Podcasts about geminid meteor

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - Recently Dr. Michael Gillon of the University of Liege in Belgium and a team of astronomers hypothesized since that approximately 2/3 of the stars in our neighborhood are red dwarf stars and some of them might host inhabitable planets.  - The source of the Geminid Meteor shower each December is a strange little asteroid.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

The source of the Geminid Meteor shower each December is a strange little asteroid.

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com In this episode we'll talk about what you can see in the night time sky this month. For those listening on the 365 Days of Astronomy, if you look us up in your podcast directory like Apple or podcatching app you can subscribe and catch 8 episodes per month!   - What are some easy ways people can get started in astronomy? - Size and distance using your fist. - Keeping dark adapter with a red light. - Getting a good reference like Nightwatch. - Using binoculars - 8x40 or 7x35.   - Dec 1 - Juno Occultation. - Dec 7/8 - Mars at Opposition and Full Moon. Also Mars will be occulted by the Moon for most of NA and Europe. - Dec 14 - Geminid Meteor shower Peak - Might be too Moony. - Dec 16 - Last Quarter moon. - Dec 21 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation 20-degrees from the Sun. - Dec 21 - Winter Solstice. - Dec 22 - Ursid Meteors Peak: Debris from periodic comet 8P/Tuttle. - Dec 23 - New Moon - Dec 24 - Venus & Mercury  3 & 4° North of Moon  - Dec 26 - Saturn 4° N of Moon - Dec 29 - Mercury and Venus at closest - 1.4° separation - Dec 30 - Double Shadow transit on Jupiter. But not for us… Poo. Need to be up early and maybe in Japan. - Bright comet? C2022-E3 ZTF, mag 7 by end of Dec. Mag 5 by early January? Maybe…   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Sooner is better than later for seeing this year's Geminid meteors. Consider the mystery about where the Geminids come from. They're not associated with a comet. Be considerate when using outdoor lighting. It's not just astronomy that depends on a proper light.

HiP 014 12/15 - 12/21 (Hawaii Posts Theme) I’m Thomas e Gaupp a.k.a Tomestokes and this is HAWAII POSTS Tom-e-stokes Welcome our Digital Ohana so kick off your slippahs and come inside for episode 14 For the greatest show not on the radio Where you can get a 7 day forecast for weather, surf & events around all the Hawaiian islands. I call it the 777  Now last week i was a quite busy and actually had fully prepared show notes last friday and sat down on saturday to record.  While recording i got a called up to work at the Guns and Roses concert.  I thought i would finish it up after the concert but got home around 2am and had a full day of family events and work on sunday, by then the script was nearly outdated and what had been recorded need to be corrected to add and subtract a few day to the 7 day calendar. Lesson learned I need to simplify the show so i don’t get bogged down on too many details of the 777forecast and make my forecast more direct and compact. (CUE CHARITY TOURIST THEME) Last episode #13 I told you that i was about to launch a new podcast for Charity Tourist. I am happy to announce that Charity Tourist podcast is now a reality and available on iTunes soon to be on Google Play, TuneIn, Spotify, Pandora and a wide variety of your favorite podcast outlets Please follow me at charitytourist (one word) charity tourist on instagram you can also find my charity tourist page on facebook In the first episode of Charity Tourist we feature of Toys for Tots I interviewed a representative of Toys for Tots to talk about the foundation which has been in existence for 71 years collecting toys and donations and brightening the holidays for needful children across america.   Here is a preview of my interview with Amy and Charles Darling Romain of the USMC Toys for Tots Program of my  To hear the entire interview and listen to the whole show Subscribe to the Charity Tourist Podcast, follow Charity Tourist on instagram Here is how you can get involved in the most important social movement happening today I ask that you participate donate to a charity or volunteer your time to a worthy cause take a picture and post it on your FB or IG then share it with me at Charity Tourist or tag it #charitytourist, #vacationvolunteer and #destinationdonor   In the next episode of Charity Tourist i’ll share with you the top travel destinations for the holiday season and give you an unique idea of how you can be charitable as you travel and here’s a hint, it involves the Salvation Army Stay Tuned Stay Stoked and lets do something charitable to make the world a better place (Commercial for Tiki’s) Now time for your 777 forecast for this weeks weather, surf and events around all the islands. WEATHER It’s been a rainy and windy week with scattered sunlight. With that it’s been a bit cool around the island. But hey thats winter weather in hawaii. I usually do my show prep and recording the day before the 1st day of the 7day forecast, so today it’s a beautify aloha friday. The sun is shining and the winds are a little lighter thank the last week. Here is you 7 day weather forecast starting saturday the 15th through friday the 21st Lows will range from 64 to 70 Highs will range from 73 to 80 The warmest day will be monday the coolest day will be Wednesday the 19th This weekend the winds will be between 10-15mph coming in from the ENE blowing to the WSW Saturday the 15th will be mostly sunny Sunday the 16th we’ll see sunny skies  passing clouds Monday the mostly sunny and humidity will begin the increase Tuesday and Wednesday we’ll have the greatest chance of precipitation. Thursday will be mostly sunny but also about 70% humidity Friday the 21 will be the sunniest day of the week w/ the lowest humidity & light winds Sunrise and Sunset Sunrise on Sat.15th is at 7:01a and sunset is at 5:51(10h 50m 56s of daylight) Sunrise on Sat. 21st is at 7:05a and sunset is at 5:54 (10h 50m 14s of daylight) 39sec shorter The 21st shortest day of the year as December Solstice “December Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Friday, December 21, 2018 at 12:22 pm in Honolulu. In terms of daylight, this day is 2 hours, 36 minutes shorter than on June Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.” - timesanddate.com   NIGHT SKY The moon will be up in the night sky during the next 7 days The moon on Saturday the 15th is waxing on its way to full the illumination will be 57.1% it will set on Saturday at 12:24 am and by next friday the 21st the full moon will rise @ 5:22 before the sunsets at 5:54p On the 21st the moon does not pass through the meridian Visible Planets will be Mars will be the most obvious and perhaps the lone planet in the night sky Uranus will have an average visibility but you may need binoculars to see it. Mars will set around midnight and Uranus around 3am Venus will rise sometime shortly after that at 3:40 Jupiter will be rising at 5:50 am Saturn  will rise after 8am and set around 7 but due to it’s position it’ll be hard to see.   Notable Constellations North: Ursa Minor (the little dipper) Southwest: Aquarius, capricornus South: Phoenix East: Orion, Gemini Up Above center stage there is a party going on with: Clockwise from north Triangulum, Perseus, Tarus, Aries, Cetus and Pegasus   Dec 13/14: Geminid Meteor shower One of the best meteor showers of the year, the Geminids peaks on the night of December 13 and early morning hours of December 14, 2018, but will be visible from December 4-16. Big Mahalo to TimeandDate.com for most all of my information about the weather sun and moon I will post the 7 day weather forecast on HawaiiPosts.com episode 14 show notes   7 Surf report (CUE Surf Music) Eddie Aikau Big Wave Surfing Contest @ Waimea Bay window is open  iIt’s the most prestigious & culturally significant surf contest in the world The waiting period is always between Dec. 1, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2019. Waves have to be 15-25′    This week : North Shores Waves on North facing shores rise from saturday 5-10 to sunday 20-40 foot faces  Dropping monday to 15-25ft rising again tuesday to 20-40 and holding through thursday  West Shores Rising through weekend saturday 3-5 but sunday 20-30 then dropping until tuesday with a big bump again at 20-30 holding through wednesday East shores  5-10 bumpy faces slop and chop as it drops through  wed. and through the week the onshore winds slow down South Shores Flat to a foot maybe 2 foot faces and holding through the week with winds tapering off through the next 7 days for some small wave big fun BIG MAHALO TO SURFNEWSNETWORK.com FOR ALL MY SURF INFORMATION   TIKIS COMMERCIAL   7 Day Events Highlights   Oahu (CUE Events Music) Makahiki Challenge (8th Annual) OCCURS ON: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018, 7:00AM - 1:30PM The 8th Annual Makahiki Challenge will be held at Kualoa Ranch on December 15, 2018. “Get Lepo” (dirty) at the state’s First 5K Obstacle Mud Run, which includes around 12 obstacles. In the past, the challenge incorporated a 12-foot wall, mud bogs, rope swing, and monkey bars.    Keiki Makahiki Challenge 2018 OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 8:00AM - 11:00AM Hawaii’s favorite obstacle mudrun is now available for the keiki. The first ever Keiki MC will take place on Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The 1.5 miles mudrun will feature 10 obstacles designed to introduce the keiki to the world of obstacle course racing. (CUE God rest ye merry gentlemen - Jon Sayles Christmas Music is Royalty free music under a common licensing from www.freemusicpublicdomain.com ) Festival of Lights Boat Parade OCCURS ON: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018, 3:00PM - 7:00PM Make Hawaii Kai Towne Center your place to watch the Festival of Lights Boat Parade, December 15. Come to the Marina Docks starting at 3 p.m. Watch the parade of colorful boats, decorated for the holidays.   Jingle Rock Run (6th Annual) OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 3:00PM - 5:00PM Jingle Rock Run 2018 Walk with us and local keiki facing critical illnesses that need your support this holiday season. WHAT: Our 6th Annual Jingle Rock Run! Come see the Honolulu City Lights through this family-friendly festive holiday walk. WHO: FUN FOR ALL! Walkers, joggers, runners, strollers   Rock Opera Theatre Presents The Music Of The Trans-Siberian Orchestra OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 5:00PM - 9:30PM Rock Opera Theatre will be performing the music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Music. This will include music that is a mix of styles including Rock, Blues, and Classical. The show will include Animated Backgrounds that go with each song.    A Frank Sinatra Holiday featuring Mike Lewis & Friends Big Band OCCURS ON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2018, 6:30PM - 11:00PM Mike Lewis and Friends will be performing at Blue Note Hawaii with 2 shows at 6:30pm & 9:00pm. Native New-Yorker and trumpeter Mike Lewis presents a celebration of what would be Frank Sinatra's 103rd birthday with his very own Mike Lewis Big Band! Doors open at 5:00pm & 8:30pm   HAPA Holidays OCCURS ON: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2018, 6:30PM - 11:00PM HAPA will be performing at Blue Note Hawaii with 2 shows at 6:30pm & 9:00pm. The group's self-titled album, released in 1993, remains the number one selling recording by a group or duo in the history of recorded Hawaiian music. Doors open at 5:00pm & 8:30pm   Josh Tatofi’s Christmas Tribute to Luther Vandross OCCURS ON: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018, 6:30PM - 11:00PM Josh Tatofi will be performing at Blue Note Hawaii with 2 shows at 6:30pm & 9:00pm. Hawaiian Music Live calls him the Polynesian Luther Vandross, which aptly describes his soothing voice. For one-night-only Josh will pay tribute to Luther, playing his many hits in a festive show   Jake Shimabukuro OCCURS BETWEEN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018, 6:30PM - 11:00PM Jake Shimabukuro will be performing at Blue Note Hawaii with 2 shows nightly at 6:30pm & 9:00pm. His most recent CD, Nashville Sessions, is one of his most adventurous, multifaceted and engaging records to date, blending elements of jazz virtuosity with heartfelt melodicism.    Johnny Mathis Christmas Concert OCCURS BETWEEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018, 7:30PM - 9:30AM Music Legend Johnny Mathis returns to Honolulu for the first time in two decades! Performing his greatest hits & Christmas classics at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, December 21 and 22 both nights starting at 7:30 p.m. Featuring members of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Hawaiian Band.   Hawaii Open Presented By Hawaii Tourism Authority OCCURS BETWEEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018 - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2018, 11:00AM - 6:00PM   The Hawaii Open presented by the Hawaii Tourism Authority is a three-day men's and women's professional tennis tournament held at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. Tournament action begins Friday, December 21, and features top-ranked tennis players from the ATP and WTA tours   Echoes of Floyd Hawaii Rock Concert OCCURS BETWEEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018, 9:00PM - 1:00AM Enjoy the iconic and immensely popular music of Pink Floyd and other classic rock music live at the intimate setting of Anna O'Brien's December 21st. Echoes of Floyd Hawaii is the only tribute band in Hawaii dedicated to faithfully recreating the music of Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd's milestone album, The Dark Side of the Moon, was on the album charts for 745 weeks. In addition, on this night, the band will play an additional full set of upbeat classic rock music. At Anna Obriens 2440 S. Beretania St MUSIC: “Any Colour You Like” Pink Floyd   Maui (CUE Geoff Hurly - Have A Happy Christmas Christmas Music is Royalty free music under a common licensing from www.freemusicpublicdomain.com ) Christmas 5K Run / 1 Mile Walk and Santa's 1/2 Mile Keiki Dash OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 7:30AM - 10:00AM Join us Sunday December 16, 2018 for the Christmas 5K, 1 Mile Walk, or Santa's Half Mile Keiki Dash! We will also be collecting donations for the Maui Food Bank. Santa's Half Mile Keiki Dash: A special race for keiki 8 years and under - starts at 7:30am   Exhibit: Surfing Hawaii OCCURS BETWEEN: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019, 10:00AM - 5:00PM @ the Maui Cultural Center Exhibit: Surfing Hawaii December 16, 2018 – February 15, 2019 Schaefer International Gallery Tue – Sun 10am - 5 pm (Also open before Castle Theater shows and during intermission) This exhibition explores our most popular water sport beginning with Native Hawaiian history and knowledge of he‘e nalu   Pepper and Stick Figure OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 6:30PM - 10:00PM @ the Maui Cultural Center Pepper is a three-piece rock band originally from Hawai‘i, now based in San Diego.  Since the band's formation they have released seven studio albums as well as two live albums.    Makawao Third Friday Town Party OCCURS ON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018, 6:00PM - 9:00PM  Maui Friday Town Parties happen every Aloha Friday! Spearheaded by the Maui County Office of Economic Development, each party highlights one of Maui’s historic small towns and along with their unique, local businesses. Whether it’s an eccentric art show in Lahaina or a paniolo party in Makawao, Generations @ the MACC: An Acoustic Evening with Pat Simmons Sr. & Pat Simmons Jr. OCCURS ON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018, 7:30PM - 10:00PM @ the Maui Cultural Center Pat Simmons Sr. is an original member of the Doobie Brothers. Pat Simmons Jr. has grown up with music - on Maui, in California, and around the world - on tour with his dad!  https://youtu.be/IUCUkIPUXBo “Black water”   Hawaii Island (CUE Geoff Hurly - Have A Happy Christmas Christmas Music is Royalty free music under a common licensing from www.freemusicpublicdomain.com ) Big Island Road Runners Jingle Bell Run OCCURS ON: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018, 7:30AM - 9:00AM Big Island Road Runners presents the Jingle Bell Run to bring in the holiday season. Registration starts at 7 am in Liliuokalani Park and run starts at 7:30 am. Run or walk as many times around the park as you like. No timing, no pressure, just enjoy the morning getting out and moving. Santa Clause   Jingle Bell Beach Run - 5k Run OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 7:30AM - 10:00AM The 14th Annual Jingle Bell Beach Run The ultimate Kona running event!  Start time is at 7:30 AM SHARP with timing provided by JTL Timing Systems.  The featured 5k event encourages participation from all fitness levels and running backgrounds.  Great fun for everyone, family oriented   Farmers' Market at Hamakua Harvest OCCURS ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 9:00AM - 2:00PM The Sunday Farmers' Market at Hamakua Harvest, located at the intersection of Mamane St. and Hwy 19 in Historic Honokaa Town, offers only locally produced goods, ono food, live music and a free educational event weekly. 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Astrophiz 71: John Sarkissian ~ ‘Aliens are cool!’ AKA SETI, PAFs & Cryogenics PLUS: 'What's up Doc', direct from Dr @ianfmusgrave ’s Astroblog Listen here: This is the fourth of 6 ‘Astrotour’ episodes of Astrophiz, where we are publishing recordings of interviews I did on a two and a half thousand kilometre tour of five of Australia’s finest Eastern state radio and optical observatories. Today’s feature interview is with John Sarkissian at the CSIRO Parkes Radio Observatory (Yes, he works with Dr Jane Kaczmarek who we featured in Episode 68) John tells us how ‘The Dish’ is contracted to work on the Breakthrough Listen project to search for extraterrestrial intelligences. It’s a SETI project involving some of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes. He explains beautifully why and how cryogenics is incorporated into the Parkes and other dishes and how their next upgrade after the amazing UWL (ultra wide band) receiver will be the design, build and installation of PAFs (Phased Array Feeds) In our regular segment for astrophotographers and observers, Dr Ian 'Astroblog’ Musgrave usually presents ‘What’s Up Doc?’. However due to a bandwith fail on our Skype link, I read from his fabulous ‘Astroblog’. In this episode he tells us what to look for in the night sky and I give a brief report on viewing the Geminid Meteor shower that peaks on December 14. In the News: .1. NASA InSight Mission successful Mars landing + what else in on and orbiting Mars. .2. Barnard's Star possibly has a cool exoplanet

The source of the Geminid Meteor shower each December is a strange little asteroid Phaethon.

The source of the Geminid Meteor shower each December is a strange little asteroid Phaethon.

December - This month the emphasis is on the Geminid Meteor shower (early morning of the 14th) and the Winter Solstice on the 21st.