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Welcome to CometWatch! Your Hosts are Nick Evetts & Neil Norman, Two British Comet Observers & Imagers. In our Fifth show we discuss the current Comets and chat with Tony Angel & Nick Howes and we ask them some questions  BAA Comet Section Page   http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ (http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/) The German Comet Group http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm (http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm) Seiichi Yoshida's page http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html (http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html) Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/ (http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/)  Comet chasing in May  http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/  (http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/)   International Comet Quarterly  http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/CometMags.html  (http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/CometMags.html) Comet Base  http://cometbase.net/ (http://cometbase.net/) Lumicon Swan Band Comet filter http://www.astroshop.eu/comet-filters/lumicon-swan-band-comet-filter-1-25-/p,6750 (http://www.astroshop.eu/comet-filters/lumicon-swan-band-comet-filter-1-25-/p,6750) OIII Astro Telescope Filter http://opticalcoating.en.alibaba.com/product/1582144495-213902543/OIII_Astro_Telescope_Filters_1_25_Deep_Sky_Nebula_Swan.html (http://opticalcoating.en.alibaba.com/product/1582144495-213902543/OIII_Astro_Telescope_Filters_1_25_Deep_Sky_Nebula_Swan.html) Sloan Filters http://www.sbig.com/products/filters/photometric-filters/astrodon/sloan/ (http://www.sbig.com/products/filters/photometric-filters/astrodon/sloan/)

Welcome to CometWatch! Your Hosts are Nick Evetts & Neil Norman, Two British Comet Observers & Imagers. In our Fourth show we discuss Comet Jacques (C / 2015 F4) Neil spoke to amateur astronomer Cristovao Jacques and asked him 10 questions BAA Comet Section Page http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ (http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/) The German Comet Group http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm (http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm) Seiichi Yoshida's page http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html (http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html) Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/ (http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/) SONEAR Observatory   (http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Sonear-261x300.jpg) Planetary Science Institute Cometary Coma Image Enhancement Facility http://www.psi.edu/research/cometimen (http://www.psi.edu/research/cometimen) Rosetta amateur campaign    http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/rosetta-ground-based-campaign (http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/rosetta-ground-based-campaign) European comet conference - Ondrejov 2015   http://www.smph.cz/events/European-comet-conference-Ondrejov-2015 (http://www.smph.cz/events/European-comet-conference-Ondrejov-2015) BAA/TA comet image archive http://www.britastro.org/cometobs/ (http://www.britastro.org/cometobs/) Comet Section Meeting, Winchester https://www.britastro.org/meeting_render/6148 (https://www.britastro.org/meeting_render/6148)

Welcome to CometWatch! Your Hosts are Nick Evetts & Neil Norman, Two British Comet Observers & Imagers. In our third show our guests are Alan Hale, Jim Scotti & David J Eicher .We always give the latest comet news out first though from the BAA Comet Section and other sources. BAA Comet Section Page http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ The German Comet Group http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm Seiichi Yoshida's page http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/

Welcome to CometWatch! Your Hosts are Nick Evetts & Neil Norman, Two British Comet Observers & Imagers. In our  second show our guests are Terry Lovejoy and Nick Howes .We always give the latest comet news out first though from the BAA Comet Section and other sources. BAA Comet Section Page http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ The German Comet Group http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm Seiichi Yoshida's page http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/UBS_logo-300x150.png)   The UBS team are talking about the Cosmic Distance Ladder with Dr Robert Smith from the University of Sussex, plus our usual roundup of the latest news in the Astronomy world..... Here are the shownotes for the show: Shownotes Document (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jy4ImU5736EPpgCDR2dQAJbA2u1KfxqO5tfKYXLI3h8/pub) Join us on Under British Skies team on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/underbritishskies) Following Under British Skies on Twitter (https://twitter.com/underbritishsky) Here is some more information about the Under British Skies Team (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/)

Welcome to CometWatch!  Your Hosts are  Nick Evetts & Neil Norman, Two British Comet Observers & Imagers.  In this our very first show in which we sent  Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin some questions and read out his answers .We always give the latest comet news out first though  from the BAA Comet Section and other sources. BAA Comet Section Page  http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/ The German Comet Group  http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm Seiichi Yoshida's page   http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia   http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/    

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/UBS_logo-300x150.png)   This month, the UBS team spoke to Neil Norman and Padma Yanamanranda-Fisher about the Philae touchdown events. Here are the shownotes for tonights show: Shownotes Document (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PuPyt5XiXBb6THUo8znP81X1zko6TvRgMou4lUpsXIk/pub) Join us on Under British Skies team on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/underbritishskies) Following Under British Skies on Twitter (https://twitter.com/underbritishsky) Here is some more information about the Under British Skies Team (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/)

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cak-Eruption-2_81LN-150x150.jpg)If you couldn't tune-in to last night's Space Pirates radio, you'll want to listen to the recorded version below, to hear all the fun that you missed! Special guest Stephen Ramsden, of Solarastronomy.org (http://solarastronomy.org/), chats with hosts Marty and Diane about the longest Calcium K prominence ever recorded, solar outreach in the UK, his Star Trek marathon, re-connecting with each other, and much more!

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/UBS_logo-300x150.png) This month, the UBS team had a little birthday celebration for Gustav Holst, composer of the Planets Suite (Opus 32).  We also celebrated Paul Harper's birthday.  Richie interviewed Dr Roberto Trotta (http://robertotrotta.com/about-roberto/) about the changes in Cosmology since Holst was born, and we had a little peak into Roberto's world of Dark Matter and Energy. The show notes to this can be found at ShowNotes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W1tvJbDYsSS71KcJ-USXHbcb2HtyQYeyD0PLhJyp0RA/pub) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gwU3anGrn6ZPOJLXraJFV2UmGR4WodALklrZbj4gxIE/pub) Join us on Under British Skies team on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/underbritishskies) Following Under British Skies on Twitter (https://twitter.com/underbritishsky) Here is some more information about the Under British Skies Team (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/)    

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Rosetta_mission_poster-724x1024.jpg)AFM's Under British Skies (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/) crew returns to radio Sunday, Aug 17, 1900 UTC / 3pm ET with an exciting program featuring key players of ESA's Rosetta comet mission! UBS hosts - Richie Jarvis, Paul Harper, Nick Howes, Nick Evetts, and Jane Green - will talk with their guests about Rosetta's latest accomplishments (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta) and future goals; the science of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko; how amateur astronomers are contributing to this mission; and how you can follow the latest updates. We'll also have the AFM chatroom (http://astronomy.fm/chat/) open to accept your comments and questions! OUR "ALL-STAR" (all-comet?) GUEST LIST INCLUDES: Dr. Matt Taylor - European Space Agency (ESA); Project Scientist for Rosetta Dr. Claudia Alexander - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); US/Project Scientist for Rosetta Dr. Colin Snodgrass - Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute; Works with the OSIRIS team on Rosetta Dr. Joel Parker - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI); Deputy Principal Investigator for Rosetta/ALICE Dr. Padma Yanamandra-Fisher - Space Science Institute (SSI); The PACA Project; Rosetta Coordinator of Amateur Observations of 67P Wanna know more about the Rosetta mission? Click here (http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/) to read the ESA Rosetta blog; here (https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta) to follow the ESA Rosetta Twitter updates, here (http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/) for a 3-D visualization of Rosetta's journey, here (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Postcards_from_Rosetta) for Rosetta's latest images; and here (http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/14615-comet-67p/) for an in-depth look at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Shownotes are available, here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FHLVOdErCXS5dI5XVvM5UE7_3BzfEwZeYLR8U1JYsBM/pub).  

LISTEN to the PODCAST of this episode! Join us this FRIDAY, JUNE 6, at 9pm ET, for a special EVENT HORIZON chat with iTelescope's PETER LAKE! (http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cometsidingspring_jan06_2.png)As many of our listeners know, Peter is an iTelescope (http://www.itelescope.net/about)science director and handles their educational development and social outreach. He also happens to have recently acquired this year's very first amateur image of comet 67P/CG (http://www.aartscope.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/comet-67p-churyumov-gerasimenko-first.html) - the target of ESA's Rosetta mission! Peter will discuss the challenges of acquiring such an image; how he and others are sharing this and similar data through pro-am collaborations like the PACA Project; and how YOU can participate. Peter will also talk about the upcoming near-planet pass of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring with Mars and how students are assisting the search for near-Earth asteroids (http://iasc.hsutx.edu/)! * Peter and our hosts will be available to answer listeners' imaging and pro-am collaboration questions, via the AFM chatroom (http://astronomy.fm/chat/), during the live presentation at 9pm. Follow is a list of suggested reading - for your education, enjoyment, and pre-show information. We are looking forward to your questions and comments!: iTelescope and Education - Exupery Ups the Ante! (http://www.itelescope.net/aartscope-t11/2013/3/14/exupery-ups-the-ante.html) iTelescope on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/itelescope.net) and on Twitter (https://twitter.com/iTelescope_Net) ESA's Rosetta mission (http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/2279-summary/) Landing on a Comet (http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/31445-instruments/) PACA Project's comet 67P/C-G photo album (https://www.flickr.com/groups/paca_67p/) PACA Project's Rosetta/67P Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/paca.rosetta67p/) Shooting Comet 67P from Australia (http://b09-backman.blogspot.it/2014/06/67pchuryumov-gerasimenko.html) NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars (http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mars/comet2013A1-siding-spring-20140128/#.U4-I3JRdV18) Prospects for Comet A1 Siding Spring versus the Martian Atmosphere (http://www.universetoday.com/111786/interesting-prospects-for-comet-a1-siding-spring-versus-the-martian-atmosphere/) C/2013 A1 Siding Spring Discoverer, Robert McNaught (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught) PACA Project's comet C/2013 A1 Siding Springs photo album (https://www.flickr.com/groups/paca_c2013a1/) PACA Project's CIOC_Siding Spring Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/cioc.sidingspring/) AWB's GAM2014 and Student Asteroid Search (http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/gam2014-programs/educational/1460-iasc-asteroid-search-campaign-2014.html) Raleigh 7th-gradersMapping Asteroids, Saving the World (http://www.wral.com/raleigh-seventh-graders-mapping-asteroids-saving-the-world-/13497251/) Target Asteroids! OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission (http://wwworex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids) Remanzacco Observatory Blog - Comet and Asteroid News (http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kfjb9zEvCxkSHshNZplyaMNhY2JJYUnuSCJOzKjiJ6cVTnSkg6nnAG5A46Hsek2QEYNXIr66n-pGsq7XCVrjlS7JJdT4gB2Gqh0T-X3yZ35vhiLUBmPWYfeKZA) This month, the UBS team was joined by Marty Kunz for an epic show talking to some of the Comet Experts working on the Comet ISON Observing Campaign. The show notes to this can be found at ShowNotes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gwU3anGrn6ZPOJLXraJFV2UmGR4WodALklrZbj4gxIE/pub) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gwU3anGrn6ZPOJLXraJFV2UmGR4WodALklrZbj4gxIE/pub) Join us on Under British Skies team on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/underbritishskies) Following Under British Skies on Twitter (https://twitter.com/underbritishsky) Here is some more information about the Under British Skies Team (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/)    

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/UBS_logo-300x150.png)   This month the UBS team talked about Comet ISON and its recent outburst. We also talk about the ISON telescope network and recent Mars missions. The show notes to this can be found at Episode 36 Shownotes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qkypb8rl4TixTyZk558OB8gex169ZvSYOg8Gjw-S4AQ/pub) (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qkypb8rl4TixTyZk558OB8gex169ZvSYOg8Gjw-S4AQ/pub) Join us on Under British Skies team on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/underbritishskies) Following Under British Skies on Twitter (https://twitter.com/underbritishsky) Here is some more information about the Under British Skies Team (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/)    

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/UBS_logo-300x150.png) This month the UBS team talk about the Astronomy Picture of the year competition, held at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Comets and The Sky at Night program. Shownotes for the program can be found at, Episode 35 show notes (http://docs.google.com/document/d/1fouQYUeX1oRnEHYnUffjYJGdUEaVj1Elb2kQw0gMCHE/pub) The UBS team Join the Under British Skies Group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/underbritishskies) Follow Under British Skies on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/underbritishsky) Here is more information on the Under British Skies Team (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/)

(http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/UBS_logo-300x1502.png) An extra special bonus show this month - we bring you more stunning interviews from SpaceFest V all the way from Tucson, Arizona. Iain Melville and Nick Howes took turns to pick on Adam Block, Colin Burgess, Leslie Young, Robert Brand and Thomas Bopp. 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)