January 2007

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Jodcast of 2007. We start, as always, with a round up of the past month in astronomy. We talk to Martin Hardcastle about active galactic nuclei and radio galaxies (see the fantastic cover art by Aurore Simonnet for an idea of what they look like). We also gate-crashed a recent meeting about the proposed Square Kilometre Array (SKA) to find out what it is as well as finding out about the two proposed sites. We have no ask an astronomer this month but Ian is here to tell us what we can see in January's night sky. We also get a round up of interesting astronomy podcasts and set our first ever competition. You'll have to listen to find out what the question is!

Show Links

Interview with Prof Richard Schilizzi (International SKA Director)

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Square Kilometre Array Telescope
SKA Designs

Interview with Anita Loots (KAT Project Manager)

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Square Kilometre Array in South Africa
Karoo Array Telescope

Interview with Prof Brian Boyle (ATNF)

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The Australasian SKA Consortium
Proposed site for the core of the SKA at Mileura Station, Western Australia
The City of Geraldton

The night sky for January 2007

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Ian Morison's Night Sky pages for January 2007

Show Credits

News:	Megan Argo
Notícias em Português - Janeiro 2007:	Valerio Ribeiro
Nouvelles en Français - Janvier 2007:	Neil Vaytet
News in Chinese:	Dandan Xu
Interview:	Nick Rattenbury talked to Dr Martin Hardcastle about active galactic nuclei
Interview:	Nick Rattenbury talked to Prof Peter Wilkinson about the SKA
Interview:	Nick Rattenbury talked to Prof Richard Schilizzi about the SKA
Interview:	Nick Rattenbury talked to Anita Loots about the SKA
Interview:	Nick Rattenbury talked to Prof Brian Boyle about the SKA
Night sky this month:	Ian Morison
Presenters:	David Ault and Stuart Lowe
Editors:	Stuart Lowe and David Ault
Cover Art:	Artists impression of an active galaxy - SSU NASA E/PO, Aurore Simonnet
Website:	Stuart Lowe
Intro/Outro Cast:	Steve Anderson
Intro script:	Steve Anderson
Cover art:	Artists impression of an active galaxy Credit: SSU NASA E/PO, Aurore Simonnet

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The news for January 2007 [Duration 07:47]:
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Notícias em Português - Janeiro 2007 [Duration 06:07]:
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Nouvelles en Français - Janvier 2007 [Duration 07:06]:
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The News in Chinese - January 2007 [Duration 07:09]:
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Interview with Dr Martin Hardcastle (University of Hertfordshire) [Duration 14:32]:
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Interview with Prof Peter Wilkinson (Jodrell Bank Observatory) [Duration 14:27]:
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Interview with Prof Richard Schilizzi (International SKA Director) [Duration 08:17]:
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Interview with Anita Loots (KAT Project Manager) [Duration 04:22]:
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Interview with Prof Brian Boyle (ATNF) [Duration 07:28]:
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The night sky for January 2007 [Duration 11:14]:
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