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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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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
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
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
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
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...
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/
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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