Urban Astronomer Ep. 2: Interview with Auke Slotegraaf

Alan Versfeld hosts. From Alan: "My guest this week is Auke Slotegraaf ( http://www.psychohistorian.org/ / @auke_s ) Director of the Deep Sky Section of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, (and I managed to mangle his name not once but twice – rather embarrassing) about astronomy, history, and more.  It runs a little long, at 50 minutes, but since that seems to be about the standard for interview-format podcasts, I don’t feel too bad. Among the many hats Auke wears, he is involved with the Centre for Astronomical Heritage, a non-profit organization which aims to record, preserve, and disseminate information about, South Africa’s astronomical heritage.  If you have any interest in astronomy or history, I’d suggest you check them out." http://www.urban-astronomer.com/ Enter the code for this week into this site: https://cosmoquest.org/achievements/code for a chance to win. This week's code is HkdJvo Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!