How to Measure Exoplanet Transit Light Curves w Amateur Telescopes
7th May, 2019 - 1376 views
Off the shelf telescopes and cameras for amateur astronomy are now sensitive enough that you can actually measure exoplanets from your backyard! This hangout features a discussion with Jerry Hubbell from Explore Scientific.
The Hubble Constant Isnt
3rd May, 2019 - 11.5k views
The Big Bang description of our universe is heavily based on mathematical models that do not seem to stand up well to observations. Is the Big Bang Model doomed?
The Era of Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Has Arrived
25th Apr, 2019 - 6753 views
In this episode, astronomers are finally starting to get direct images of planets around other stars, and not only that, for the first time, ground-based telescopes are actually getting measurements of the atmospheres of these galactic neighbors.
Was The EHT Black Hole Image a Waste of Time
19th Apr, 2019 - 11.3k views
Was the Event Horizon Telescope Black Hole image a waste of time? Astronomy research has a lot to teach us about our cosmos.
The PANOPTES Project Measure Exoplanets from Your Backyard
18th Apr, 2019 - 1068 views
Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Project PANOPTES is a citizen science project that aims to make it easy for anyone to build a low cost, robotiic observatory that can be used to detect transiting exopla
The Large Millimeter Telescope
18th Apr, 2019 - 1870 views
Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB This week's Telescope Talk PRO hangout features science and technology from the Large Millimeter Telescope. Our guests Nat Denigris and David Sanchez will be on hand to