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For this special Christmas episode, Paul tells you all you need to know to use your own telescope and explore the wonders of the night sky with your own eyes! Telescopes are popular gifts and great instruments for astronomy lovers. However, they are at their core, scientific instruments and not always trivial to use. But with a few tips and tricks, you will know how to find and observe your favorite space objects with your very own telescope in no time! And if you're still in the market - Paul can tell you which kind of telescope is best for which purpose.  So, let's get to observing! Host: Paul Salazar Music: royalty-free from incompetech.com The sound quality of this podcast has been optimized by AI

In this episode, Paul changes lattitudes with you once more! He recently returned from his travels in the southern part of Africa, experiencing unfamiliar skies and stars. Constellations with strange names and views out of our own galaxy to our closest galactic neighbours, which only grace nightskies in the deep south of the Earth. This change of perspective grants new awe for the Universe and its beauty. Dare to tread into unfamiliar skies, in a place where to us most constellations appear to be "upside down", where our most prominent anchors of the night sky never rise above the horizon and instead stars and objects wander high above your head, which are always hidden on the northern hemisphere. Host: Paul Salazar Music: royalty-free by incompetech.com

Woher wissen wir eigentlich so genau, aus was Sterne und Nebel, Supernova-Überreste und Staubwolken bestehen, die teilweise hunderte, wenn nicht sogar Millionen, Lichtjahre weit entfernt sind? Wir können ja nicht hinfliegen und Proben nehmen. Die Antwort liegt verborgen im Licht. Denn Licht, sichtbares Licht, um genau zu sein, ist nichts weiter als ein Teil der elektromagnetischen Strahlung, die praktisch alle kosmische Objekte entweder selbst aussenden oder reflektieren. Vor knapp hundert Jahren fand eine junge Doktorandin in Harvard heraus, dass im Regenbogen des Lichts die genaue chemische Zusammensetzung der Sterne versteckt ist, die sie (als erste Person der Welt) richtig zu lesen wusste.  Dies ist der erste Teil einer kleinen Reihe hier bei translunar:, wo es um die Grundlagen der Astronomie geht. Grundlagen, ohne die wir praktisch garnichts über das Universum wüssten. Moderation: Jana Steuer Musik: lizenzfrei von incompetech.com

Have you ever stood beneath a truly dark sky? Somewhere without any light pollution, where the band of the Milky Way burned bright above you, thousands of stars peppering the blackness of the night and even dim foggy patches of star clusters and foreign galaxies visible to the naked eye? There are few places like this left on this planet. Paul recently went to one, that took his breath away. He came back, knowing that he finally saw it: the darkest place on Earth. Link to the ranch in Namibia (not an affiliate link, we do not receive any compensation): https://rooisand.com/    Host: Paul Salazar Music: royalty-free from incompetech.com