Space Junk

By OPT Telescopes

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Space Junk is a weekly podcast dedicated to the amazing hobby of amateur astronomy. Each week we’ll answer your questions and bring you the latest information and advice on the tools, gadgets, software and techniques for maximizing your enjoyment of the night sky. Your hosts are Tony Darnell from DeepAstronomy.space and Dustin Gibson from OPT Telescopes, a world leader in telescopes and accessories. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spacejunk/support

Episode Date
Complete Telescope Systems vs Assembling From Components - Which is Better?
Mar 15, 2023
Backyard Observatories: Tony is Finally Building His, Should You?
Feb 24, 2023
The Search for Intelligence in the Universe w/ Beth Johnson from SETI Institute
Feb 01, 2023
How Autoguiders Can Help You Find the Meaning of Life
Jan 25, 2023
Askar Astrographs // Degree for an Astronomy Job? // Becoming an Expert
Jan 18, 2023
New iOptron Mounts // The Growing Problem of LED Streetlighting
Jan 11, 2023
NASA's Artemis Mission: What is Tony's Problem?
Jan 04, 2023
Space Junk Podcast is Back
Dec 14, 2022
The Search for the Perfect Telescope; Camera Resolution Wars - It's like magnification all over again
Mar 11, 2022
Pro-Am Astronomy Collaboration; Celestron RASA and Other Wide Field Telescopes
Mar 04, 2022
We have Little Chance of Hearing Other Civilizations; APO's vs Catadioptric Telescopes; Another Black Hole Question
Feb 26, 2022
How Do We Know There are Other Planets in Our Galaxy?; Picking Your First Object to Image; Tony Gets an Email!
Feb 16, 2022
Black Holes - A Guided Tour; Telescope Autoguiders - What Good are They?; Update on JWST
Feb 09, 2022
Is Earth's Magnetic Field Flipping?; Smart Telescopes; Orion The Hunter
Feb 02, 2022
Terraforming the Moon; Building a Beginner Astrophotography Rig; Amateur Astronomer Discovers Hot Jupiter
Jan 26, 2022
Narrow Band Filters: What You Need to Know
Jan 12, 2022
Thoughts on The James Webb Space Telescope
Dec 22, 2021
All About Astronomy Filters
Dec 01, 2021
Getting Started in Astronomy Imaging
Nov 24, 2021
Building a Backyard Observatory: What You Should Know
Nov 17, 2021
Beginner Astronomy: Where to Go and What to Bring
Nov 10, 2021
Faster Than Light Phenomena and the Story of APOD w/ Robert Nemiroff
Jun 22, 2021
JWST Sees More Delays; NASA Going to Venus; Jeff Bezos Tries to Win Billionaire Space Race - Astronomy News from SJP
Jun 11, 2021
Advice for Getting Your Astronomy Images Published
Jun 02, 2021
Studying Dark Energy: Astronomers Now Have 230 Million Galaxies
May 29, 2021
JWST Gets Ready For Launch - Astronomy News from Space Junk Podcast
May 21, 2021
AAPOD2: Showcasing Amazing Images in Amateur Astronomy
May 17, 2021
Telescope and Observatory Automation: What You Need to Know
May 05, 2021
Visualizing Space w/ NASA's Brian Day
Apr 19, 2021
Streaming the Skies with TagBackTV
Apr 12, 2021
The Growing Problem of Light Pollution w/ Kelly Beatty
Apr 05, 2021
Alcohol in Space and Going to Mars w/ Chris Carberry
Mar 29, 2021
Shooting the Moon w/ Lunar Expert Robert Reeves
Mar 22, 2021
Backyard Professional Astronomy w/ Asteroid Hunters
Mar 15, 2021
Meet the Next Generation of Amateur Astronomers
Mar 08, 2021
Don Pettit: The Adventures of an American Astronaut & Amateur Astronomer
Mar 01, 2021
AstroBin w/ Salvatore Iovene: A New Website Dedicated to Astrophotography
Feb 22, 2021
Using Passion for the Stars to Improve Science Literacy w/ Rachel Freed
Feb 15, 2021
The Language of Astronomy w/ Brian Fulda
Feb 09, 2021
What's It Like to Work In Professional Astronomy?
Feb 01, 2021
Beginners Guide to Your New Telescope
Jan 25, 2021
The End of 2020!
Jan 01, 2021
Scanning the Skies with Molly Wakeling
Dec 23, 2020
Primaluce's Tom Bramwell: The Astronomer Next Door
Dec 14, 2020
The Great Binocular Episode
Nov 24, 2020
All About Telescope Mounts
Nov 05, 2020
All About the Radian Raptor 61 APO Refractor w/ Astrobackyard
Oct 29, 2020
Observing Solar Max w/ Lunt Solar Telescopes
Oct 05, 2020
Wide Field Telescopes w/ David Rowe
Oct 01, 2020
Ultimate Astro-Camera Episode Pt 2
Sep 21, 2020
Ultimate Astro-Camera Episode Pt 1
Sep 07, 2020
Stellina and eVscope: A New Class of Telescopes for Amateur Astronomy
Aug 28, 2020
Amateur Astronomers, Professional Results: Tracking NEO's w/ Asteroid_Hunters
Aug 18, 2020
The Lure of Astronomy w/ Abigail Bollenbach
Aug 11, 2020
Radian Telescopes: Born to Solve Problems
Jul 29, 2020
Mars: The Worst Place to Live w/ Fraser Cain
Jun 27, 2020
Finding Life on Other Planets With Astrobiologist Graham Lau
Jun 17, 2020
Questioning Reality - The Philosophy of Astronomy
Jun 05, 2020
Reaching for the Sky with Skye Schwartz
May 27, 2020
Installing HUGE Telescopes with Matt Dieterich
May 13, 2020
Jumping Into DSLR Astrophotography with Nico Carver
Apr 29, 2020
Social Distancing with the Space Junk Podcast
Apr 09, 2020
Lighting Up the Night with Mack Murdoc
Mar 25, 2020
Alcohol in Space w/ Chris Carberry
Mar 18, 2020
Evolving a Brand w/ SkyWatcher's Jeff Simon & Kevin Legore
Mar 12, 2020
Overcoming the Learning Curve with Shawn Neilsen
Mar 04, 2020
From Your Backyard to the Cosmos with AstroBackyard's Trevor Jones
Feb 25, 2020
The Modern Star Party With Economics PhD EconGreg
Feb 19, 2020
The Future of Visual Astronomy with Tele Vue President David Nagler
Feb 03, 2020
The Skies of February 2020
Jan 28, 2020
Q and A w/ Dustin and Tony
Jan 22, 2020
Looking Back at 2019 With 2020 Vision
Jan 06, 2020
"The Frontline of Astrophysics with James Fanson"
Dec 17, 2019
What Do Brain Scans and Astronomy Have in Common? With Dr. Craig Stark
Dec 11, 2019
Imaging the Solar System w/ Chris Go
Dec 03, 2019
Searching for Life with Andrew Semion from SETI
Nov 25, 2019
Creating Galaxies w/ Lanchen Mihalic
Nov 18, 2019
A Galaxy Far, Far Away with Jason Thomas
Nov 11, 2019
Easy Astrophotography with Jimmy Nguyen
Nov 04, 2019
Staring at the Sun w/ Tim Morrill
Oct 25, 2019
Accidentally Incredible with Andrew McCarthy
Oct 18, 2019
Keeping Space in Style with AstroAthens
Oct 11, 2019
Engineering Opportunity with The Arabian Stargazer
Oct 03, 2019
Space Facts to Impress Your Friends
Sep 23, 2019
Paving the Way with Robert Reeves
Sep 01, 2019
Inside SpaceX and Virgin Orbit with Bryce Allen
Aug 21, 2019
Why Astronomy Matters with Ian Lauer
Aug 16, 2019
Space Telescope Update with Sean League
Jul 31, 2019
Starlink, Apollo, and SpaceFlight
Jul 24, 2019
Paying It Forward w/ Travis Burke
Jul 17, 2019
Educating Millions with John Michael Godier
Jul 10, 2019
Just Do It with iDeepSpace
Jun 27, 2019
Focusing In On Optec's Jeff Dickerman
Jun 18, 2019
21st Century Astronomy with Bray Falls
Jun 10, 2019
Chasing Solar Eclipses w/ Jay Pasachoff
Jun 05, 2019
Virtual Astronomy with Skylias
May 31, 2019
The Fermi Paradox and The Great Filter w/ Fraser Cain
May 25, 2019
Telescopes, Balloons, and Beer with Dr. Nick Galitzki
May 16, 2019
High-end Astronomy with OPT's Professional Services
May 06, 2019
PrimaLuceLab founder Filippo Bradaschia
Apr 23, 2019
Expressing Your Space Passion w/ Cat Machin
Apr 16, 2019
Space Junk Podcast Does New York City
Apr 12, 2019
Scott Roberts From Explore Scientific
Apr 02, 2019
Astrophotography Adventures with Galactic Hunter
Mar 26, 2019
Astrophysics: The Worst Job in the Universe? w/ Paul Sutter
Mar 19, 2019
The Universe Is Trying to Kill You w/ Phil Plait
Mar 13, 2019
Beer n' Rockets with Hans Fredrick Haas
Mar 07, 2019
Is Astronomy Dead? w/ Alize Shilling
Feb 27, 2019
A Winning Formula: Imaging Tips with Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Feb 20, 2019
How to Make a Comeback w/ Meade President Victor Aniceto
Feb 14, 2019
Conspiracy Theories w/ Fraser Cain
Feb 05, 2019
Astronomy, Art and Morality: A Discussion w/ Ginny St. Lawrence of OPT
Jan 30, 2019
Professional Astronomy Innovation with Planewave Instruments
Jan 23, 2019
Imaging from Time Square with Steven Swancoat
Jan 16, 2019
Amateur Astronomy 2018 and a Look Towards 2019 w/ Dustin and Tony
Jan 09, 2019
Making Money in Astronomy w/ Cathrin Machin
Jan 03, 2019
Citizen Science with Pamela Gay
Dec 28, 2018
Astronomy Outreach with Kevin Legore
Dec 19, 2018
Optical Innovation with Tele Vue
Dec 10, 2018
Planetary Imaging with Blake Estes
Dec 05, 2018
Women in STEM w/ Skylias
Nov 26, 2018
Astro Imaging with Tim Puckett of SBIG
Nov 20, 2018
SpaceFab: A Space Telescope for Everyone
Nov 13, 2018
Travis Burke, Nat Geo Cover Photographer
Nov 06, 2018
Looking Up: Which is Better, Visual Astronomy or Imaging?
Oct 29, 2018