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1. Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 17:03:55 UTC Prof. Sam Lawler

   Tomorrow I have an interview with a local TV station talking about cool astronomy things happening in 2023 that are visible from Saskatchewan (Moon occulting Jupiter, partial solar eclipse, maybe Comet 2022 E3 ZTF, various meteor showers, auroras as we get closer solar max, did I miss anything?) and then I get interviewed about my research and career for a podcast. Hopefully will be fun and not stressful!

   • Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 17:03:52 UTC Prof. Sam Lawler

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     Well, during the podcast interview I got an email asking me to do ANOTHER local news interview. This one is on explaining sun dogs!! My favourite atmospheric optical phenomenon!

     Ricardo repeated this.
   • Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 17:03:52 UTC Prof. Sam Lawler

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     A lot of what I've learned about sun dogs (and other super cool rainbowy things you can see in the sky on occasion) comes from this really thorough, beautifully put together website: https://atoptics.co.uk/halo/parhelia.htm

     So much good information here!

   • Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 17:03:53 UTC Prof. Sam Lawler

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     I even brushed my hair and put on a professor sweater. Headphones or no headphones? Scarf or no scarf? When was I supposed to learn all this stuff about how to present myself on TV?!

   • Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 17:03:53 UTC Prof. Sam Lawler

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     Aaaaannnd after all that last-minute worrying it turned out to be for a written article. Ha! Anyway, it was a great journalist who asked good questions so I'm looking forward to seeing what he writes up!

   • Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 17:03:54 UTC Prof. Sam Lawler

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     First interview happening in 3 minutes. Attempted to tidy up behind me since it's for TV, but man my kids are good at making thorough messes, even on bookshelves and vertical surfaces...