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Step Outside: What Hunting Planetary Nebulae Taught Me About Visual Astronomy
How one night at Cherry Springs State Park changed my mind about planetary nebulae, and why visual astronomy is a rare break from the task oriented world. In short We have no shortage of things to dissuade you from observing tonight. It may be too cold, the skies are hellishly bright these days, there’s no…
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Why It’s So Bright at Night
In this episode, Bill McGeeney interviews Vasu Menon, a NC State computer science student who created Stargazer.org – a revolutionary web app that solves every amateur astronomer’s planning nightmare. Born from a frustrating full-moon stargazing trip to Virginia’s Stanton River park, this tool combines dark sky locations, weather forecasts, and lunar data into one simple…
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Quit Messing With My Meridian Flip!
Today, we have a lot of policy related activity. Smart policies getting set up in Virginia, an amusement park that apparently flipped the bird to migrating birds, and reading the fine print in Pittsburgh’s new LED conversion. Listen to all this and more as we have a new voice join us today – Mr. Steve…
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Cozy Lychnology.
We finish out our stellar June lineup by exploring our ancient relationship with the night. We always knew chocolate at night was a good thing, but dang, the Mayans took it to a whole new level! Can the stars heal the mind? A new dark sky trail, and much more! This month, I welcome back…
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A Podcast Shedding the Light Only Where Needed
