The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers now has a podcast, The Observers Notebook.
The podcasts that are currently online include a conversation with Matt Will about the history of the ALPO, Wayne Bailey talks about the Lunar Section programs, Rik Hill on the Solar section, Ken Poshedly gives us an update and history of the JALPO and I sit down and have a chat with Steve Tzakis, a past student and graduate of the ALPO Training Program, Mike Reynolds gives some valuable insights into the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, Julius Benton and I have a chat about both the Venus and Saturn sections in two separate podcasts, Bob Lunsford tells me all about the Meteor section. Jerry Hubble from the Lunar Topographical Studies section enlightened us on the workings and observations within his section and in our longest podcast so far I had a very in depth discussion with Astronomy Historian Tom Williams on the History of Amateur Astronomy in the US.
Upcoming topics that have already been recorded include, The Remote Planets Section and Jupiter Section with Richard Schmude, Comets Section with Carl Hergenrother, Lunar Transient Phenomena and Tony Cook, Changes in Amateur Astronomy with John Westfall, Minor Planets section with Fredrick Pilcher, Dolores Hill also gives a very interesting perspective on the ALPO Meteorite section, and Frank Melillo of the Mercury section, plus many more.
The podcast is released every 2 weeks, and if you subscribe to it via iTunes it will automatically be downloaded to your device.
The podcast will also be used to ‘get the word out’ on any breaking astronomy news or events happening in the night sky. So let me know if you have any breaking news that you want out there.
You can hear the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Goggle Play just search for Observers Notebook, you can listen to it at the link below:
https://soundcloud.c...serversnotebook
