Astronomy on Tap

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Astronomy on Tap: The Cursed History of Star Brightness

What is an apparent magnitude? Why are they backwards? How do we actually measure star brightnesses through a telescope? There's a lot of history buried beneath these questions, …

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Ray Garner
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Astronomy on Tap: 110 Things That Are Not Comets

Who was Charles Messier and why did he write down a catalog of things that aren't comets? What is in his catalog and can you observe them all in a single night? I'll explain all in …

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Ray Garner
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Astronomy on Tap: Star-forming Regions and How to Read Them

What are star-forming regions? What do the different colors mean in the images from Hubble? This talk will answer those questions and more!

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Ray Garner
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Astronomy on Tap: An Astronomer's Perspective

Taking a look at the spatial and temporal size of the universe and adding my perspective on the story of astronomy.

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Ray Garner
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