''The Sky Above Us with James Albury'' is a short American
astronomy show hosted by
James Albury, director of the
Kika Silva Pla Planetarium
The Santa Fe College Kika Silva Pla Planetarium is a 34-foot in diameter, domed theater in Gainesville, Florida. The planetarium seats 60 people and uses two projection systems. An In-Space-System (ISS) 1C-3K digital projection system by RSA Cosm ...
at
Santa Fe College.
Each episode is approximately five minutes in length; and, a new episode is released every two or three weeks. Prior to hosting this series, Albury had spent eight years co-hosting the long-running PBS astronomy series, ''
Star Gazers''. The series is produced at
Santa Fe College in
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...
.
James Albury announced the launch of the astronomy series on his Facebook fan page. In a post dated January 16, 2020, Albury reported that the first episode, ''March of the Planets!'', had been recorded earlier that same day. In that same post, Albury stated that the new series would debut during the last week of February in 2020. The first episode was released online on February 26, 2020.
Content
''The Sky Above Us'' is an
educational series which describes upcoming
celestial events. Although the show is aimed at the general public, it also contains information which might be of interest to experienced
amateur astronomers. The program teaches viewers how to locate constellations and stars in the sky and presents interesting facts about celestial objects.
Due the quarantining efforts during the 2020 outbreak of the SARS-Cov2 virus, an animated version of James Albury was used for 7 episodes (2020-05 "So Long Comet Atlas" through 2020-12 "Center of the Galaxy").
In an April 19, 2020 post on the show's Facebook fan page, James Albury said that the show's theme song was ''Elastic Vibe'' from the album
''Possible Light'' by Ziv Moran
On April 1, 2021, as part of an 'April Fools Day' prank, James Albury posted on the show's Facebook fan page a rant that he was giving up on Astronomy and changing sciences. He followed the rant with a link to the episode ''Karst!'' which focused on Geology, rather than the usual Astronomical topics.
Episodes
Audio Podcast
In addition to the short online television episodes, James Albury and Professor Andy Sheppard also cohosted a series of ''The Sky Above Us'' audio podcasts. Each episode of the audio podcast series was approximately half an hour in length.
See also
* ''
Looking Up with Dean Regas and Anna Hehman'', a twice per month podcast on astronomy and space
* ''
The Sky at Night'', a monthly television show on astronomy produced by the BBC
* ''
SkyWeek'', a weekly television show on astronomy
* ''
Star Gazers'', a weekly television show on astronomy
*
''StarDate'' (radio), a daily syndicated radio show highlighting upcoming celestial events
*
White House Astronomy Night
White House Astronomy Night (and alternatively Astronomy Night on the National Mall) is an event first organized by the White House in conjunction with the Office of Science and Technology Policy to motivate interest in astronomy and science e ...
References
External links
James Albury YouTube ChannelThe Sky Above Us Podcast*
''The Sky Above Us with James Albury'' Fan Pageon
Facebook
''Official The Sky Above Us Website''
Astronomy education television series
2020 American television series debuts
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