Our first monthly Focus On series is now complete with this videocast of the live Mission Alert featured on SloohRadio on Saturday, November 22. In this follow-up to Waddell Robey’s Focus On article, Charles and the Crab, Slooh SkyGuide Tavi Greiner explores the Crab Nebula (M1) and its pulsar in detail, using live images from the Member Channel. She also touches on some of the more bizarre observations of M1 highlighted during Bob Berman’s recent SloohRadio Podcast.
To add emphasis to some of the more abstract concepts, we’ve added simulations and actual time-lapse animations from NASA, ESA, and other sources.
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In this episode Bob discusses the odder aspects of the planet Venus, altitude on Earth and its effects, winter darkness, “airglow” phenomena, interesting facts about bright stars and local stars, and answers questions from the Slooh ChatRoom.
As always, Bob uses his relaxed approach to discuss the more interesting and sometimes misunderstood phenomena around us.
This podcast is available for download below, and is also published on ITunes and all major podcast listings. Remember you can subscribe to our podcast feed from ITunes for automatic delivery of all SloohRadio Podcasts.
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Death by Vacuum? Not So Bad: 11/10/2008 Strange Universe Podcast [1:07:50m]:
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To inaugurate the publishing of selected SloohRadio episodes here on the Slooh Skylog, we picked a great recent episode of Bob Berman’s Monday night SloohRadio classic, “Bob Berman’s Strange Universe.” Those of you who’ve been around awhile know that Bob’s show has been a regular feature here on Slooh (with a few interruptions!) since almost the beginning.
In this episode, Bob interacts with the Slooh Chat Room to explore a wide range of topics including:
- The nature of space. What we think is empty…isn’t!
- Commentary on Slooh Missions as they happen (audio only, but video in the future!)
- The causality of certain Earth phenomena and the possible role of the Moon.
- The official Bob Berman pronunciation guide for the 20 brightest stars.
- “Stump the Chat Room” where Bob challenges the Slooh members to identify sometimes-obscure astronomy and physics terms.
As always, Bob employs his frenzy of factual connections and insights to show us that the Universe is a graceful place after all.
You can link directly to the podcast using the links at the end of this article. Even better, you can subscribe to this and future podcasts using a number of techniques:
- If you use ITunes, simply search for “Slooh” in the Podcast section of the ITunes Store or click here (don’t worry, Slooh podcasts are free!). Once you find the entry, click on the subscribe button. Anytime we publish a new podcast, ITunes will automatically download it and, if so equipped, sync it to your IPhone or IPod.
- For other “Podcatching” software, simply point it to: http://www.slooh.com/blog/?feed=podcast
For now we will be publishing podcasts here on the blog. Eventually, we’ll move them to an archive page for future posterity.
Watch for more podcasts, and even video podcasts, in the near future; and of course, Keep Looking Up!
Slooh Radio Bob Berman's Strange Universe 11/03/2008 [66:12m]:
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