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From Light to Darkness - A Pluto Special
9PM Thursday, Feb 11th US EST
0200 Friday, Feb 12th UTC
http://astronomy.fm/
First up - Dr. Dale Cruikshank, of NASA Ames Research Center, with a presentation: "The Planet Pluto: Maligned, but Not Forgotten!" Dr. Cruikshank will review what we know about Pluto (including its atmosphere, of which he was a co-discoverer), why Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006, and what NASA's New Horizons mission may reveal about this distant world.
In the second hour we will have as our live guest Dr. Mike Brown, the head of the team that discovered Eris, the largest body found in the Solar System in 150 years, and the world that led to the demotion of Pluto from a real planet to a dwarf planet. He was also maned one of Wired Online's Top Ten Sexiest Geeks in 2006, which never ceases to make his wife laugh.
In our third hour we will replay a NASA Science briefing from last week, where the Hubble Space Telescope team released the latest images of Pluto (shown below). Pluto is so far out in the Solar System, in the dark cold outer reaches of the Solar System, that it is on the edge of what even the Hubble can see. Behold, below, the most detailed images ever taken of Pluto! (Yes, not much to look at, but you just WAIT until NASA's New Horizon's mission gets there! THEN we'll see jaw-dropping pictures!)
Join in our chat room and interact live with guests while their are being interviewed.
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0200 Friday, Feb 12th UTC
http://astronomy.fm/
First up - Dr. Dale Cruikshank, of NASA Ames Research Center, with a presentation: "The Planet Pluto: Maligned, but Not Forgotten!" Dr. Cruikshank will review what we know about Pluto (including its atmosphere, of which he was a co-discoverer), why Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006, and what NASA's New Horizons mission may reveal about this distant world.In the second hour we will have as our live guest Dr. Mike Brown, the head of the team that discovered Eris, the largest body found in the Solar System in 150 years, and the world that led to the demotion of Pluto from a real planet to a dwarf planet. He was also maned one of Wired Online's Top Ten Sexiest Geeks in 2006, which never ceases to make his wife laugh.In our third hour we will replay a NASA Science briefing from last week, where the Hubble Space Telescope team released the latest images of Pluto (shown below). Pluto is so far out in the Solar System, in the dark cold outer reaches of the Solar System, that it is on the edge of what even the Hubble can see. Behold, below, the most detailed images ever taken of Pluto! (Yes, not much to look at, but you just WAIT until NASA's New Horizon's mission gets there! THEN we'll see jaw-dropping pictures!)
Join in our chat room and interact live with guests while their are being interviewed.
Astronomy.FM, an amateur astronomy focused organization, has as its mission "to explore, enjoy, and promote astronomy and space science; to encourage and facilitate the growth of astronomy science to professionals, amateurs, and students, and to bring awareness to the public; to educate and inspire humanity to 'look skyward' and learn." Membership is free and without obligation.
Global Rent a Scope has partnered with with Astronomy.FM to bring exciting professional quality observing resources to the astronomical community at very cost efficient prices.
Do you want to take your own Deep Space images?
Astronomy.FM and Global Rent-a-Scope have teamed up to bring you a free trial account to use on two of their remote-operated observatories. Our special trial account will give you 60 points of free access to GRAS's one-click imaging systems on their remote telescopes, G3 (in New Mexico), G13 (in Australia). Registration does not require a credit card or any commitment from you. At the end of your trial, you will be able to upgrade to a full-use GRAS account that will let you access all of their telescopes.
