Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Astronomy • Night sky observation • Celestial events • Planetary movements • Meteor showers • Solar and lunar eclipses • Historical astronomy stories • Constellations • Notable astronomical phenomena • Space exploration history
"SkyCaramba" is a podcast dedicated to exploring the fascinating realms of astronomy and the sheer joy of skywatching, both during the night and at times, during the day. This podcast delves into a diverse array of celestial phenomena, charting the movements and alignments of planets, stars, and other astronomical bodies.
Listeners can expect episodes that cover historical and modern perspectives of celestial events, such as the significant court case involving Abraham Lincoln where astronomy played a pivotal role, and the discovery narratives of cosmic bodies like Neptune. The podcast frequently addresses the mechanics and implications of solar and lunar eclipses, meteor showers, and planetary conjunctions, providing listeners with timely notifications of these events and explanations of their significance.
A recurring theme in "SkyCaramba" is the alignment and proximity of planets in the night sky. The podcast often updates its audience on the positions and movements of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, emphasizing their visibility and interactions with other celestial objects like the Hyades star cluster or constellations such as Libra and Ophiuchus.
Occasionally, the podcast ventures into more speculative and awe-inspiring topics, such as the mysterious "Wow" signal from Sagittarius, the potential of comets becoming visible, and the possible flaring of distant stars. Discussions also include the impact of astronomical phenomena on human perception and culture, illustrated by episodes covering historical star catalogs, the intriguing Oriental sextant, and speculative astronomy linked to past and future solar activities.
Additionally, episodes focus on practical skywatching tips—such as using telescopes effectively, understanding the nuances of celestial navigation, and safely viewing eclipses. The podcast even touches on the cultural aspects of astronomy, such as the legacy of the Pioneer plaque designer and the earliest crowdsourced scientific studies on meteors.
Overall, "SkyCaramba" offers a comprehensive and engaging look at the universe, making it a treasure trove for both amateur and seasoned astronomy enthusiasts.
|
Episodes:
|
Appropriately named Propus
2024-Sep-08
6 minutes
|
Best views of Mercury and Saturn
2024-Sep-01
4 minutes
|
Lincoln, Luna, and the law
2024-Aug-25
5 minutes
|
What was Wow?
2024-Aug-18
4 minutes
|
Perseus pleases
2024-Aug-11
4 minutes
|
A device for looking at stars honored among the stars
2024-Aug-04
5 minutes
|
Perseids, solar maximum, and more
2024-Jul-28
5 minutes
|
The fire in the eye of Taurus
2024-Jul-21
4 minutes
|
The comet conundrum
2024-Jul-14
5 minutes
|
The sun as any other star
2024-Jul-07
6 minutes
|
Surmising the sun's distance
2024-Jun-30
5 minutes
|
When meteor showers dry up
2024-Jun-23
5 minutes
|
Solstice here, solstice there
2024-Jun-16
4 minutes
|
Hiding Spica again and again
2024-Jun-09
5 minutes
|
Who holds the snake?
2024-Jun-02
5 minutes
|
Snake along the evening stars
2024-May-26
5 minutes
|
How and why to hide things in your telescope's view
2024-May-19
4 minutes
|
Waiting for a star to flare
2024-May-12
5 minutes
|
Mediocre planetary alignments
2024-May-05
5 minutes
|
Two planets in a super close conjunction
2024-Apr-28
5 minutes
|
April Lyrids versus the full moon
2024-Apr-21
4 minutes
|
Eclipse follow-up
2024-Apr-14
4 minutes
|
A planetary lineup straddling the sun at eclipse time
2024-Apr-07
4 minutes
|
The moon meets the morning planets and more eclipse preparation tips
2024-Mar-31
4 minutes
|
The comet halfway from Halley's next showing
2024-Mar-24
5 minutes
|
Penumbral lunar eclipse
2024-Mar-17
4 minutes
|
Total solar eclipse plans
2024-Mar-10
5 minutes
|
The celestial police
2024-Mar-03
6 minutes
|
A historic star catalog is recovered
2024-Feb-25
5 minutes
|
Planets exiting the stage; a hidden conjunction
2024-Feb-18
4 minutes
|
Moon over Elnath
2024-Feb-11
4 minutes
|
Dual meteor shower challenge
2024-Feb-04
5 minutes
|
The sun at its latest--clock time versus sun time
2024-Jan-28
5 minutes
|
Why applause is appropriate for this week's morning show
2024-Jan-21
4 minutes
|
Mercury and a very distant star
2024-Jan-14
5 minutes
|
The moon gets in on the morning action
2024-Jan-07
3 minutes
|
Events to watch for in 2024
2023-Dec-31
7 minutes
|
A very old star
2023-Dec-24
5 minutes
|
Remembering the Pioneer plaque designer
2023-Dec-17
5 minutes
|
Halley's Comet Heads Back
2023-Dec-10
4 minutes
|
Halves and quarters; two bright stars are about to vanish
2023-Dec-03
7 minutes
|
Pioneer 10's prominent anniversary
2023-Nov-26
5 minutes
|
How the first successful Mars mission ultimately failed
2023-Nov-19
4 minutes
|
Why certain stars are so often left out
2023-Nov-12
4 minutes
|
Look for the Leonids
2023-Nov-05
4 minutes
|
Jupiter almost as good as it gets
2023-Oct-29
7 minutes
|
Full speed ahead
2023-Oct-22
7 minutes
|
How Neptune finally got noticed
2023-Oct-15
5 minutes
|
Annular solar eclipse almost here
2023-Oct-08
4 minutes
|
Draconid meteors and eclipse preparation
2023-Oct-01
5 minutes
|
Sirius by day and a daytime meteor shower
2023-Sep-24
5 minutes
|
Moonrise rough guide
2023-Sep-17
6 minutes
|
The lizard up there
2023-Sep-10
5 minutes
|
A proposed mission to the seventh planet; an upcoming solar eclipse
2023-Sep-03
5 minutes
|
Saturn summary
2023-Aug-27
4 minutes
|
Antares occulted
2023-Aug-20
3 minutes
|
A galactic merger and dust rings around a southern star
2023-Aug-13
4 minutes
|
Different north and south stars
2023-Aug-06
5 minutes
|
Face on Mars
2023-Jul-30
4 minutes
|
Summer meteor showers
2023-Jul-23
5 minutes
|
Proving Pluto's moons
2023-Jul-16
7 minutes
|
Regulus, the summer triangle, and star-crossed lovers
2023-Jul-09
9 minutes
|
Super moons and super high tides
2023-Jul-02
5 minutes
|
The scorpion's crown
2023-Jun-25
6 minutes
|
Solstice and circumference
2023-Jun-18
5 minutes
|
A bird, a bowl, and a misnamed water snake
2023-Jun-11
6 minutes
|
A daytime meteor shower
2023-Jun-04
5 minutes
|
Dichotomy defies definition
2023-May-28
7 minutes
|
What a woman gets for all her toils under the stars
2023-May-21
5 minutes
|
Hey, the sun emits radio waves!
2023-May-14
5 minutes
|
The happenstance birth of radio astronomy
2023-May-07
4 minutes
|
Eta Aquariids, Mercury disappears, and penumbral eclipse reminder
2023-Apr-30
4 minutes
|
Virgo; Astronomy Day
2023-Apr-23
4 minutes
|
An eclipse, a meteor shower, and more
2023-Apr-16
4 minutes
|
Hybrid solar eclipse
2023-Apr-09
7 minutes
|
Dark skies matter
2023-Apr-02
4 minutes
|
Neptune in a new light; the raspberry taste at the center of the galaxy
2023-Mar-26
3 minutes
|
Aries at the equinox; the first asteroid at opposition
2023-Mar-19
5 minutes
|
First photographs of the moon and stars
2023-Mar-12
3 minutes
|
Distance on the sky dome
2023-Mar-05
7 minutes
|
Venus and Jupiter paired, Saturn and Mercury trade mornings
2023-Feb-26
4 minutes
|
Venus keeps climbing, Cetus the sea monster, and the incredible inedible egg
2023-Feb-19
4 minutes
|
Venus passes Neptune very close! And the unicorn
2023-Feb-12
5 minutes
|
The radio sun
2023-Feb-05
4 minutes
|
Catch sight of the comet
2023-Jan-29
5 minutes
|
The little dog and the first Pluto pictures
2023-Jan-22
4 minutes
|
Venus meets Saturn, the moon has a close perigee, and more
2023-Jan-15
3 minutes
|
Mercury moves to the morning
2023-Jan-08
5 minutes
|
Two planets at perihelion, Venus climbs toward Saturn, and moon over Mars again
2023-Jan-01
4 minutes
|
The asteroid belt's not densely packed and why planets don't twinkle--usually
2022-Dec-25
4 minutes
|
Mercury at greatest elongation and the longest days of the year
2022-Dec-18
5 minutes
|
The so-called lunar standstill and the Geminid meteor shower
2022-Dec-11
4 minutes
|
The moon hides Mars
2022-Dec-04
5 minutes
|
Alrighty Auriga! And a DART on target.
2022-Nov-27
6 minutes
|
Calculating planets' positions
2022-Nov-20
7 minutes
|
Start looking for Leonids and try to spot the crane
2022-Nov-13
6 minutes
|
Lunar eclipse, Leonids, and the sun, stars, and stripes.
2022-Nov-06
6 minutes
|
Total lunar eclipse and how a nova shone new light on the nature of stars
2022-Oct-30
9 minutes
|
Mercury Hidden and the Goat-Fish
2022-Oct-23
7 minutes
|
This month's solar eclipse and next month's Uranus opposition
2022-Oct-16
6 minutes
|
Orionids, Hyades, and the stellar royal family
2022-Oct-09
6 minutes
|
Sirius by day and DART
2022-Oct-02
7 minutes
|
Tides
2022-Sep-25
6 minutes
|
A crab, donkeys, and bees
2022-Sep-18
4 minutes
|
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
2022-Sep-11
4 minutes
|
A once-in-a-lifetime opposition
2022-Sep-04
6 minutes
|
Awful astrology questions
2022-Aug-28
2 minutes
|
The Great Square
2022-Aug-21
4 minutes
|
The swan and the eagle
2022-Aug-14
4 minutes
|
A martyr's tears streak the sky
2022-Aug-07
3 minutes
|
Eclipse timing
2022-Jul-31
4 minutes
|
Mercury emerges into the evening; the lover's crown over your head
2022-Jul-24
5 minutes
|
Galactic coordinates and the Delta Aquariid meteor shower
2022-Jul-17
5 minutes
|
Robert Goddard's vindication
2022-Jul-10
5 minutes
|
The moon moves through the evening, Saturn's shadow, eccentricity
2022-Jul-03
6 minutes
|
Mercury leaving the morning meeting, lunar orbital points converge, and Earth at aphelion
2022-Jun-26
5 minutes
|
The loneliest star and the arrow
2022-Jun-19
6 minutes
|
The morning planet lineup stays good, and get ready for the solstice
2022-Jun-12
5 minutes
|
Mercury moves more into the morning meeting; Antares and Scorpius
2022-Jun-05
4 minutes
|
An orderly planetary lineup and a dolphin's service remembered
2022-May-29
5 minutes
|
The lesser known celestial dogs, moon at the nodes
2022-May-22
4 minutes
|
Polaris
2022-May-15
4 minutes
|
Total Lunar Eclipse and Clawing Into Libra's Star Names
2022-May-08
6 minutes
|
Planetary lineup continues, Mercury in the evening, Eta Aquariids, Berenices's Hair
2022-May-01
5 minutes
|
A southern solar eclipse, Virgo, and Astronomy Day
2022-Apr-24
6 minutes
|
April Lyrids and comet names
2022-Apr-17
3 minutes
|
The full spectrum
2022-Apr-10
5 minutes
|
More morning lineup, when the sun acts up
2022-Apr-03
5 minutes
|
Jupiter gets hard to see, the seamstress and cowherder in the sky, Arcturus and the World's Fair
2022-Mar-27
3 minutes
|
The ecliptic and the equator
2022-Mar-20
5 minutes
|
Stars and legends of the Big Dipper
2022-Mar-13
5 minutes
|
Morning meetup, four planets in one constellation, and a little about Aries
2022-Mar-06
4 minutes
|
Morning planet meetup continues, quick measurements
2022-Feb-27
4 minutes
|
Morning merriment; the crab
2022-Feb-20
4 minutes
|
The Unicorn
2022-Feb-13
4 minutes
|
More morning migration; the sextant; Perseus and Andromeda
2022-Feb-06
5 minutes
|
Lepus the hare
2022-Jan-30
5 minutes
|
Sirius things to think about
2022-Jan-23
5 minutes
|
Gemini and Jimmy Carter's Unidentified Flying Planet
2022-Jan-16
6 minutes
|
Orion, Colorfully Named Iris and a River Runs Through It
2022-Jan-09
6 minutes
|
Quadrantids, Earth at perihelion, planets hiding planets
2022-Jan-02
6 minutes
|
Amazingly afar Andromeda
2021-Dec-26
7 minutes
|
Mercury meek in the evening, Comet Leonard approaches the sun, and Star of Bethlehem
2021-Dec-19
6 minutes
|
Comet Leonard enters the evening and how asteroids are named
2021-Dec-12
5 minutes
|
Geminid Meteor Mystery and Preserving Darkness
2021-Dec-05
6 minutes
|
Three planets in the evening, Mars in the morning, Comet Leonard, Antarctic eclipse
2021-Nov-28
5 minutes
|
Thanksgiving skies of 400 years ago and an Antarctic eclipse
2021-Nov-21
5 minutes
|
Spilling the facts on Aquarius
2021-Nov-14
5 minutes
|
A nearly total lunar eclipse
2021-Nov-07
5 minutes
|
See Ceres
2021-Oct-31
5 minutes
|
Getting closer to and farther from the sun at the same time
2021-Oct-24
6 minutes
|
Emerging Mercury and Mars; Spy on Jupiter's spot; Venus by Ophiuchus; the Hyades
2021-Oct-17
5 minutes
|
Venus is the scorpion's head, Lacerta, and more about Mira and Algol
2021-Oct-10
5 minutes
|
A splendid clutter in Scorpius, opposite behavior by stars on opposite sides of the sky, the wonderful fading star
2021-Oct-03
5 minutes
|
Daytime meteor shower, Venus goes through the diamond, and Capricornus
2021-Sep-26
5 minutes
|
Equal day and night--or not
2021-Sep-19
5 minutes
|
Algol, the demon star
2021-Sep-12
5 minutes
|
Zodiacal light
2021-Sep-05
5 minutes
|
September 2021 astronomical events
2021-Aug-29
5 minutes
|
Northern solstice on Mars and interstellar space
2021-Aug-22
5 minutes
|
A traditional blue moon, Mars and Mercury meet up, and identifying satellites
2021-Aug-15
5 minutes
|
Zavijava, Perseids, Cygnus
2021-Aug-08
5 minutes
|
August 2021's astronomical events and the martyr's tears
2021-Aug-01
5 minutes
|
Precovery
2021-Jul-25
5 minutes
|
Orders of Magnitude
2021-Jul-18
5 minutes
|
Coriolis Effect
2021-Jul-11
5 minutes
|
Sagittarius
2021-Jul-04
5 minutes
|
July 2021 astronomical events
2021-Jun-27
5 minutes
|
Antares and Sagitta
2021-Jun-20
5 minutes
|
Berenice's Hair and Earth at Aphelion
2021-Jun-13
5 minutes
|
Annular solar eclipse of June 10--and more
2021-Jun-06
5 minutes
|
June 2021 astronomical events
2021-May-30
5 minutes
|
The Second Most Important Star in the Sky and Sidereal Days
2021-May-23
5 minutes
|
Total Lunar Eclipse, Ten Year Astronomy Survey, and Wasat?
2021-May-16
5 minutes
|
Measuring Distances to the Stars, Gemini
2021-May-09
5 minutes
|
May's morning zoo and Messier objects
2021-May-02
5 minutes
|
May 2021 astronomical events
2021-Apr-25
5 minutes
|
The April astronomical shower and seeing over the horizon
2021-Apr-18
5 minutes
|
Blinded by the Sight
2021-Apr-11
5 minutes
|
Dark Skies and Venutian Phases
2021-Apr-04
5 minutes
|
April 2021 astronomical events
2021-Mar-28
5 minutes
|
The Real Planet Vulcan
2021-Mar-21
5 minutes
|
Leo Minor, The Egg and the Equinox, and No Green Stars
2021-Mar-14
5 minutes
|
Meteors and Near-Earth Asteroids
2021-Mar-07
5 minutes
|
March 2021 astronomical events
2021-Feb-28
5 minutes
|
Project Corona
2021-Feb-21
5 minutes
|
Radio Astronomy's Beginning
2021-Feb-14
5 minutes
|
Clyde Tombaugh
2021-Feb-07
5 minutes
|
February 2021 astronomical events
2021-Jan-31
5 minutes
|
Mercurial Mercury and Sirius Stuff
2021-Jan-24
5 minutes
|
Orion
2021-Jan-17
5 minutes
|
Mars and Uranus come close
2021-Jan-10
5 minutes
|
January 2021's astronomical events
2021-Jan-03
5 minutes
|
Get to Know Your New Telescope
2020-Dec-27
5 minutes
|
The Star of Bethlehem
2020-Dec-20
5 minutes
|
Solstice and lunistice
2020-Dec-13
4 minutes
|
The Andromeda Nebula
2020-Dec-06
5 minutes
|
December 2020 astronomical events
2020-Nov-29
4 minutes
|
Penumbral eclipse, Aldebaran, and the coming great conjunction
2020-Nov-22
4 minutes
|
The Pleiades
2020-Nov-15
4 minutes
|
Leonid meteor showers
2020-Nov-08
4 minutes
|
November 2020 astronomical events
2020-Nov-01
4 minutes
|
Venus and Mercury at perihelion and blue moons
2020-Oct-25
4 minutes
|
Mercury at inferior conjunction; the moon passes Jupiter and Saturn
2020-Oct-18
4 minutes
|
The Great Conjunction of 2020
2020-Oct-11
4 minutes
|
Mars at opposition 2020
2020-Oct-04
4 minutes
|
SkyCaramba - Halloween Full Moons
2020-Sep-29
5 minutes
|
