All episodes of The Actual Astronomy Podcast

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#401 - Borg 90FL, Practice Sketching, and Listener Emails

Shane shares his first night out with the Borg 90FL, Chris talks about his approach to practicing his skating indoors, and they discuss a few listener emails.

Published 02/22/24

#400 - Listener Emails

Chris and Shane discuss listener emails.

Published 02/19/24

#399 - Astronomy Books With Chris Wilcox

Chris and Shane welcome Chris Wilcox to the show to talk about astronomy books. Chris owns a small book store in the US and has some great recommendations. Show notes available on www.actualastronomy.com

Published 02/15/24

#398 - Making Your Own Eyepieces and Other Listener Email

Chris and Shane discuss listener emails with one that is centered on making your own eyepieces.

Published 02/12/24

#397 - Getting Started in Astronomy with Special Guest Alejandro E. Hernandez Padilla

Chris and Shane welcome long time listener Alejandro E. Hernandez Padilla to the show to discuss how he recently entered the hobby of amateur astronomy.

Published 02/08/24

#396 - Solar Eclipse Dreams

Chris and Shane discuss how to prepare for the 2024 Solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Published 02/05/24

#394 - Observer’s Calendar for February 2024

Chris and Shane talk about interesting things to observe in February 2024.

Published 02/01/24

#395 - An Asteroid, Comet Images, and Observations

Chris and Shane discuss listener emails.

Published 01/29/24

#393 - Astronomy Outreach and Advice for Chris

Chris and Shane discuss listener emails.

Published 01/25/24

#392 - What We Do When it’s Too Cold Outside

Chris and Shane talk about what they do when it gets too cold to observe.

Published 01/22/24

#391 - Listener’s New Gear

Chris and Shane discuss new gear that some listeners received over the holidays.

Published 01/18/24

#390 - Naming Asteroids with Peter Jedicke

Chris and Shane welcome special guest Peter Jedicke to talk about asteroids and how they are named.

Published 01/15/24

#389 - New Eyepiece Lines from Takahashi and Masuyama

Chris and Shane talk about the new Masuyama MOP and Takahashi TPL eyepieces.

Published 01/11/24

#388 - SettingUp Our New Telescopes

Chris and Shane talk about what they need to do to get their new telescopes operating.

Published 01/08/24

#387 - Our New Telescopes

Chris and Shane share details of their newly acquired telescopes.

Published 01/04/24

#386 - Observer’s Calendar for January 2024

Chris and Shane talk about interesting things to observe in January 2024. Show notes available at www.actualastronomy.com

Published 01/01/24

#385 - Matching Telescopes Designs to Object Type

Chris and Shane answer a listener email asking which telescopes are suited for classes of objects.

Published 12/21/23

#384 - Observe Jupiter During the Daytime without Any Optics

January 18th is a date when observing Jupiter during the daytime has favourable conditions. Alister Ling shares the details.

Published 12/18/23

#383 - Lake and Terrain Effects on Astronomy

Chris and Shane welcome Alister Ling back to the show to discuss the effects that lakes and terrain can impact observing.

Published 12/14/23

#382 - First Light For Chris’s Observatory

Chris shares his observing report for first light from his new observatory!

Published 12/11/23

#381 - Green Stars? with Dave Chapman

Dave returns to the podcast to answer the question - are there any stars that are green?

Published 12/07/23

#380 - Stars You Should Know - Southern Skies Edition with Dave Chapman

Chris and Shane welcome Dave back to the show for the final instalment of the Stars You Know series. This episode is dedicated to stars visible from southern latitudes. Show notes available at www.actualastronomy.com

Published 12/04/23

#379 - Observer’s Calendar for December 2023

Chris and Shane discuss interesting things to observe in December 2023. Show notes available at www.actualastronomy.com

Published 11/30/23

#378 - Listener Emails

Chris and Shane catch up responding to some listener emails.

Published 11/27/23

377 - EQ Mounts vs. Alt/Az Mounts

Chris and Shane discuss the virtues of equatorial mounts and alt/az mounts.

Published 11/23/23