Amateur Astronomy - Sky this Week
By Vern Raben
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Podcast Description
Weekly video of current astronomical objects that may be viewed in the sky with telescopes or binoculars.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoJanuary 31, 2010 to February 6, 2010 Sky this Week - Amateur Astronomy | The moon rises later each night this week, giving us more time to view some of the fainter objects. The Leo triplet near the tail of Leo the Lion is fairly easy to find. The brighter two of the three, M65 and M66, maybe seen in binoculars and small scopes. The faintest of the three, the edge on galaxy NGC3628, is a grand site in larger scopes. (If the audio sounds raspy this week its because I've had a bad cold for the past few days -- my apologies). | 1 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoJanuary 24 to January 30, 2009 Astronomy Sky this Week | The planet Mars is closest to Earth this week and at its best for viewing for the next four years. A couple regions on the Sun are active and large enough to view in small scopes. Full moon this Friday is the largest and brightest for this year. Mercury is visible in the morning sky. | 1 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoJanuary 17 to January 23, 2010 Sky this Week - Amateur Astronomy | Mars is closer and brighter. Major features such as the polar cap and major albedo features are now visible in moderate size back yard scopes. Some bright passes of the International Space Station over the Denver area this week. A very active region is rotating into view on the sun's southeast limb. | 19 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 3 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Podcast must be released sooner!
Vern, first I must say I think your Video Podcast is a great help to Amateur Astronomer beginners like me or even to those a bit more experienced. It is well presented and the quality is excellent. I also love that you put in the detail about the ISS. I only have one major criticism, it is usually released into iTunes half way through the period you are covering and we have missed some events that would have been great to see. Can you please try to make sure the podcast is released prior to the start date of the week you are covering. Apart from that no complaints, keep up the good work! Jacob Haughey (Meppershall, Beds, UK)
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