LookUP
@lookupastro is a simple Twitter bot that when tweeted with the name of an astronomical object, will reply with its RA and declination and a link to the LookUP page. Here’s the lowdown on what it is and how to use it.
Tag Archives: Jodcast
The Jodcast
In the kind of circles I run in (you know, my high falootin’ scene) I am often asked where to find astronomy resources for the everyman. These people, and the occasional blog reader’s email are always told the same thing: download the Jodcast.
I have mentioned the Jodcast before on this blog but I think stuff [...]
Simple Telescope Markup Language
Stuart (Astronomy Blog) has been busy working on the telescope XML that has been discussed before. Well he has actually posted some working feeds in what he called STML (see post title).
In response I’ve tried to create Google Sky equivalent KML files. These just read in the STML feeds and put a little icon onto [...]
Robot Astronomers
I was listening to the May edition of the Jodcast earlier and they were talking to one Carole Mundell who works at the Liverpool Telescope with Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs).
GRBs are highly energetic, and extremely short-lived flashed of gamma rays that are seen all over the sky. They were first detected by US Military satellites [...]
Jodcast Widget
You may recall I blogged about The Jodcast. There are some podcasts I find I listen to on my iPod and there others I listen to on my Mac. The former is easy but the latter can be annoying – you have to open iTunes and open it there etc etc – how tiresome(!). So [...]
The Jodcast
What do you call a podcast from Jodrell Bank? Well duh, its a Jodcast (Link). Running since early 2006, the Jodcast from Manchester’s world-class, historical radio scope is quite good fun. I’ve listened to the latest episode and also the special NAM episodes so far and have to say I rather like it.
It does have, [...]
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