745529016320-tw#1488911618692  https://phys.org/news/2017-02-major-impact-wildlife.html https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C93L2GwXsAAEkbc.jpg http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-april-21-29/  https://www.facebook.com/NBObservatories/?fref=nf https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/latest/latest_1024_HMIIC.jpg http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/space-weather-enthusiasts http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/wing-kp-24-hour.gif?time=1492824673000  

 Space Pirate Radio 2017/04/19 Knowing Which Wat To Go? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:40

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/04/19/an-asteroid-will-not-destroy-earth-today-but-lets-consider-that-for-a-moment/?utm_term=.ebc9c70e16d5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_106 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39642992 http://www.astronomy.com/news/observing/2017/04/2017-lyrid-meteor-shower http://theconversation.com/our-discovery-of-a-minor-planet-beyond-neptune-shows-there-might-not-be-a-planet-nine-after-all-75656?utm_content=bufferff746&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/is-triton-a-kbo http://www.space.com/36495-astronomers-capture-the-first-image-of-the-dark-matter-that-holds-the-universe-together.html

 CometWatch 2017/04/15 with special guest Richard ‘Rich’ Kowalski of the Catalina Sky Survey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:08:27

Welcome  to April’s CometWatch with Myself and Mary , unfortunately Neil has the Lurgi so can’t join us and one of our guests Chris Wyatt got called out of town but we hope to have him join us for a later show. We have a cracking interview with Richard Kowalski that Neil and I recorded earlier  for you to enjoy. The Catalina Sky Survey Richard Kowalski at Spacefest Richard Kowalski BAA Comet Section page BAA Comet Section Visual Observations Page BAA YouTube Channel Project Alcock The Astronomer The Astronomer  Youtube Channel The German Comet Group Seiichi Yoshida’s page Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia Comet chasing International Comet Quarterly Cometbase

 The Event^Horizon 2017/04/14 Nick & Marty upgrade their Telescopes …… | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:43

StarStorm is not feeling well tonight ….   Not the SAME as the BBC Version Stargazing Live & Back To Earth Ep1 The Milky Way this Was put out on ABC Australia ( Thanks Bp) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5e51GvSh7k iTelescope  http://www.itelescope.net/ Moonlite Focuser        https://focuser.com/ Servo Cat http://www.stellarcat.com/Pages/installation.html New Moon Telescopes http://www.newmoontelescopes.com/ The AAT  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Australian_Telescope DEEP SKY Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos/videos The Plateau and Mountains at ALMA – Deep Sky Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfSoY7KCKs Extremely Large Telescope – Deep Sky Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=450jt8LlcnY Green Flash and Belt of Venus – Deep Sky Videos Pete Lawrence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWw8z75AXwU The star that blew up (NEWS) – Deep Sky Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5zo5449wHU http://3d.si.edu/apollo11cm/index.php SkyGuide-Marty: spacepirateaaargh (at) gmail.com NASA Eyes             https://eyes.nasa.gov/ https://sci...

 The Space Pirates 2017/04/13 Which Came First; SciFi or Science? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:16

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/e-acd040617.php https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-573 http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1711/ https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/09/japan-chikyu-drilling-ship-earth-mantle/  

 The Space Pirates 2017/04/05 You Can’t HANDLE Antarctica! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:49

SOHO – Sunspots https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/  Jupiter satellite events and GRS times for 2017  https://www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm See a trio of comets in the April sky  https://astronomynow.com/2017/04/02/see-a-trio-of-comets-in-the-april-sky/ The Southern Cross, From The North Hemisphere,  (thanks  Blackprojects)  https://www.facebook.com/skylivetv/videos/1273868296035259/ The Sky Live – Comets https://theskylive.com/comets Peggy Whitson breaks an ISS record  http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/peggy-whitson-breaks-record Astronomy: The Gateway Drug of Science http://bigthink.com/hertz-foundation/no-application-for-your-science-no-problem-according-to-this-astronomer Citizen scientists are closing in on Planet Nine  http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/locating-planet-nine AAVSO  Alert Notice 572: AG Dra monitoring requested https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-572 Cassini’s Grand Finale Orbits Set to Begin http://www.npr.org/2017/04/05/522756844/nasas-cassini-begins-its-final-mission-before-self-destruction New Horizons hit a milestone   http://www.astronomy.

 The Event ^ Horizon 2017/03/24 Deep Naval Observatory | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:28

StarStorm was very tired this week so had an early night……. Some good places to get Comet Info …and i do a major plug  for CometWatch  in a Jeremy Clarkson manner http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html BAA Comet Section Visual observations page    https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ https://britastro.org/node/9365 http://www.britastro.org/projectalcock/ http://cometbase.net/ http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/ http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/41P.pdf http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/CometMags.html http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/ http://www.universetoday.com/134625/new-study-wants-rip-t-rex-place-dino-tree/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/earth_timeline/late_heavy_bombardment  

 The Space Pirates 2017/03/23 – Adopt A Pirate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:04

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/rings-on-mars http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/martian-volcano-extinct-with-dinosaurs Home http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/is-it-time-to-restore-plutos-status https://phys.org/news/2017-03-astronomy-rewind-citizen-scientists-zombie.html https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-571 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Scorpii http://www.wbur.org/artery/2017/03/13/silent-sky-harvard-astronomy-women-computers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/in-margao-church-an-astronomical-secret/articleshow/57776868.cms  

 CometWatch Special (1) 2017/03/19 Terry Lovejoy and Comet No.6 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:12

Well our friend Terry Lovejoy has done it again….. Comet No.6 to which David Levy has said   he has now  passed John E. Mellish ( 1886 – 1970). The latest Comet was discovered  using software Terry wrote himself. And yes i have done the correction to the wikipedia entry! Mary will be back with us in April . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy http://www.space.com/13957-doomed-sungrazing-comet-terry-lovejoy-interview.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040805131809/http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/iraamod Terry Lovejoy discovers comet C/2017 E4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mellish C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) discovery frame By Terry Lovejoy – http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/image/75931279, CC BY-SA 2.5 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1952633  

 The Space Pirates 2017/03/15 Meteorites & Stormy Weather! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:59

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ https://www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm https://www.emich.edu/physicsastronomy/facilities/sherzer.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymchan_(meteorite) https://www.facebook.com/SpacePirateRadio/photos/a.1247697135242235.1073741829.1080215961990354/1599948606683751/?type=3&theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymchan_(meteorite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivine Flight Lab: Take a Ride in a 747 That NASA Turned Into a Huge Telescope New Study Shows That Travel to Mars Increases the Risk of Leukemia in Humans https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-and-russia-may-explore-venus-together/ http://www.blastr.com/2017-3-10/no-aliens-havent-invaded-saturn-its-pan-flying-saucer-moon      

 Cometwatch 2017/03/15 With Special Guest Jon Culshaw | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:06

This Month On Cometwatch we have a Special Guest, Star Map & Sky At Night Host Jon Culshaw! ‘Star Map’. A topical astronomy show for amateur astronomers. Watch out for this online soon. From @Avertedvision @Paul_Abel and me  @jonculshaw The Doctor Calls Sir Patrick Moore  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMOl_Jh8O_E Doctor Who Calls Peter Davison  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-inrExbDeI Sir Patrick Moore: Still Going Strong – The Sky At Night: 700 Not Out – BBC Four https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tG8SPtIZGk Jon Culshaw and Patrick Moore 500th anniversary    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-V9SvWC8qQ&list=PLfjKqsFOQXez3jup7EkXgoFnoAo_AxHFF BAA Comet Section page BAA Comet Section Visual Observations Page BAA YouTube Channel Project Alcock The Astronomer The Astronomer  Youtube Channel

 The Event Horizon 2017/03/10 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:34

Thank you StarStorm for the links from the Afm Chat room http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/house-passes-nasa-transition-authorization-act  https://www.nasa.gov/topics/journeytomars/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/science/nasa-cassini-saturn-moon-pan.html?_r=0 http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/seven-planet-star-ageless-maybe-deadly-0603201723/ https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2_n1867602424_1.jpg http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-blogs/astronomy-space-david-dickinson/new-take-on-audible-meteor-mystery/ http://asteroidoccultation.com/2017_03/0311_1343_52460.htm http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-march-10-18/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/evetts_family/33240257491/in/dateposted-public/

 The Event Horizon 2017/03/03 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:01:07

My Thanks to StarStorm  for the links ………………………………... https://software.nasa.gov/  https://go.itelescope.net/Images/AllSky-NMS.jpg http://www.cnyo.org/2017/03/02/free-astronomy-magazine-march-april-2017-issue-available-for-reading-and-download/ http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2017+EA&commit=Show https://watchers.news/2017/03/02/asteroid-2017-ea/ http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-march-3-11/ http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/aldebaran-occultation-march-4-2017/ http://occultations.org/aldebaran/ https://occultations.org/occultations/what-is-an-occultation/ http://www.iota.timerson.net/ Observing Announcement: Spectacular Grazing Occultation Of Aldebaran On 4 March 2017  

 Space Pirate Radio 2017/03/01 Remote Controlled Pirates | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:21

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/spotsylvania/local-eye-doctor-spies-sky-from-state-of-the-art/article_7cb69535-b6de-5c9b-81b3-0329dd761294.html http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/MSROVAkey.html https://www.gofundme.com/qt88jcgc https://explorescientificusa.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gerald+hubbell https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/03/01/everything-is-awesome-for-the-women-of-nasa-lego-set/?utm_term=.cb2698c35d9f http://gizmodo.com/money-wont-save-spacexs-moon-tourists-if-something-goes-1792864750    

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