July 2006
We get our very own Ian Morison to tell us about the history of SETI and how it will develop in the future plus we talk to the Chairman of Macclesfield Astronomical Society about his interest in astronomy. Tim and Ian answer questions that you've sent in and Ian tells us what we can see in the night sky during July.
- July 2006 MP3: Download the whole show
The news
In the news this month: the GEO600 gravitational wave detector begins operations, names have been given to the two newly discovered moons of Pluto and the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys recovers from a power problem.
- The news MP3: Download this segment individually
- GEO600
- IAU announcement of the names for Pluto's moons
- The Hubble Space Telescope
- Launch of the Space Shuttle
- Asteroid 2004XP14
Interview with Ian Morison
Nick talked to Ian Morison about the development of the search for extraterrestial intelligence (SETI). He tells us about detections of the then secret U2 spy plane, the "Wow" signal of 1977 and what the future holds for SETI.
- Interview with Ian Morison MP3: Download this segment individually
- Jodrell Bank's involvement in SETI
- The Wow Signal on Wikipedia
- SETI@home
- The Planetary Society's podcast about optical SETI
- The Square Kilometre Array
The wow signal recorded on channel 2 of the receiver on the Big Ear antenna operated by Ohio State University. The circled characters show the sequence in channel 2 of the characters 6EQUJ5 representing signal strengths of 6 - 14 - 26 - 30 - 19 - 5.
Interview with Andrew Greenwood
Megan talked to the Chairman of the Macclesfield Astronomical Society, Andrew Greenwood, about things that get him excited about the night sky.
- Interview with Andrew Greenwood MP3: Download this segment individually
- Macclesfield Astronomical Society
M42 - the Orion Nebula. (c) Andrew Greenwood
Bailey's Beads during solar eclipse 2006. (c) Andrew Greenwood
Noctilucent clouds. © Andrew Greenwood
Ask an astronomer
Tim O'Brien and Ian Morison discuss the star of Bethlehem and the phases of the Moon
- Ask an astronomer MP3: Download this segment individually
- The Children's University of Manchester - Earth and Beyond interactives
The night sky for July 2006
Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the night sky during July 2006.
- The night sky for July 2006 MP3: Download this segment individually
- Ian Morison's Night Sky pages
Show Credits
| News: | Megan Argo |
| Interview: | Nick interviewed Ian Morison |
| Interview: | Megan Argo interviewed Andrew Greenwood |
| Ask an Astronomer: | Tim O'Brien and Ian Morison answered questions |
| Night sky this month: | Ian Morison |
| Presenter: | Dave Ault |
| Editors: | Dave Ault and Stuart Lowe |
| Website: | Stuart Lowe |
| Intro/Outro Cast: | Mark Bruzee was the disembodied voice |
* If you live in the southern hemisphere you may need to convert south to north and left to right for Ian's descriptions to make sense.
