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Podcast #13: Mars, ICON CGC and more Mars

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Here it is!  Episode #13 of the Urban Astronomer podcast!  This week we turn our steely gaze upon the red planet Mars, but we haven’t forgotten our promise to share some highlights from our time at the ICON Comics and Games Convention.  We even indulge in a little hoax busting, picking a fight with an old scam that just won’t die.

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Podcast #11: Astrophotography with Martin Heigan

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Welcome to the 11th episode of the Urban Astronomer Podcast!  Following recent trends, this is another interview episode.  The guest is Martin Heigan, of Johannesburg, South Africa.  Martin works in the field of 3D VisualFX and motion capture, providing these services for both local and foreign TV and film productions.  But I was more interested in his astrophotography, so I called him about two weeks ago to record this interview. In this recording, we discuss Martin’s relatively new career as an … Continue reading →

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Podcast #7: Interview with Niel Viljoen of Telescope Shop

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Hi and welcome to the 7th episode of the Urban Astronomer Podcast! This episode was dropped in the middle of the Easter weekend, so in deference to the season we’ve got a brief segment based on one of Urban Astronomer’s religiously themed articles: How is astronomy used to calculate the dates of religious festivals? And our feature item is another interview! This time around, I managed to get a hold of Neil Viljoen, who owns Telescope Shop, one of the … Continue reading →

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Podcast #3: Astrophotography for Mensa

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Welcome to the Urban Astronomer podcast.  For the third time in a row, you’re getting a show in a totally different format from before:  This time, it’s a recording of one of my public lectures on astrophotography. In this case, it’s a talk I gave to the local chapter of Mensa, the world-famous high IQ society.  I had gotten to know one of their officers a few years back when we were on the same pub-quiz team, and she contacted … Continue reading →

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Imaging The Jewel Box

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This month I made two attempts at imaging the Jewel Box open cluster, more formally identified as Kappa Crucis, or NGC 4755. The first result was mediocre at best, while the second turned out quite nicely, and that means we get to do another “Watch me learn astrophotography” posting! As you’ll know from earlier posts along this topic, I’ve become a believer in data.  The more data, I’ve been teaching, the better the result because you’re giving your stacking algorithms … Continue reading →