A podcast putting the lens on astronomy.
Through the Telescope is a podcast exploring some of the big topics in astronomy in little pieces. Whether you know your red giants from your redshifts or still get caught up on the difference between astronomy and astrology, join Rose and Elliott as they journey through the Cosmos and generally have fun along the way.
Find us at throughthetelescope.co.uk
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A podcast putting the lens on astronomy.
Through the Telescope is a podcast exploring some of the big topics in astronomy in little pieces. Whether you know your red giants from your redshifts or still get caught up on the difference between astronomy and astrology, join Rose and Elliott as they journey through the Cosmos and generally have fun along the way.
Find us at throughthetelescope.co.uk
Get bonus content on PatreonHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rose and Elliott look at what makes stars different from each other and how to classify them, as well as the work of the “Harvard computers” that made stellar classification possible. They look at stellar spectroscopy and black-body radiation, the colour of stars and find out just why it took so long to make the Harvard system of classifying stars. After all, how hard can it be?
Find us at throughthetelescope.co.uk
Links relating to this episode:
Annie Jump Cannon and stellar classification: https://princetonastronomy.com/2021/02/01/annie-jump-cannon-and-the-creation-of-stellar-classification/
Music:
"Nowhere Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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