Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast
Hosted by hosts · American Astronomical Society
4.8from 402 ratings
- 41
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 402
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast
Discover the night sky with Sky & Telescope’s J. Kelly Beatty
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 May 2023
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 41 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
October Podcast: Saturn is a “Star”
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September Podcast: Vega & Its Vicinity
1 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
August Podcast: Three Big Events!
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October Podcast: Saturn is a “Star”
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] A few days after that, look for a thin waxing crescent in the evening sky after sunset. By the way, the word waxing means that the sunlit portion of the moon appears to get fatter up until full moon, and the word waning is used as it gets thinner after that. Whatever, I just love the sight of a crescent moon no matter when it happens. First quarter occurs on October 18th, followed by a full moon on the night of the 25th in the Americas. This is known as the full hunter's moon, I suppose because this is the time of year when it was time to go hunting in preparation for the cold winter ahead. It's easy to think of the moon as just a circle in the sky, but it's really a sphere, and its changing shape has nothing to do with Earth's shadow, as some people mistakenly think. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 293 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 109 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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