Actual Astronomy Ep. 333 - Carbon Stars With Luca Vanzella

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Bio: Luca Vanzella has been an avid amateur astronomer since 1975, when he purchased his first telescope, a classic orange-tube Celestron 8″ SCT. Since then, he has been mainly an observer, avid skyscape shooter, and sometime eclipse & transit chaser. As an observer, Luca worked his way through the Messier and Finest NGC lists, with a special interest in globular clusters. In March 2016, Luca completed his first Messier Marathon. Luca has since completed the Astronomical League's Double Star list, Multiple Star list, the Herschel 400 list and is currently slogging, er... working through the Herschel II list. In 2016, Luca published the Carbon Start Hunter List.   Luca joined the RASC Edmonton Centre in the mid-1970’s and was a member for a few years. University and work life caused a long hiatus from the RASC (but not the hobby), until the year 2000 when he rejoined the Society. Since then, Luca has served the Edmonton Centre in various capacities, including schlepper, volunteer, General Assembly organizer, outreach event coordinator, secretary, national council rep, webmaster, vice-president and president. Luca is currently on the team building the Black Nugget Lake Observatory - Edmonton Centre's dark sky facility that will feature a 32" telescope.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].