91.5 KRCC's Looking Up

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2020-02-24

  Looking Up: Name That Leftover

This week on Looking Up Bruce Bookout tells us a bit about the naming process for asteroids. During another 80’s musical interlude, I wondered how asteroids are named. Asteroids are those left-over parts of the cloud that formed our solar system. These... 		  Bruce Bookout author
2020-02-17

  Looking Up: Mars Meets The Moon

Mars does a disappearing act in the early morning sky on February 18. But not to worry, it's just hiding behind the moon, as Hal explains on this week's Looking Up. We’ve talked before about how the planets revolve around the Sun in pretty much a flat ... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2020-02-10

  Looking Up: Seeing Double

This week on Looking up Hal informs us about a star named Porrima. But is it one star or two? High in the east in the Colorado night sky is the very interesting star Porrima. Or rather, I should say stars, because there are actually two stars orbiting ... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2020-02-03

  Looking Up: Free Streaming Featuring Major Stars

This week on Looking Up Hal grabs a celestial lion by the tail. One of my favorite constellations is Leo the Lion, now rising in the east after sunset. Leo has lots of interesting stars, and it also actually looks a bit like what it is supposed to be, ... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2020-01-27

  Looking Up: The Spectral Light Knows

This week on Looking Up Bruce Bookout takes on a listener question. One of our listeners, Scott K., asked a great question that is the basis of how we know, what we know about the universe. His question is: “How do astronomers determine things such as ... 		  Bruce Bookout author
2020-01-20

  Looking Up: Together Forever

This week on Looking Up Hal doubles our pleasure and doubles our fun by revealing some of the secrets of the Gemini Twins. Did you ever wish you had a twin brother or sister? Someone to be with and to talk to all the time? How about to spend all eterni... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2020-01-13

  Looking Up: A River Runs Through It

This week's Looking Up has a certain flow to it as Hal talks about the river constellation. There are lots of constellations up in the Colorado night sky all year round, with 88 total constellations all told. Today I want to tell you about one you may ... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2020-01-06

  Looking Up: (We Long To Be) Close To You

Fortunately, our very own star won't be falling down from the sky anytime soon. However, we are the closest to ol' Sol right now than at any other point of our yearly path around the sun, as we learn on Looking Up this week. Well, we are now in the dee... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2019-12-23

  Looking Up: Just The Cold Hard Facts

This week on Looking Up Hal gets around to telling us about an asterism visible in the night sky this time of year - the Winter Circle. If you are a weather wimp, like I am, you prefer warm weather. That point of view is a bit unfortunate for astronome... 		  Hal Bidlack author
2019-12-16

  Looking Up: It's Always Darkest Before The Spring Equinox

Yes, the darkest days are still ahead but spring can't be too far behind as we learn on Looking Up this week. We’ve talked before about how the Earth is tilted on its axis, and that tilt gives us seasons and days of varying length, in terms of how many... 		  Hal Bidlack author