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NAM 2007

We're on the road in Preston at the UK's National Astronomy Meeting. Our first special show describes what NAM is and what happened on the first day. In our second show we catch up with Chris Wareing who announced results about the wakes left by dying sun-like stars as they pass through the interstellar medium. On the third day David Boyce (University of Leicester) and Paul Steele (University of Leicester) join us to chat about the various sessions that took place. We find out about the organisation of the conference from Dr Stewart Eyres, chat to Dr Monica Grady and find out about the International Heliophysical Year from Dr Lucie Green. On day four Neil Phillips (University of Edinburgh) joins us in our attempt to coherently link interviews about the dangers of solar ejections to astronauts, the possibility of making force-fields to protect them, the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, the Herschel Mission, the fiftieth anniversary of the Sky At Night and exoplanets. The last day of the NAM sees us talking to Dr Chris Davis about the STEREO mission, Dr Helen Walker about Mars Express and Prof Mike Bode about RS Ophiuchi.

Interview with Dr Chris Wareing (University of Manchester)

Nick Rattenbury talked to Chris Wareing about his numerical simulations of the wakes left by star near the end of their lives moving quickly through the interstellar medium. This research was presented at the UK National Astronomy Meeting on 17th April 2007.

Interview with Dr Lucie Green (Mullard Space Science Laboratory)

Stuart Lowe talked to Lucie Green about the Sun and International Heliophysical Year. Lucie tells us what it is and why there is a big connection between the Sun and Earth.

Interview with Dr Monica Grady (Open University)

David Boyce chatted to Monica Grady about astro-biology including summer schools, ALH84001 (the meteorite from Mars), what meteorites can tell us, the possibility of life on Europa, her latest research and what she thinks may be the next big discoveries.

Interview with Prof Mike Lockwood (RAL and Southampton University)

David Boyce talked to Mike Lockwood about the highly energetic particles from the Sun that will affect human spaceflight. He talks about the need for shielding, some of the difficulties involved and the possible use of electric fields to repel the particles.

Interview with Dr Ruth Bamford (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Stuart talks to Ruth Bamford about a story which made the international news; a plan to build magnetic 'force-fields' to protect astronauts. Ruth tells us that small magnetic bubbles could be used to hold a plasma which might, in turn, hold off the charged particles from solar coronal mass ejections.

Interview with Prof Matt Griffin (Cardiff University)

David Boyce talks to Matt Griffin about the future ESA Herschel telescope and what it will study.

Interview with Prof Martin Barstow (University of Leicester)

David Boyce talked to Martin Barstow about the future of UV astronomy focussing on the Hubble Space Telescope and the upcoming repair mission. He also talks about the future, Russian-led, World Space Observatory and his latest research using FUSE to look at the local interstellar gas.

Interview with Dr Chris Lintott (Oxford University)

Stuart talked to Chris Lintott about his research into astro-chemistry. They also chatted about the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC's Sky At Night television programme and the special episodes that have been recorded.

Interview with Dr Peter Wheatley (University of Warwick)

David Boyce talked to Peter Wheatley about planets around stars other than the Sun; exoplanets. He has used measurements with SuperWASP and the Spitzer Space Telescope to investigate the atmosphere of a planet passing in front of the face of its star.

Interview with Dr Chris Davis (Rutherford Appleton Laboratories)

Stuart caught up with Chris Davis to find out the latest news from NASA's STEREO mission.

Interview with Dr Helen Walker (Rutherford Appleton Laboratories)

Stuart talked to Helen Walker about the current status of ESA's Mars Express mission.

Interview with Prof Mike Bode (Liverpool John Moores University)

Stuart asked Mike Bode for an update on the re-current nova star RS Ophiuchi which had an outburst during 2006.

Show Credits

Interview:Nick Rattenbury talked to Dr Chris Wareing
Interview:Stuart Lowe talked to Dr Lucie Green
Interview:David Boyce talked to Dr Monica Grady
Interview:David Boyce talked to Prof Mike Lockwood
Interview:Stuart Lowe talked to Dr Ruth Bamford
Interview:David Boyce talked to Dr Monica Grady
Interview:David Boyce talked to Prof Martin Barstow
Interview:Stuart Lowe talked to Dr Chris Lintott
Interview:David Boyce talked to Dr Peter Wheatley
Interview:Stuart Lowe talked to Dr Chris Davis
Interview:Stuart Lowe talked to Dr Helen Walker
Interview:Stuart Lowe talked to Prof Mike Bode
Presenters:Nick Rattenbury, Stuart Lowe, Megan Argo, David Boyce, Paul Steele and Neil Phillips
Editors:Stuart Lowe and Megan Argo
Cover Art:Planetary Nebula Sh 2-188; N Wright, University College London
Website:Stuart Lowe