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Tag Archives: Venus

Guns in Space and Why Venus is so Hot

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 6 Nov, 2019 by Allen Versfeld5 Dec, 2019

Episode 10 of Season Two answers listener questions: What happens when a spaceship shoots its gun in space, and why is Venus so hot?

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Podcast #34: The Equinox Show

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 23 Sep, 2018 by Allen Versfeld23 Sep, 2018
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Welcome to this special Equinox edition of the Urban Astronomer Podcast! This episode I share the microphone with Clem Unger for the first of a quarterly series. Clem has been on the show before, and he’ll be back every equinox and every solstice. In this episode We start with a look at coming attractions in the sky over the next three months. Clem discusses the state of current asteroid missions OSIRIS-Rex and Hayabusa 2 Allen and Clem butt heads over … Continue reading →

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Podcast #8: Venus, KELT-11b and Blood Moon Pregnancies

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 27 Apr, 2017 by Allen Versfeld28 Apr, 2017
Artist’s impression of KELT-11b orbiting its host star. Image credit: Walter Benjamin.

Welcome to the 8th episode of the Urban Astronomer Podcast!  This week, Cathrine continues her series on The Planets with the hottest world in our Solar System: Venus.  Allen then reports on the discovery, by a telescope at SAAO’s facility in Sutherland, of KELT-11b, an unusually inflated exoplanet.  And finally we look at what is apparently a common question in parts of the world: Is it safe to watch a Lunar Eclipse, while pregnant? This is Cathrine’s second appearance in … Continue reading →

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What is that bright star?

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 7 Aug, 2013 by Allen Versfeld24 Jul, 2017

Dear Urban Astronomer   Thanks for all your interesting celestial tidbits, which my hubby and I enjoy very much. We are just viewers and treasurers of the skies we love so much, not a professional like you! Could you perhaps enlighten us about a very bright star which is currently to be seen approx 30% up from the horizon to the east. When we say to the east, it is where our sun sets during the winter season. The star … Continue reading →

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