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Please listen to the Space Junk Podcast: https://optcorp.com/blogs/podcast #EHTBlackHole #EventHorizonTelescope #DeepAstronomy Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://deepastronomy.com/DeepAstronomy Here is my reaction to the amazing news last week of the Black Hole Image from the Event Horizon Telescope. Watch the Event Horizon Telescope Hangout here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J02ph1Jd1Q Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The Extremely Large Telescope is a 40 meter segmented primary mirror telescope being built right now high in the mountains of Chile. The telescope will become the largest optical, near-infrared telescope in the world and will showcase some of the latest technology. Among that technology is adaptive optics, the system that allows ground-based telescopes to perform on par with space-based systems while under the blanket of the atmosphere. Please join Tony Darnell as he talks about the AO systems being designed for the ELT with Thomas Pfrommer, and astronomer at the ESO facility in Munich, to discuss this amazing system. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

First results from the worldwide collaboration of telescopes known as the Event Horizon Telescope will be live streamed here. #eventhorizontelescope #ehtblackhole #blackholes Learn more about the EHT in our hangout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J02ph1Jd1Q Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/

Sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Using the Triad filter designed and manufactured by OPT, we'll be imaging the night sky from one of the most light polluted areas in the world: Times Square. The idea is to show that the stars are available to anyone, regardless of the city lights that may plague your area. We'll be attempting to live stream out time there showing people in NYC the wonders of the night sky from the heart of the city. If it's cloudy though, even the Triad won't help us! 🙂 Check out the Triad Filter Here (aff link): http://bit.ly/2FNu2Su Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Junk Podcast is in New York and ready to some Astronomy. Tomorrow we setup in Times Square to image from one of the most light polluted areas in the world to highlight that the night sky is available to everyone. We're recording an episode of our Space Junk Podcast from Manhattan and will live stream the recording for the first time. Joins us and ask questions. Check out the Triad Filter Here (aff link): http://bit.ly/2FNu2Su Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

The European Southern Observatory is announcing first results from the Event Horizon Telescope next week! Read the announcement here; https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19018/ #eht #eventhorizontelescope #spacefannews

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, the European Space Agency revealed earlier this month that the upcoming CHEOPS mission designed to study the structure of exoplanets smaller than Saturn has completed spacecraft testing and passed an important review. What is CHEOPS and what will it do? #exoplanets #CHEOPS #spacefannews Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

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STREAM CONTINUES HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmniSJG8A0 The Dark Energy Survey looked at 5000 square degrees of the southern skies in an attempt to characterize dark energy but the observations taken are also very useful for supernovae research. By measuring the standard candles known as Type 1a Supernovae, astronomers can measure the expansion rate of the universe, something that has proven problematic as our observations and equipment have improved. Please join Tony Darnell as he discusses this paper (https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.02376) with first author Ed Macaulay Join our Discord chat here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Check out the Deep Astronomy Podcast, available on all podcast aggregators. Today I'm trying an experiment to stream the recording I was going to make today. Might be good for live chat feedback. Today's episode is based on my opinions of why there might not be any other life in the universe besides us. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/

Deep Astronomy and OPT Telescopes are going to setup telescopes in Times Square to demonstrate that light pollution doesn't have to preclude enjoyment of the night sky. Join us on April 3-7th as we'll be in the area also attending NEAF. #stargazing #amateurastronomy #deepastronomy Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Listen to Space Junk Podcast: https://anchor.fm/spacejunk Check out the OPT Triad Filter Here (aff link): 1.25" filter: https://goo.gl/fWct7L 2" filter: https://goo.gl/gaUJ55 Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Today, Carol and Tony discuss women in science in our first astro chat hangout. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The LIGO gravitational observatory collaboration receives new funding to upgrade it’s amazing facilities. This should allow astronomers to get more information on more gravitational wave events using a new yardstick called Standard Sirens. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has has really turned the astronomy community on its head over the past few years. It’s actually been around in some form for quite a while - it’s been making observations since 2002 - but the years when it was observing between 2002 and 2010 produced no gravitational wave detections, they began looking into make it better. #spacefannews #standardsiren #LIGO #gravitational waves Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

One of my favorite composers is Vangelis and for people who like old school Cosmos, you know what I'm talking about. I've been thinking about making a tribute to Albedo 0.39 for a while and all of the amazing Junocam images of Jupiter inspired me. Learn more about Junocam processing here (and see more awesome images of Jupiter): https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an exciting mission anticipated to deliver a new catalog of extra-solar planets, many of them likely a few times the size of the Earth. Early in this stage of the mission it delivers! From a planet about 2x the size of Earth but in other ways very different (Pi Mensae c) to a rocky planet about 1.3 times Earth’s size, LHS 3884b, which is very hot being close to its star. There are more planet discoveries on the books already and the list is growing. TESS, because it can observe short changes in brightness of objects, also has measured early time light curves of least 20 supernovae! TESS will also be able to find numerous other objects such as flaring stars, comets, binaries, and others. To hear all about the TESS mission and discoveries, join Tony Darnell and Carol Christian during Afternoon Astronomy Coffee on Thursday, 28 February 2019 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time (20:00 UTC) as they discuss all these topics with investigators, Chelsea Huang, Michael Fausnaugh and Diana Dragomir (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, NASA has added a really cool new mission that will explore the early universe and it is designed to help astronomers understand how our universe evolved. Earlier this month, NASA has selected a new space mission called SPHEREx which stands for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Astronomers using the ALMA telescope high in the Chilean Andes have observed a star forming where planets are normally thought to be born. Please join Tony Darnell as he discusses these observations with Dr. John Ilee from the University of Leeds. The audio of this hangout will be posted on our Podcast: https://anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Also listen to Space Junk, a podcast dedicated to amateur astronomy: https://anchor.fm/SpaceJunk Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array have discovered a star forming in a brand new solar system in a spot where planets usually form. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Background image by Rogelio Bernal Andrea http://DeepSkyColors.com In this episode, new measurements from ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft have adjusted predictions for when and how the Milky Way will collide with the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Turns out it’s not gonna happen the way we thought, or when we thought. Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB It's time to check back in with our friends from the PLANETS Foundation to see how things are going with the Exolife Finder Telescope. Don't know what that is? Don't worry, we'll catch you up on that too! Subscribe to Launchpad Astronomy Here: https://youtube.com/ChristianReady Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Finally getting a chance to review products, something I've always wanted to do. Here I'll tell you what I think of the Celestron Nexstar 5SE telescope. Is it a good first scope? Is it good for advanced amateurs? Watch the Celestron Nexstar 5SE Setup Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRoRpVyjRV8 How to use the Skyalign Feature on the Celestron 5SE Telescope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1umvV3XKtCs Affiliate link to the telescope: https://goo.gl/JicT3R Nexstar GPS Accessory: https://goo.gl/DXhycL Portable Power Supply: https://goo.gl/fBk2Hb Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy People have been asking about the hangouts, here's what's going on for the coming year. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy New NASA research indicates that Saturn’s iconic rings are not only younger than previously thought, but also that these rings are actually disappearing. The research found that the rings are draining away toward the planet as a dusty rain of ice particles. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/

The Video was sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB This video will show you how to setup your Celestron Nextstar 5SE Telescope from opening the box to going outside. Watch the Skyalign How To video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1umvV3XKtCs Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy The first video incorrectly used the Sun-Earth L2 Point in the diagram, not the Earth-Moon L2 Point. This video corrects that mistake. On January 3rd 2019 a spacecraft launched by the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program or CLEP, touched down on the far side of the Moon. This event marks the first time humans have softly landed in this lunar realm. Consisting of a lander and a rover, they are carrying instruments to analyze the geology and attempt to determine the age and composition of a region on the Moon that has never before been explored. Music used (besides the obvious): Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300039 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300030 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The Giant Magellan Telescope will be one member of the next class of giant ground-based telescopes that promises to revolutionize our view and understanding of the universe. It will be constructed in the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Commissioning of the telescope is scheduled to begin in 2024. The GMT has a unique design that offers several advantages. It is a segmented mirror telescope that employs seven of today’s largest stiff monolith mirrors as segments. Six off-axis 8.4 meter or 27-foot segments surround a central on-axis segment, forming a single optical surface 24.5 meters, or 80 feet, in diameter with a total collecting area of 368 square meters. The GMT will have a resolving power 10 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope. The GMT project is the work of a distinguished international consortium of leading universities and science institutions. Subscribe to Launchpad Astronomy Here: https://youtube.com/ChristianReady Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Astronomy’s Future Will Be Built: New Capabilities to Assemble in Space the Largest Observatories. Scientific performance of telescopes depend strongly upon the observatory’s aperture, its capability to collect faint light. Eventually, the challenging goals of astronomers will require telescope mirrors larger than can be deployed in space without the capability to assemble them, either with astronauts or with robots, enabled by the decreasing cost of commercial launch vehicles. Join Tony Darnell as he discusses the promise, the challenges, and the capabilities being assessed to assemble the largest future space observatories with Drs. Nicholas Siegler (NASA JPL), Bradley Peterson (OSU/STScI) and Gordon Roesler (Robots in Space LLC). Come hear about a new NASA-chartered study that is looking into this potentially enabling capability. Future in Space Hangouts are endorsed by the American Astronomical Society and the American Astronautical Society. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK #FutureInSpace #RobotsInSpace #SpaceTelescope

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB There are multiple searches underway to try and find the characteristics of the stuff that is causing the universe to accelerate as it expands. Astronomers call this stuff Dark Energy but no one really has any idea what it is. Today's hangout features members of the Dark Energy Survey, an international collaboration of astronomers trying to find out what dark energy might be, along with observing a whole host of other astronomical phenomena like gravitational lensing and astronomical transients. Our guest is Ross Cawthon from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and he will give us an overview of this project using the 4m Blanco Telescope at CTIO in Chile. Subscribe to Launchpad Astronomy Here: https://youtube.com/ChristianReady Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

This Video was sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this video, we'll teach you how to align your Celestron Nexstar 5SE telescope with the night sky using the Sky Align Feature. If you'd like to get a discount on your purchase of a Nexstar 5SE from OPT Telescopes, use this coupon code: DEEPASTRO5SE. Celestron Nexstar 5SE: https://bit.ly/2VIa174 GPS Accessory: https://bit.ly/2RDLOzJ Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Earlier this week, NASA posted an alert stating that on January 8, the premier camera on the Hubble Space Telescope experienced an anomaly, raising fears (at least in me!) that a major capability of Hubble may be lost. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Join Tony Darnell, Carol Christian and Alberto Conti as they discuss the week's discoveries announced at the super bowl of Astronomy: the Winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS233 Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB As I’m sure you know by now, the partial government shutdown has affected NASA employees. Many are at home waiting for it to end, but will this shutdown cause delays for major astronomy missions like JWST? What about TESS and Juno? #NASAShutdown #NASAJWST #SpaceFanNews Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB This year is starting with an astronomical bang because here it is only the fourth of January and already we’ve celebrated Osiris Rex orbiting the asteroid Bennu, the New Horizons flyby of the KBO called Ultima Thule and China has landed a rover on the far side of the moon! Watch SFN #213 Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U3djBaUjDc Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

In partnership with Launchpad Astronomy and TMRO, we will be streaming live (on both channels) for the New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby for (gulp) 24 hours straight! ★ Launchpad Astronomy - https://www.youtube.com/ChristianReady ★ TMRO - http://youtube.com/tmro Watch announcement video on Launchpad Astronomy Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iNCMwvSnJk Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy In the waning months of 2018, looking up in the eastern, early evening sky in the northern hemisphere, we are provided with a celestial Yuletide present. Moving just above the constellation Taurus the Bull throughout the winter solstice period, lies a Christmas comet. Because of the glare of the waxing Moon, it will require a small pair of binoculars to see, but scanning the skies just above the bright star cluster of the Hyades, you’ll come across a dim, greenish patch of light: a small, short period comet known as 46P/Wirtanen Special Thanks to Alexander Reinders! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddQGMUM5NUerv1mdPh3TdQ Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

For decades advocates of the exploration of the Moon have argued that this will make possible subsequent exploration of Mars. But is this really true? Recently several dozen experts critically examined whether astronaut exploration of the Moon could be used to feed forward to a human mission to the martian surface by the end of the 2030s. Their findings may surprise you. Join Tony Darnell and Alberto Conti as they discuss the findings of a recent Moon-to-Mars workshop with Clive Neal (Notre Dame), Steve Mackwell (USRA), and Joseph Cassady (Aeroject Rocketdyne). Future in Space Hangouts are endorsed by the American Astronomical Society and the American Astronautical Society. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB NASA’s Juno Mission to Jupiter reaches the midpoint of its mission and has far exceeded expectations so far. There’s also a lesson here for NASA: always, always always include a camera in your space probe, you’ll never know when that will come in handy, even if the science case deosn’t justify having one. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Right now, astronomers around the world are processing data taken earlier of the center of our galaxy in attempt to see the boundary between normal space and that of Sag A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The results are due out soon and this hangout is your chance to learn about one of the most amazing astronomy endeavours ever attempted from Geoff Bower, Chief Scientist for Hawaii Operations for the Event Horizon Telescope. Subscribe to Launchpad Astronomy Here: https://youtube.com/ChristianReady Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

NEW STREAM: GO HERE INSTEAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J02ph1Jd1Q Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Right now, astronomers around the world are processing data taken earlier of the center of our galaxy in attempt to see the boundary between normal space and that of Sag A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The results are due out soon and this hangout is your chance to learn about one of the most amazing astronomy endeavours ever attempted from Geoff Bower, Chief Scientists for Hawaii Operations for the Event Horizon Telescope. Subscribe to Launchpad Astronomy Here: https://youtube.com/ChristianReady Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Astro Coffee Hangouts are sponsored and endorsed by the American Astronomical Society. https://aas.org Over the course of their illustrious work in astronomy, Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest collected hundreds of the most popular astronomy questions that they've been asked. In this book they explain the scientific answers to these questions with expertise and a healthy dose of humor. Below are just a few of the 185 questions they answer: What would happen to an astronaut exposed to space? Can people live on Mars? Can an amateur astronomer make useful discoveries? Why do we have leap years and leap seconds? What are the most extreme conditions life can survive? Is there an edge to the Universe? What happens inside a black hole? Is Pluto a planet? The Universe Explained answers questions about space travel; telescopes; the solar system; comets, asteroids and meteors; stars; black holes; the Milky Way and other galaxies; the big bang and space and time. As well, Couper and Henbest explore the possibility of life beyond our planet with up-to-date space discoveries and debunk persistent myths and legends. Check out the new book here on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/deepastronomy Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

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Future in Space Hangouts are sponsored by the American Astronautical Society: https://astronautical.org NASA has for decades been assessing options to utilize the resources available in space – often on the Moon and Mars – to sustain long-duration human operations. It will be prohibitively expensive to send from Earth to either location sufficient resources for astronauts to carry out priority mission goals, to say nothing of eventual settlement. With NASA’s human space flight program focusing on lunar operations and technologies to enable eventual human missions to Mars, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) has become a high priority in NASA’s technology investment plans. Join Tony Darnell and Harley Thronson as they discuss the current status of ISRU with Jerry Sanders and Stephen Hoffman, both of NASA Johnson Space Center. Future in Space Hangouts are endorsed by the American Astronomical Society and the American Astronautical Society. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Eyepieces are essential components of your telescope. They allow you to actually focus the light coming through your telescope and provide key optics for getting a good visual image. There are so many different types of eyepieces that it can be very confusing to know which type to buy, what kind is best for different situations and what the tradeoffs are for various designs. Please join Tony Darnell and Ian Lauer as they discuss eyepieces with a giant in the field: aavid Nager of Televue, a company making some of the best eyepieces ever made. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The largest ground-based telescope is now being built on the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a new class of extremely large telescopes that will allow us to see deeper into space and observe cosmic objects with unprecedented sensitivity. The TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO), a non-profit organization, was established in May 2014 to carry out the construction and operation phases of the TMT Project. The Members of TIO are Caltech, the University of California, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Department of Science and Technology of India, and the National Research Council (Canada); the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is a TIO Associate. Major funding has been provided by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. Please join Tony Darnell and Christian Ready as they discuss the status of this project with Dr. Christophe Dumas, TMT Observatory Scientist & Head Operations Department. Sub to Launchpad astronomy here: https://youtube.com/ChristianReady Learn more about TMT here: https://www.tmt.org/ Visuals used in the hangout are available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=12bggYk34e19XuVdWHD4B5F2SkSM4rw1l Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://optcorp.com/?utm_source=deepastronomy&utm_medium=telescopetalk&utm_campaign=home In this episode NASA successfully puts another lander on the Red Planet. Earlier this week, the Mars InSight Lander made it to the Martian surface intact with some help from little MarCOs: dedicated CubeSats that monitored the lander and relayed telemetry on the descent. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

Subscribe too PZ Myers Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/user/pzamyers The origin of life on Earth is still being hotly studied. Is life inevitable? If conditions are right, does life in fact, pop right up? Please join Tony Darnell and PZ Myers as they discuss this topic in detail. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Sub to Launchpad Astronomy: https://www.youtube.com/ChristianReady The Large Synoptic Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious ground-based astronomy surveys ever conceived. The 8.4 meter special three mirror design will provide extremely large field of view for imaging the entire sky every few days. The survey will last 10 years and deliver a 200 petabyte set of images and data products that will address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of the universe and the objects in it. Please join Tony Darnell and Christian Ready as they discuss this exciting project with Frossie Economou and Dr. Yusra AlSayyad of the LSST Consortium and get the latest info on this amazing project! Learn More about LSST Here: https:lsst.org Visuals and graphics from hangout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iP24CfqyMOIxDhyOlkaPbdPb1kTW3Cfj/view?usp=sharing Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

Located in the constellation Ophiuchus, there is an unremarkable red dwarf star some six light years away. After the three stars of the Alpha Centauri system, this is the closest star to us. Known as Barnard’s star, it is invisible to the unaided eye. It’s name comes from it’s discoverer E.E. Barnard, who in 1916 noticed that this star was wobbling back and forth by some 10.3 arcseconds every year. Astronomers thought there must be some unseen companion orbiting around it, but for over a century, couldn’t find it. Was it a dim star? Or was it a planet? Why was this star wobbling? Now, we know. If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/ Like Space Fan News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceFanNews/

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New observations from the GRAVITY and SINFONI instrument on the Very Large Telescope have given us unprecedented observations of material falling into the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/