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Podcast Profile: Observers Notebook

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233 episodes
2017 to 2026
Median: 34 minutes
Collection: Physics, Math, and Astronomy

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This podcast, produced by the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), focuses on hands-on solar system astronomy and the ways amateur and professional observers collaborate to collect useful data. Across conversations with ALPO section coordinators, astronomy journalists and editors, outreach leaders, software developers, and experienced observers, the show emphasizes practical observing skills and the community infrastructure that supports them—clubs and publications, organized observing programs, and coordinated reporting networks.

A major theme is preparation for time-sensitive sky events and how to observe them effectively. Episodes frequently cover what to expect, when and where to look, and how to document phenomena such as lunar eclipses, meteor showers, planetary apparitions, and transits involving moons. Comets and other small bodies are also recurring subjects, with attention to forecasting upcoming targets, monitoring changes, and contributing observations.

The podcast also highlights methods and tools used by modern observers. Topics include imaging and brightness studies of planets, lunar sketching as a form of visual recording, timing occultations, and workflows for submitting measurements to organizations such as the Minor Planet Center. Technology discussions range from telescope industry trends and home observatories to “smart telescopes” and specialized software for asteroid detection, photometry, and lightcurve analysis.

Alongside observing technique, the show regularly explores astronomy outreach and education, including international efforts to build programs, planetariums, and observatories, and ways listeners can participate in global citizen-science style projects and ALPO sections.

Episodes:

The Observers Notebook Podcast - David Eicher, a life under the stars 2026-Mar-01 58 minutes

The Observers Notebook - March 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse 2026-Feb-15 33 minutes

The Observers Notebook -Tycho Tracker Software 2026-Feb-14 68 minutes

The Observers Notebook - Astronomy Outreach with Pranvera Hyseni 2026-Jan-15 70 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets of 2026 2026-Jan-01 73 minutes

The Observers Notebook-International Occultation and Timing Association (IOTA) 2025-Dec-15 52 minutes

The Observers Notebook Podcast- Unveiling Uranus: The Ice Giant in the Amateur’s Eye 2025-Dec-01 37 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Don’t Miss the Show: The Geminids Light Up December 2025 2025-Nov-15 53 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Sketch or Science? The true value of Lunar Drawings 2025-Nov-01 54 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Orionids, Taurids, and Leonids Meteor Showers 2025-Oct-15 56 minutes

Observers Notebook - New Coments in the sky! 2025-Oct-03 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook - Kelly Blumenthal, IAU Outreach 2025-Oct-01 47 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Titan's Transit of Saturn 2025-Sep-10 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook - International Observe the Moon Night 2025-Sep-01 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Lunar Observer 2025-Aug-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook with Sky & Telescope, Diana Hannikainen 2025-Aug-01 37 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Summertime Meteor Showers 2025 2025-Jul-15 19 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Planet Mercury 2025 2025-Jun-15 33 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Solar Cycle 25 2025-Jun-01 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Minor Planets Sectiom 2025-May-15 18 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2025 ALPO Conference 2025-May-15 21 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Ingenuity Helicopter with Jack Daleo 2025-May-01 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comet 2025F2 SWAN 2025-Apr-15 21 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Sam Deen Celestial Hunter 2025-Mar-15 44 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2025 Lyrids Meteor Shower 2025-Mar-03 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The March 13/14 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse 2025-Feb-26 38 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Telescope Industry with Scott Roberts 2025-Feb-15 47 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing Mars 2025 2025-Jan-15 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets for 2025 2024-Dec-26 46 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Robert Reeves and the Moon 2024-Dec-11 37 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing Jupiter 2024 2024-Nov-13 24 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Episode 200, Reflections with Tim Robertson 2024-Nov-13 24 minutes

The Observers Notebook - SkyShed Observatories with Wayne Parker 2024-Nov-07 86 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Geminids Meteor Shower 2024 2024-Oct-23 20 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing the Moon 2024-Oct-15 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. C/2023 A3 2024-Oct-01 37 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Remote Planets Section 2024-Sep-15 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- International Observe the Moon Night 2024-Sep-01 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Visual vs Smart Telescopes with Bob King 2024-Aug-15 32 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Lunar Section 2024-Aug-01 20 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Planet Mercury 2024 2024-Jul-15 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Summertime Meteor Showers 2024-Jul-01 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook OSIRIS-REx mission updates 2024-Jun-15 44 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2024 ALPO Conference 2024-Jun-01 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Personal reflections of the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse 2024-May-15 63 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Butterfield RV Resort and Observatory 2024-May-01 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Spring Time Meteor Showers 2024 2024-Apr-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Rica French 2024-Apr-01 65 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The SeeStar S50 Smart Telescope 2024-Mar-15 45 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Pranvera Hyseni returns 2024-Mar-01 48 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Profile of Alan Hale 2024-Feb-15 46 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The State of the ALPO 2024-Feb-01 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse 2024-Jan-19 45 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets of 2024 2024-Jan-01 41 minutes

The Observers Notebook- OSIRIS-REx Early results 2023-Dec-01 27 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Geminids Meteor Shower 2023 2023-Nov-15 27 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Halley's Comet 2023-Nov-01 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing Saturn 2023 2023-Oct-15 18 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Orionids Meteor Shower 2023 2023-Oct-01 30 minutes

The Observer Notebook- The October 2023 Annular Eclipse 2023-Sep-15 29 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Member profile- Trevor Barry 2023-Sep-01 75 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse from Rochester NY 2023-Aug-15 35 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Lowell Observatory with Kevin Schlinder 2023-Aug-01 42 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Mc Donald Observatory with Katie Kizziar, and Steven Janowiecki. 2023-Jul-15 32 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Summertime Meteor Showers 2023-Jul-01 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2023 ALPO Conference 2023-Jun-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Lick Observatory with Paul Lynam 2023-Jun-01 57 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Vatican Observatory with FR Paul Gabor 2023-May-15 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Mauna Kea Observatory with Doug Simons 2023-May-01 48 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Lyrids Meteor Shower with Bob Lunsford 2023-Apr-15 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- A Walter Haas lecture from 2008 2023-Apr-09 46 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Solar Observing with Kim Hay and Rik Hill 2023-Apr-01 24 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Griffith Observatory with Dr. Edwin Krupp 2023-Mar-15 50 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Astronomy past, present and future with Carl Hergenrother 2023-Mar-01 47 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Strolling Astronomer with Ken Poshedly 2023-Feb-15 35 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Don Machholz Revisited 2023-Feb-01 42 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets of 2023 2023-Jan-01 45 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Geminids Meteor Shower 2022 2022-Dec-01 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Amateur Astronomy Magazine 2022-Nov-17 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Mars 2022 2022-Nov-01 46 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Orionids Meteor Shower 2022 2022-Oct-15 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Upcoming 2022 eclipses 2022-Oct-01 40 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Member Profile Clyde Foster 2022-Sep-15 47 minutes

The Observers Notebook - Jupiter 2022 2022-Sep-01 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing Venus and Saturn 2022 2022-Aug-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Summertime 2022 Meteor Showers 2022-Aug-01 37 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO at 75 with Bob Garfinkle 2022-Jul-15 68 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO at 75 with Carlos Hernandez 2022-Jul-01 41 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2022 ALPO Virtual Conference 2022-Jun-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- 75 Years of the Strolling Astronomer 2022-Jun-01 80 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Radio Astronomy with the 20m Telescope 2022-May-15 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The May 15/16 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse 2022-May-01 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2022 Lyrids and more 2022-Apr-15 38 minutes

The Observers Noteboook- The ALPO at 75 with Dr P Clay Sherrod 2022-Apr-01 57 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Radio Astronomy with Steve Tzikas 2022-Mar-15 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO at 75 with Tom Dobbins 2022-Mar-01 68 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Teaching Astronomy to the Visually Impaired 2022-Feb-15 40 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The American Astronomical Society 2022-Feb-01 31 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Planetary Astronomy with Christophe Pellier 2022-Jan-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets of 2022 2022-Jan-01 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Buying your first telescope 2021-Dec-15 73 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Geminids Meteor Shower 2021 2021-Dec-05 31 minutes

The Observers Notebook- 110 Years of the AAVSO 2021-Dec-01 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2022 Winter Star Party 2021-Nov-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The November 19, 2021 Partial Lunar Eclipse 2021-Nov-01 29 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing Uranus 2021-Oct-20 27 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Mercury 2021 2021-Oct-13 31 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Amateur studies of Lunar Wrinkle Ridges 2021-Sep-20 28 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Orion Aquisition of Meade Instruments 2021-Sep-01 41 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Jupiter 2021 2021-Aug-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Saturn 2021 2021-Aug-01 19 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2021 Perseids Meteor Shower 2021-Jul-15 31 minutes

The Observers Notebook The Lunar Section 2021-Jun-15 37 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2021 ALPO Virtual Conference Preview 2021-Jun-03 32 minutes

The Observers Notebook- International SUNday 2021 2021-Jun-01 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Lunar and Solar Eclipses this month!! 2021-May-15 31 minutes

The Observers Notebook-The James Webb Space Telescope 2021-May-01 60 minutes

The Observers Notebook Podcast- The Lyrids Meteor Shower 2021-Apr-15 32 minutes

The Observers Notebook The Journal of the ALPO 2021-Apr-01 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Training Program 2021-Mar-15 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Youth Program 2021-Mar-01 59 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Lunar Observer Alberto Anunziato 2021-Feb-15 65 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Here Comes the Sun 2021 2021-Feb-01 46 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Color Filters for Lunar and Planetary Observing 2021-Jan-15 48 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets of 2021 2021-Jan-01 42 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The New Exoplanets Section of the ALPO 2020-Dec-15 62 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Geminids Meteor Shower 2020 2020-Dec-03 33 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets with Carl 2020-Nov-20 24 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Carl Hergenrother LIVE from the 2020 ALPO Conference 2020-Nov-01 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Orionids Meteor Shower 2020 2020-Oct-15 20 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Mars 2020 2020-Oct-01 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2020 ALPO Virtual Conference 2020-Sep-10 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Venus 2020 2020-Sep-01 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- A Conversation with David Levy 2020-Aug-15 44 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Meteor Showers with Bob Lunsford 2020-Jul-28 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Observing Exoplanets with Jerry Hubbell 2020-Jul-15 57 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Saturn 2020 and Comet NEOWISE 2020-Jul-01 43 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Planning Observing Sessions with John ONeal 2020-Jun-15 48 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Greg Bragg from Celestron 2020-Jun-01 58 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Solar Observer Theo Ramakers 2020-May-15 43 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comet 2019 Y4 Atlas..... and more 2020-May-01 61 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Lyrids Meteor Shower 2020 2020-Apr-12 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- ALPO Round Table March 2020 2020-Apr-01 35 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Telescope Making with Zane Landers 2020-Mar-15 76 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Messier Marathon with Don Machholz 2020-Mar-01 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Betelgeuse with Bob King 2020-Feb-01 46 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Future of CCD and CMOS imaging 2020-Feb-01 50 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Solar Section 2020-Jan-15 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2019-Dec-30 20 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Comets of 2020 2019-Dec-25 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Geminids Meteor Shower 2019-Dec-10 16 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Member Profile Rik Hill 2019-Dec-01 56 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Jupiter Section with Craig Mac Dougal 2019-Nov-15 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook- November 11, 2019 Mercury Transit 2019-Nov-06 29 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2019 Orionids Meteor Shower 2019-Oct-15 20 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Member Profile Julius Benton 2019-Oct-01 44 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The International Dark Sky Association 2019-Sep-15 38 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Dr. Erin Macdonald 2019-Sep-01 47 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The HopObservatory with Grant Tandy 2019-Aug-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook with Pranvera Hyseni 2019-Aug-01 57 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Apollo Landing Site Observing Program 2019-Jul-15 62 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Saturn 2019 with Julius Benton 2019-Jul-01 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Moon with Chuck Wood 2019-Jun-15 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2019 ALPO Conference 2019-Jun-01 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The July 2019 Total Solar Eclipse 2019-May-15 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Aquariids Meteor Shower 2019-May-01 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Member Profile- Mike Reynolds 2019-Apr-15 41 minutes

The Observers Notebook- National Astronomy Day 2019-Mar-29 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- David and Valorie Whalen 2019-Mar-15 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The January 20, 2019 Lunar Eclipse Meteor Strike 2019-Mar-01 21 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Member Profile- Steve Siedentop 2019-Feb-15 44 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Mercury Section 2019-Feb-01 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comets of 2019 2019-Jan-15 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- January 20, 2019 Total Lunar Eclipse 2019-Jan-01 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2019 2018-Dec-29 14 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comet 2018 V1 with Don Machholz 2018-Dec-15 43 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2018 Geminds Meteor Shower with Bob Lunsford 2018-Dec-01 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook-The OSIRIS-REx Mission with Carl Hergenrother 2018-Nov-15 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Parker Solar Probe with John O Neal 2018-Nov-01 35 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Comet 46P Wirtanen 2018-Oct-20 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook with Caitlin Ahrens 2018-Oct-01 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Rachel Freed SAS/ALPO 2018 2018-Sep-15 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Pamela Shivak and InternationalSUNday 2018-Aug-16 38 minutes

The Observers Notebook- SAS/ALPO Symposium Brian Cudnik 2018-Aug-15 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2018 Perseids Meteor Shower 2018-Aug-01 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The July 27 2018 Total Lunar Eclipse 2018-Jul-15 19 minutes

The Observers Notebook- An update to Mars 2018 2018-Jul-01 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- RTMC at 50 with Bob Stephens 2018-Jun-15 54 minutes

The Observers Notebook- It's Comet Season! 2018-Jun-01 38 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Lunar Dome Section 2018-May-15 35 minutes

The Observers Notebook- An interview with Astrophotographer Damian Peach 2018-May-01 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Discovering Comets with Don Machholz 2018-Apr-15 43 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Pro/Am collaboration in astronomy 2018-Apr-01 44 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2018 Joint Conference with the SAS and the ALPO 2018-Mar-14 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Great 2017 Total Solar Eclipse 2018-Feb-28 26 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Making Light Curves of Minor Planets 2018-Feb-15 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Beginning Lunar/Planetary and Solar Astrophotography 2018-Feb-01 57 minutes

The Observers Notebook-The January 31, 2018 Total Lunar Eclipse 2018-Jan-26 28 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO 2018 and Beyond 2018-Jan-15 20 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2018 Mars Opposition 2018-Jan-03 33 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Bright Comets for 2018 2017-Dec-15 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2017 Geminids Meteor Shower 2017-Dec-07 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Lunar Meteoric Impact Search Program 2017-Dec-01 29 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Remote Planets Section 2017-Nov-15 18 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The History of Astronomy 2017-Nov-06 41 minutes

The Observers Notebook-The 2017 Orionids Meteor Shower 2017-Oct-14 18 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Mars Section 2017-Sep-30 36 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Saturn Report 2017 2017-Sep-15 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The State of the Podcast 2017-Sep-01 10 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Meteorite Section 2017-Aug-31 32 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse- Travel Log 2017-Aug-24 33 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Telescopes with Scott Roberts 2017-Aug-13 51 minutes

The Observers Notebook-The 2017 ALPO Convention 2017-Aug-01 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook-Lunar Transient Phenomena 2017-Jul-18 18 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Comets Section 2017-Jul-01 34 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Jupiter Section 2017-Jun-17 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Minor Planets Section 2017-Jun-09 13 minutes

2017 Total Solar Eclipse- Columbia South Carolina 2017-Jun-06 20 minutes

2017 Total Solar Eclipse- St Joseph Missouri 2017-Jun-02 22 minutes

2017 Total Solar Eclipse-Madras Oregon 2017-Jun-01 23 minutes

2017 Total Solar Eclipse- Casper Wyoming 2017-May-31 17 minutes

2017 Total Solar Eclipse- Stapleton Nebraska 2017-May-30 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Saturn Section 2017-May-26 17 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The History of Amateur Astronomy in the US 2017-May-18 83 minutes

The Observers Notebook- Lunar Topographical Studies 2017-May-11 25 minutes

The Observers Notebook-The Meteor Section 2017-Apr-28 23 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Venus Section 2017-Apr-16 22 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Great Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 2017-Apr-03 30 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Solar Section 2017-Mar-26 12 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The ALPO Training Program 2017-Mar-14 39 minutes

The Observers Notebook- The Journal of the ALPO 2017-Mar-03 24 minutes

The Observers Notebook -The Lunar Section 2017-Feb-20 32 minutes

The Observers Notebook- A history of the ALPO 2017-Feb-03 20 minutes