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NAM 2008

Good morning Belfast! Welcome to the Jodcast National Astronomy Meeting special edition. On the final day of the meeting we were lucky to be joined by old friends of the Jodcast - Chris Lintott and David Boyce - to share our favourite parts of the conference with you. In this bumper show we bring you interviews covering cosmic downsizing, newly discovered planets, dark energy, proto-planets, the virtual observatory, new telescopes, James Bond and even the football results.

Interview with Emily Baldwin (SPA)

Stuart talked to Emily Baldwin who is the Society for Popular Astronomy's Chief Stargazer.

Interview with Prof Michael Rowan-Robinson (RAS)

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.

Interview with Jacquie Milligan and pupils from Glenlola Collegiate School

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.

Interview with Dr Tom Mason (Director of Armagh Planetarium)

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.

Interview with Prof Richard Ellis (University of Oxford)

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.

Interview with Prof Brian Schmidt (Australian National University)

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.

Interview with Dr Douglas Pierce-Price (ESO)

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.

Interview with Dr Jane Greaves (University of St Andrews)

Jane Greaves announces the discovery of a proto-planet - a large ball of gas and rocks orbiting a star HL Tau.

Interview with Dr Jonathan Tedds (University of Leicester)

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.

Interview with Prof Nick Kaiser (University of Hawai'i)

Nick Kaiser talks about the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) that he is helping to build.

Interview with Prof Monica Grady (Open University)

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.

Interview with Prof Don Pollacco (Queen's University, Belfast)

Interview with Dr Nial Tanvir (University of Leicester)

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.

Show Credits

Interview:Emily Baldwin and Stuart Lowe
Interview:Prof Michael Rowan-Robinson and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Jackquie Milligan, her pupils and Stuart Lowe
Interview:Dr Tom Mason and Stuart Lowe
Interview:Prof Richard Ellis and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Prof Brian Schmidt and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Dr Douglas Pierce-Price, Nick Rattenbury and Stuart Lowe
Interview:Dr Jane Greaves and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Dr Jonathan Tedds and Stuart Lowe
Interview:Prof Nick Kaiser and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Prof Monica Grady and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Prof Don Pollacco and Nick Rattenbury
Interview:Dr Nial Tanvir and Chris Lintott. Audio (c) Chris Lintott
Presenters:David Boyce, Chris Lintott, Stuart Lowe and Nick Rattenbury
Editor:Roy Smits, Stuart Lowe and Nick Rattenbury
Special Thanks:Robert Massey, Anita Heward and the Royal Astronomical Society
Cover Art:Queen's University Belfast
Website:Stuart Lowe