Jodcast Interviews
The full-length interviews from the Jodcast - a podcast covering all aspects of astronomy from The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory (UK).
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Kevin McKeegan talks to Nick about a mystery surrounding measurements of oxygen in samples of the solar wind returned by the Genesis space probe.
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Interview with Dr Chris Lintott (University of Oxford)[Duration 09:04, 4.2 MB]Thu, 01 May 2008 17:30:00 +0000
Just before the release of Galaxy Zoo 2, Chris Lintott tells Stuart about the mysterious blue blob found in the original Galaxy Zoo. The blue blob - known as Hanny's Voorwerp - was spotted close to the large spiral galaxy IC 2497 and Chris tells us about the observations that have been made in an attempt to work out what it is.
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Interview with Dr Jonathan Tedds (University of Leicester)[Duration 08:09, 3.8 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Jonathan Tedds tells us about recent developments in the UK for the International Virtual Observatory. The Virtual Observatory is bringing together archive data from telescopes and satellite missions and allowing us to work with it from our desktop. One set of tools for doing this goes by the name AstroGrid. During the National Astronomy Meeting the latest version of the AstroGrid software was released.
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Interview with Dr Nial Tanvir (University of Leicester)[Duration 07:32, 3.5 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
In the last few years, the advent of Swift has revolutionized the field of gamma-ray bursts, and Chris caught up with Nial Tanvir in a rather echoing corridor to find out the latest news.
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Interview with Prof Don Pollacco (Queen's University, Belfast)[Duration 18:00, 8.3 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
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Interview with Prof Nick Kaiser (University of Hawai'i)[Duration 09:31, 4.4 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Nick Kaiser talks about the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) that he is helping to build.
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Interview with Prof Monica Grady (Open University)[Duration 09:11, 4.2 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Monica Grady tells us about her research in astro-biology including her study of meteorites and what they can tell us about ancient conditions on Mars. She also tells us about the search for life in extreme locations on Earth as well as Mars and Europa.
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Interview with Dr Douglas Pierce-Price (ESO)[Duration 13:36, 6.3 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Douglas Pierce-Price of the European Southern Observatory talks to us about the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and about ESO's Residencia which will appear in the upcoming James Bond movie.
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Interview with Dr Jane Greaves (University of St Andrews)[Duration 04:51, 2.2 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Jane Greaves announces the discovery of a proto-planet - a large ball of gas and rocks orbiting a star HL Tau.
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Interview with Prof Brian Schmidt (Australian National University)[Duration 18:40, 8.6 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Nick chats with Professor Brian Schmidt (Australian National University) about using supernovae to measure the accelerating expansion of the Universe and the mysterious Dark Energy.
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Interview with Prof Richard Ellis (University of Oxford)[Duration 14:42, 6.7 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Nick talks to Professor Richard Ellis about "cosmic downsizing", how we can learn about the formation history of stars, and how stars cease forming in galaxies.
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Interview with Prof Michael Rowan-Robinson (RAS)[Duration 12:32, 5.8 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Nick caught up with the current President of the Royal Astronomical Society - Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson - to find out about NAM, the RAS and how Michael first got interested in astronomy.
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Interview with Jacquie Milligan and pupils from Glenlola Collegiate School[Duration 03:17, 1.5 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Stuart talked to biology teacher Jacquie Milligan and pupils from Glenlola Collegiate School about the astronomy they do and their use of the Faulkes Telescope.
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Interview with Dr Tom Mason (Director of Armagh Planetarium)[Duration 04:54, 2.3 MB]Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:00 +0000
Tom Mason gives us an overview of Ireland's largest planetarium based in Armagh. He tells us about the planetarium, some of the exhibits and the large meteorite they have.
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Stuart talked to Emily Baldwin who is the Society for Popular Astronomy's Chief Stargazer.
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Interview with Dr Richard Davis and Dr Bob Watson (University of Manchester)[Duration 20:00, 9.2 MB]Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:01 +0000
Roy talked to Dr Richard Davis and Dr Bob Watson about the CMB and the Very Small Array. The Cosmic Microwave Background contains an exquisitely detailed imprint of the physical conditions following the Big Bang. Roy Smits talks to Professor Rod Davies and Dr Bob Watson of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics about the CMB, how we observe it, and what we can learn from the observations of the CMB.
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Interview with Dr Maria-Rosa Cioni (University of Hertfordshire)[Duration 19:19, 8.9 MB]Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000
The presence of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium in a star can tell us a lot about its history. We talk to Dr Maria-Rosa Cioni about the measurement of metallicity in stars and galaxies, and what we can learn from these measurements.
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Interview with Dr Lyndsay Fletcher (University of Glasgow)[Duration 30:32, 14.0 MB]Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:30:00 +0000
Nick talked to Lyndsay Fletcher about solar flares as well as the surface and atmosphere of the Sun.
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Interview with Dr Shaun Cole (University of Durham)[Duration 27:15, 12.5 MB]Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0000
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Interview with Dr Carol Christian and Dr Alberto Conti (Space Telescope Science Institute)[Duration 07:05, 3.3 MB]Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0000
We find out what the Space Telescope Science Institute is and find out how they are including data from space telescopes into Google Earth/Sky.
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Interview with David Paul (Campaign for Dark Skies)[Duration 03:48, 1.8 MB]Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0000
A quick update on the successes of the Campaign for Dark Skies from the past 12 months.
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Interview with Dr Sohrab Rahvar (Sharif University of Technology)[Duration 02:47, 1.3 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Sohrab Rahvar about astronomy in Iran.
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Interview with Dr Vasily Belokurov (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)[Duration 03:23, 1.6 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Vasily Belokurov about dwarf galaxy companions to our own Milky Way galaxy.
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Interview with Dr Przemek Wozniak (Los Alamos National Laboratory)[Duration 03:24, 1.6 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Przemek Wozniak about the detection optical afterglows of gamma ray bursts.
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Interview with Prof Cheongho Han (Chungbuk National University)[Duration 02:53, 1.3 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Cheongho Han about the future of microlensing.
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Interview with Dr Dave Bennett (Notre Dame University)[Duration 04:55, 2.3 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Dave Bennett about microlensing observations from space.
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Interview with Prof Joachim Wamsganss (Heidelberg University)[Duration 05:20, 2.5 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Joachim Wamsganss about quasar microlensing.
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Interview with Prof Andrew Gould (Ohio State University)[Duration 05:12, 2.4 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Andrew Gould about the differences between microlensing and macrolensing.
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Interview with Dr Neal Jackson (University of Manchester)[Duration 12:02, 5.5 MB]Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0000
Roy talked to Neal Jackson about gravitational lenses.
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Interview with Dr Alan Chapman (University of Oxford)[Duration 15:55, 7.3 MB]Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:00:00 +0000
At the Red Lion Inn in Goostrey we interrupted the pre-lecture dinner of the Macclesfield Astronomical Society to talk with Dr Alan Chapman. Alan tells us about the life of Victorian astronomer Richard Proctor who toured the world giving public talks about astronomical topics. We also hear how Proctor put origin dates to of some of the constellations we use today.
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Nick talked to Anna Watts about neutron stars. Anna tells us how these extremely dense objects push our understanding of general relativity and nuclear physics. Observations using X-ray telescopes are now allowing us to monitor star quakes and infer properties of highly magnetised neutron stars - magnetars.
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Stuart, Dave, Nick and Tim describe some of their favourite astronomical images of the past 12 months. We've also included a few bonus images in the show notes.
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Interview with Dr Dave Jauncey and Dr Ken Kellermann[Duration 13:55, 6.4 MB]Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:00:00 +0000
At the Manchester Modern Radio Universe Stuart caught up with Dr Dave Jauncey (CSIRO) and Dr Ken Kellermann (NRAO). They tell the story of the lunar occultation and interferometry observations of radio objects such as 3C 273 (amongst others) during the 1960s. They explain how the object was identified with optical images to show that it was a very distant galaxy - a quasar.
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Roy Smits brings us a summary of the Jodrell Bank Illuminate Art event (funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering's Ingenious programme) which took place over November and December. Roy talks to young rocketeers, talks to event organiser Dr Alastair Gunn and describes the winning art work projections for the radio. If you're listening carefully you may also spot the Jodcast's Megan launching a Clanger.
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Nick and Stuart talked to Leonid Gurvits about VLBI observations which recovered lost data from ESA's Huygens lander which landed on Titan. He also describes observations of SMART-1 with VLBI.
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