102 Adventures in Astronomy Emily Levesque

Astronomy sounds like an awesome career choice — spend your nights sitting under the stars with a massive telescope finding new astronomical objects in the sky. But that's only the half of it, there's so much more... In this episode I'm joined by Emily Levesque, astronomer and author of the book, The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers. Emily shares how astronomers in this scrappy and evolving field are going beyond the machines to infuse creativity and passion into the stars and space and inspires us all to peer skyward in pursuit of the universe's secrets. Tune in to learn… -What an astronomers sees when they look though a telescope, -What it's like to work at observatories in extremely remote areas, -How easy it is to ruin a night of observing, -What astronomers do most of the time (it's not looking through telescopes), -About the guy who shot a telescope, -About the telescope mounted in the back of a modified 747 plane, -& so much more! Grab your copy of The Last Stargazers from... IndieBound at Amazon at (affiliate link) Visit / for more info Find Emily on Twitter: @emsque And visit her website: -------------------------------- If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts ? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. For more episodes visit Connect with Curiosityness... YouTube: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Get your FREE Curiosityness sticker at Find Travis, the host of Curiosityness, on Instagram: Or send him an email to travis@curiosityness.com

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102 Adventures in Astronomy Emily Levesque is an episode from Campers In Vans Getting Coffee by Travis DeRose.

This episode is 01:10:02 long.

This episode was published on Jan 12, 2021.

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