LookUP

LookUP

Aug 29

@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.

The Jodcast

The Jodcast

Jan 10

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 like this can always do with reiterating. Especially since I now have readers! The...

Simple Telescope Markup Language

Simple Telescope Markup Language

Nov 04

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 Google Sky with a bit of information from the feeds. Download the Telescope STML...

Robot Astronomers

Robot Astronomers

May 07

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 as their signatures looked like nuclear tests. Obviously though, as...

Jodcast Widget

Jodcast Widget

Apr 22

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 i like to go and get the dashboard widget of these podcasts and have them close to hand. I couldn't find one on the Jodcast website so...