10 episodes
AAA SKY Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
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5.0 • 17 Ratings
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AAA SKY is the Amateur Astronomers Association's podcast for astronomy fans in New York City and beyond. Join co-hosts Maggie, Kat, and Stanley as they interview club members, prominent scientists, and personalities on the New York astronomical scene. Topics range from current space missions, night sky observing, astrophotography, cosmological research—plus AAA news and messages. Join us to find out what’s happening above, with AAA SKY.
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21. From Academia to the Moon
In this episode Stanley interviews Paige Godfrey, Senior Software Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin about life at Lockheed, her inspiring career path, the dichotomy between scientists and engineers and oh yes, the Orion Space Capsule and Artemis missions. Brian says farewell, and MJ and Stanley speculate about life in a capsule and give us a heads-up about various astronomy events around NYC.
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Orion Spacecraft
Slooh Online Telescope For Educators, Students, Astronomers & Space Enthusiasts
Artemis-I
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20. Brian Levine Measures the Solar System
Welcome back to AAA SKY! In this episode we introduce MJ, the newest member of the AAA SKY team. Kat interviews Brian Levine, science educator, who shows us a novel way of modeling the distances between planets in the solar system. And Brian and Kat discuss Astronomy on Tap.
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19. How to make an Impact in Astronomy as a Teenager
In this final episode of the season Yui Hasegawa, AAA member and high school student extraordinaire, tells Maggie how she came up with an idea for how to make stargazing vastly more accessible to the New York public, and how she made it a reality. By combining the respective resources of the AAA and the Brooklyn Public Library, Yui developed a library loaner program for telescopes which she hopes will serve as a model for cities and clubs worldwide. Hear our first all-women episode with Kat joining Maggie for the discussion.
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18. Tony Hoffman and Citizen Science
In this episode Kat interviews Tony Hoffman, AAA Member and Citizen Scientist. Tony recounts his adventures photographing eclipses from airplanes in Africa, in northern Norway and wherever else the path of the sun and moon has taken him. He also gives tips on finding comets and even exoplanets. Kat and Stan discuss citizen science more generally and we have a new Listeners Challenge.
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PlanetHunters.org - Planet Hunters TESSTravelQuest InternationalTony Hoffman on Flickraavsoanecdata
AAASky Listener Challenge
Every 10 years, NASA engages a committee of scientists who develop a list of programs called the decadal survey, which they collectively recommend NASA should focus on. The new decadal survey has just come out. What is the number one priority they recommend NASA should do over the next 10 years?
Email us your answer at listenerchallenge@aaa.org by May 10th at 11:59pm. We'll select a random person with the correct answer and send them a AAASky hoodie!
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17. Bell’s Theorem and Quantum Strangeness with George Greenstein
In this episode Stanley interviews physicist and astronomer George Greenstein about Quantum Mechanics, how he became fascinated with the subject and why this highly successful theory still defies visualization and remains essentially strange to us. It is precisely the unfamiliarity of the quantum world which George captures and explains in his book, Quantum Strangeness.
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Bell's theoremEPR paradoxThe Uncertainty principleQuantum entanglementSoho Photo Gallery
AAASky Listener Challenge
The White House just made a request to Congress for NASA's next budget, which is a record in terms of nominal dollars. How much is that budget, to the nearest billion?
Email us your answer at listenerchallenge@aaa.org by April 20th at 11:59pm. We'll select a random person with the correct answer and send them a AAASky hoodie!
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16. The Great Debate – Public vs. Private Space Launches with Brian Berg and Bart Fried
In this episode we mix it up! Join AAA President Brian Berg and Executive Vice President Bart Fried as they debate the merits and demerits of public vs. private space launches. From Sean Connery to Elon Musk, from Apollo to Artemis, our adversaries discuss the operations, financing and legality of putting people and robots into space. And we introduce the newest member of our AAASKY team, co-host Kat Troche.
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Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)OutlandDiamonds Are Forever
AAASky Listener Challenge
Matthias Schmitt told us that the greatest concentration of dark sky parks in the world is in one of the 50 US states. Which one did he say it was?
Hint: You can find the answer in last month's episode.
Email us your answer at listenerchallenge@aaa.org by March 10th at 11:59pm. We'll select a random person with the correct answer and send them a AAASky hoodie!
Have a question or a comment?
Reach out to us at aaasky@aaa.org, even if just to say hi!
Customer Reviews
Congrats on interviewing Bart Fried!
I could listen to Bart all day! Bart is a wealth of information and has a deep understanding of not only the history of telescopes and photography, but he connects things so well with how we as astronomers got to where we are today. Bravo!
Great for beginners!
Interesting discussions with knowledgeable, exciting guests for my beginner’s curiosity! There’s always something I take away for the next time I look into the night sky. A great place to learn more no matter what level you are.
Amazing content delivered with passion
Great show all around, looking forward to more podcasts and fascinating discussions