Astrophiz "An exceptional Astronomy podcast." Brendan sometimes even gets how and why science works, and each month he conducts in-depth interviews with leading astro and space researchers. In each episode we feature Astrophysicists, Space Scientists, Particle Physicists, Data scientists, Antenna engineers, Instrument scientists, optical & radio astronomers, Satcomm engineers, project leaders and aurora hunters. For Astrophotographers, also each month we also hear from Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Mus ...
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Astronomy- The Astrophiz podcast with Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ MusgraveMoon Phases for November:1 November - New Moon - ideal for stargazing9 November - 1st Quarter Moon14 November - Moon at perigee (closest)16 November - Full Moon23 November - Last Quarter Moon, also ideal for stargazing 26 November - Moon at apogee (furthest)Most of the planetary actio…
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Astronomy ~ Astrophiz 202: Dr Genevieve Schroeder ~ Radio Eyes on Gamma-ray Burst SkiesMeet Dr Genevieve Schroeder a fabulous astrophysicist who does exciting research into GRBs … Gamma Ray Bursts.A Gamma Ray Burst is the undisputed brightest-ever radiation coming from the most extreme events in the universe … Specifically, Genevieve hunts down and…
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Astrophiz 201: Dr Ian Musgrave’s October SkyGuideHighlights:Comet C/2023 A3 has been observed and photographed embedded in the eastern morning twilight over the past week, but is now (1 October) below the horizon and skimming behind the sun. The Comet emerges and becomes visible in the western evening twilight around 11 October, so we can look forw…
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Today, to celebrate our 200th episode, we're bringing you a sensational interview with Larissa Palethorpe, a young PhD from Edinburgh University who has discovered the most Earth-like planet yet.You'll love Larissa and her Earth-shattering research.توسط Astrophiz
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Astronomy SkyGuide September: Dr Ian Musgrave tells us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.As usual Ian also gives us his ‘Tangent’ and his ‘Astrophotography Challenge’توسط Astrophiz
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Meet the amazing astronomer Dr Tessa Vernstrom!Tessa is the Project Scientist for the Evolutionary Map of the Universe aka EMU survey using the ASKAP telescope.توسط Astrophiz
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Astrophiz 197: Dt Ian Musgrave’s August SkyGuideMoon Phases for AugustNew Moon - 4 August - best for seeing the faint fuzzies and clustersApogee Moon furthest from Earth - 9 August1st Quarter Moon - 13 AugustFull Moon - 20 AugustPerigee Moon closest to Earth - 21 AugustLast Quarter Moon - 26 AugustEvening SkyComet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan is binocular…
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Today we have a brilliant interview for you as we speak with a fabulous Early Career Researcher, Dr Lauren Rhodes from the University of Oxford.Lauren has just published a paper on the BOAT … the Brightest Object of All Time … a “Once in 10,000 year event” The blast, called GRB 221009A, was over 100 billion times brighter than the sun.Lauren works …
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Astrophiz 195: Dr Ian Musgrave’s July SkyGuideDr Ian Musgrave brings us your July SkyGuide … telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.And July is again also a wonderful month for celestial observers, especially the early risers amongst us :)As usual Ian gives us 'Ian's Tangent' … and this month it’s al…
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Today we have a brilliant show for you as we speak with Associate Professor Duncan Galloway from Monash University in Australia. His research involves the rarest, most powerful and cataclysmic events that occur in our universe ... Neutron stars colliding!توسط Astrophiz
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Astrophiz 193: Dr Ian Musgrave’s June SkyGuideDr Ian Musgrave brings us his June SkyGuide … telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.And June is also a wonderful month for celestial observers, especially the early risers amongst us :)As usual Ian gives us his ‘Tangent’ … and this month it’s all about h…
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Today we're speaking with Dr. Marcus Lower, who is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Australia's National Science Agency, the CSIRO. His research primarily focuses on pulsars … rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit beams of electromagnetic radiation from their magnetic poles. He's the principal investigator of a Pulsar Timing Project, which uses the CSIR…
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Astrophiz 191: May SkyGuideDr Ian Musgrave brings us his May SkyGuide … telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.And May is a wonderful month for celestial observers, especially the early risers amongst us :)As usual Ian gives us his ‘Tangent’ … and this month it’s all about the depiction of Comets thr…
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Prof Katie Auchettl - The Extreme Death of Stars
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Enjoy this great interview with Professor Katie Auchettl, who is the Associate Professor of Astrophysics and Physics at Melbourne University. Katie is an observational astrophysicist whose research focuses on the extreme death of stars.Katie has worked with a team of young astronomers on a sensational book for aspiring astrophysicists that’s just b…
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Welcome to the April SkyGuide:Dr Ian Musgrave is telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies in April.He also gives us his ‘Tangent' about Fungi and Lichen on the ISS.This month Ian continues his 'Astrophotography Challenge’ where he presents us with an achievable and challenging task to undertake with simple camera…
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Professor Orsola De Marco is a Professor at Macquarie University and Deputy-Director of the Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre at Macquarie University in Sydney. She obtained her PhD at University College London as a Perren Scholar, after which she was a Swiss National Science Foundation research fellow at ETH Zurich, a FUSE Fellow…
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Dr Ian Musgrave brings us his March SkyGuide … telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.He also gives us his ‘Tangent’ about perigee and apogee Moons.Also Ian is continuing his ‘Astrophotography Challenge’ where he presents us with an achievable and challenging task to undertake with our cameras.This m…
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Astrophiz186 Dr Hannah Diamond-Lowe: Observing Exoplanet Atmospheres
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Today listeners, we’re zooming over 10 timezones to Denmark for some cutting edge science …, and you're invited to a very special conversation with Dr Hannah Diamond-Lowe who is a senior researcher in the Exoplanet Group at the National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark … where her groundbreaking research characterizes small exoplane…
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Dr Ian Musgrave kicks off 2024 with his February SkyGuide telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies in February.He gives us a Tangent about perigee and apogee Moons.This year Ian is introducing his 'Astrophotography Challenge' wher ehe presents us with an achievable and challenging task to undertake with our camer…
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Astrophiz 184: Hyerin ChoMeet Hyerin Cho, an inspiring young astrophysicist from Korea who is doing her PhD at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Hyerin uses her formidable computational skills to simulate still-mysterious black holes using supercomputers, as well as revealing the mysteries and enigmatic fast radio burs…
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Dr. Rebecca Davies is an Astro3D postdoctoral researcher and has just been awarded an ARC-DECRA fellowship at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Rebecca researches the stuff that flows out of Galaxies AKA ‘Galactic Outflows’ … and she looks across the majority of the history of the universe from right now and right back…
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Moon Phases:November 5 - the Last Quarter Moon is Sunday, good time for evening skygazing.November 7 - The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the EarthNovember 13 - New Moon, good time for skygazing the entire night.November 14 - The very thin ‘day old’ moon is near Mercury in the west just after sunset. A genuine challenge to catch this.N…
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Today’s special episode is from your host, Brendan O’Brien, and is all about the amazing James Webb Space Telescope: “Unveiling the Cosmos”Our story begins in a remote, microscopic corner in the vast expanse of the cosmos, where humankind has always yearned to uncover its deepest mysteries.The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a monume…
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Show Notes:Morning SkyTwo beautiful bright planets will reward those who get up early in the mornings this month.Jupiter is is rising before midnight but is still best in the morning sky, it is close to the Moon on October 1 and on the 29th.Venus is moving from crescent to half moon phase and climbs higher the morning twilight coming very close to …
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Today we are speaking with Dr Daniel Palumbo, from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Daniel is an astrophysicist and data scientist with the Event Horizon Telescope who worked on those amazing black hole images using data from the planet-sized telescope, the EHT, the Event Horizon Telescope. He is involved in ongoing work on the Ne…
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Your planetary action is split between the evening and morning skies.Venus and Mercury return to the morning twilight.Mars is a dim glowing ember in the evening skies.Saturn is just past opposition and still high in evening skiesJupiter enters evening skies, but still look better in morning skies.Moon Phases:Last quarter moon: September 7, ideal fo…
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Astrophiz 177: A/Prof Michelle Cluver
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In this extended and enthralling interview, Associate Professor Michelle Cluver from Swinburne University's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing reveals the captivating world of mid-infrared research. With boundless enthusiasm, she unravels the mysteries of this innovative field, igniting our imagination and highlighting her powerful results …
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Highlights:Blue MoonOpposition Of SaturnWe lose Venus from Evening skiesMercury is at its best this monthMoon PhasesAugust 2nd Perigee Full MoonAugust 8th Last Quarter Moon (ideal for observing galaxies and globular clusters in the early evening)August 16th New Moon is ideal for stargazing anytimeAugust 24th First Quarter MoonAugust 31st Perigee Fu…
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Astrophiz 175-AstroDataWizardry
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[ Full transcript at Astrophiz.com ] In this fabulous episode of Astrophiz, Greg Sleap, the Software and Systems Team Leader at CIRA, the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy, a node of ICRAR (The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) discusses the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and its role in capturing radio data from the cosmos. The…
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Astrophiz 174: Dr Ian Musgrave’s July SkyGuideMoon Phases:The Full Moon is Monday, July 3.Last Quarter is July 10.New Moon is July 18.First Quarter is July 26.The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on the 5th.Summary:Most planetary action is in the evening skies, apart from Jupiter looking magnificent in the mornings, and Venus an…
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Astrophiz173: Dr Jesse Van De Sande-NewGalacticDiscoveries
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Dr Jesse Van De Sande is the ASTRO3D research fellow at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy at the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. He is an observational astronomer who uses many of the world's most iconic and powerful telescopes, including the four 8 meter telescopes that comprise the VLT, the Very Large Telescope high up in the Ande…
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Astrophiz 172: Dr Ian Musgrave’s June SkyGuideWhat's up in the Southern Sky in the month of June? The dates for the Moon Phases for June, Evening Sky Highlights and all the beautiful Morning Sky Highlights.Planetary action: Mars, then Venus, meets the Beehive cluster, The moon occults Delta Scorpii, then forms attractive patterns with Jupiter, Mars…
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Dr Rodolfo Montez Jr is better known as Rudy. Rudy is an astrophysicist working at the Chandra X-Ray Centre at the famous Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He has wide research interests and among them he does amazing work using NASA’s flagship X-ray space telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory to research some of the hottest regions o…
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Moon Phases for MayFull Moon - 6 May (with penumbral eclipse in the early morning)Moon at Perigee - 11 MayLast Quarter - 12 MayNew Moon - 20 MayFirst Quarter - 28 May (also apogee moon)Evening Sky HighlightsVENUS - moving from Taurus into gemini and getting brighter and climbing higher in the West. From the 9th to 10th Venus is closed to the open c…
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I am really excited to be speaking again with Dr Laura Driessen, who is now recognised as one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM!You first met Laura 5 years ago back in 2018 when she was doing her PhD at the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank.Laura’s back story is all there in Astrophiz Episode 54. You heard about her obsession with space sta…
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ShownotesIn Australia Daylight Saving ends on April 2ndMoon Phases:Full moon April 6thSo for those out camping over Easter, you’ll have very nice dark skies to see lots of clusters and nebulae as well as Venus and Mars without any interference from the moon.Last Quarter April 13thPerigee moon April 16thNew Moon April 20th First Quarter (apogee) Moo…
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Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Mia Walker, an engineer and Project Officer at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy in Western Australia. Mia’s passion for astronomy is the driving force behind her career in this field, where she has contributed to the development and operation of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope,…
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This month the planetary action is still largely in the western evening skies.Earth is at equinox on Tuesday, 21 March. At this time day and night are roughly equal in duration.March 2; Venus and Jupiter at their closest. March 3; Mercury and Saturn close low in the twilight. March 4; apogee Moon. March 7; Full Moon. March 15; Last Quarter Moon. Ma…
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"Are We Alone? In an exclusive interview, Dr. Vishal Gajjar, a leading researcher on the Breakthrough Listen project, discussed his groundbreaking work using machine learning and AI to facilitate the detection of technosignatures on the project's search for Extraterrestrial life.The Breakthrough Listen project, led by the University of California B…
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Moon Phases:Feb 6 Apogee Full moonFeb 14 Last Quarter moonFeb 20 New moonFeb 27 First Quarter moonEvening SkyVenus and Jupiter in the West half an hour after sunset, some nice planetary action in morning skies and beautiful signature stars and constellations throughout the month Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has already been a great sight in the Northern H…
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Many cultures around the world and throughout history have staged festivals events and celebrations around this time. Here in Australia our summer holidays occur now and with Christmas and New Years Eve approaching it’s a great time to spend time with family and friends.As I’ve been reminded by our resident observation guru Dr Ian Musgrave, this is…
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Meet an amazing researcher and astrophysicist Dr Manisha Caleb …Manisha has used the world’s most powerful instruments to unlock the secrets of some of the most powerful and puzzling objects in our known universe.For her PhD she took a very deep dive and most productive research program into the phenomena of Fast Radio Bursts using the MOST and Par…
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Astrophiz 161: Dr Ian Musgrave’s December SkyGuide Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights and what planets to look out for in our morning a…
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Astrophiz 160: CSIRO-ASKAP Recap: The journey so far with Australia’s newest radio telescopeAustralia's ASKAP (Australian SKA Pathfinder) radio telescope array has had an amazing decade since first light, breaking records, receiving awards and finding new objects, all whilst still in its pilot phase.In this fabulous episode you will hear from the s…
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Astrophiz 159: Dr Ian Musgrave’s November SkyGuide ~ Total Lunar Eclipse & Dung Beetle Navigation.Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights an…
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Astrophiz 158: Ana Maria Delgado – Machine Learning & Galaxy HalosToday you will be hearing a wonderful story from Ana Maria Delgado and her entry into Science and the Arts and some of her highlights as an inspiring ‘career changer’, accomplished astrophysicist, cosmologist, coder and PhD researcher …Ana Maria is a CUNY (City University of New York…
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Astrophiz 157: Dr Ian Musgrave’s October SkyGuide & Smashing SpacecraftEnjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights and what to look out for in o…
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Astrophiz 156 - Amirnezam Amiri - Metallicity and Galaxy EvolutionAmirnezam Amiri is a PhD student at the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Florence and a PhD researcher at Italy’s famous National Institute for Astrophysics and Astronomy (INAF) in Arcetri, Florence, Italy, and the focus of his research is on metallicity measu…
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Astrophiz 155: Dr Ian Musgrave’s September SkyGuide. Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights for our morning and evening skies and the dates…
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Astrophiz 154: Dr Emily Moravec - Active Galaxies in Galaxy ClustersEmily is a postdoctoral fellow at Green Bank Observatory.She is an AGN researcher who works on active galactic nuclei, radio galaxies, galaxy clusters, and radio interferometry.She is active in a number of radio AGN and cluster collaborations and does wonderful outreach work suppor…
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