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I'm Jim Harstad, amateur astronomer. I'm not a scientist, but I am a science enthusiast. I got interested in astronomy as a kid, exploring the night sky with a telescope from my suburban backyard. That's something I still enjoy. And that's what this podcast is all about. Sharing the experience of backyard astronomy. Bring your binoculars or your small telescope and join me.
 
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In October, 1610, Galileo turned his telescope on Venus. He followed the planet and watched it change phases like the moon, going from gibbous to a thin crescent over several months. The appearance of phases demonstrated clearly that Venus orbits the sun, not the earth. Galileo was not surprised by this observation, it had been predicted as a neces…
 
There is no object in the night sky that is more storied than the moon. As a thin crescent it follows the setting sun over the western horizon or leads the way for the sun before dawn in the east. As the moon becomes full, it illuminates our night. The midnight full moon rises high in the sky and turns night into a wonderland of soft illumination. …
 
If you've ever spent time in the country, away from artificial lights, and looked up at a clear moonless sky, then you've seen a sight that is becoming far too rare. The stars are dazzling in their brightness and numbers. The brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, seem to faintly light the landscape. Before the invention of electric street lights, t…
 
Look up on a clear night from a dark place and see the stars. The brightest ones stand out the most and make up recognizable shapes in the sky like the Big Dipper and Orion the Hunter. Other stars fill in the spaces in between, some of them barely visible at all. Stars are big and small, near and far. In this episode we'll discuss the brightness of…
 
I'm Jim Harstad, amateur astronomer. I'm not a professional scientist, but I am a science enthusiast. I like to go out to the backyard in the evening with my small telescope and see what's up in the night sky. I got interested in astronomy as a kid, learning the night sky and exploring with a telescope from my suburban back yard. That's something I…
 
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