{"podcast":{"title":"Looking Up","slug":"looking-up-176431","podcast_index_feed_id":176431,"rss_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11dda1d/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F48%2F121aeafe472697daabb8ce926f4b%2Flookingupnewcover.png","author":"Dean Regas (rsalerno@cinradio.org)","episode_count":20,"summary":"Join Dean Regas, astronomer, author, and space expert on a journey through the stars! Guests from all over the globe bring their knowledge and passion about today’s latest scientific discoveries and advancements. From eclipses to supernovas, from rockets to rovers; there’s a whole universe to explore! Dean is the author of “How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto” and “100 Things to See in the Night Sky” and was the longtime host of PBS' Stargazers television program. Looking Up is a production of Cincinnati Public Radio.Subscribe:AppleSpotifyNPRiHeartRadioAmazonPocket CastsRSS Feed","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:17:05.319388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431"},"episode":{"title":"Early Astrophotography was Controversial (with Anika Burgess)","slug":"early-astrophotography-was-controversial-with-anika-burgess","published_at":"2026-01-30T17:38:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/early-astrophotography-was-controversial-with-anika-burgess","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431","url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/2026-01-30/how-early-photographs-of-the-moon-were-taken-with-anika-burgess","audio_url":"https://cpr-od.streamguys1.com/Podcasts/20260130120102-AnikaBurgessMixV2.mp3?show=lookingup&srcid=wvxu-website%20","summary":"The question seems completely absurd to us in the 21st century: should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t we? But in the early 20th century, this was a heated debate that echoed in the domes of many established observatories around the world. So when did the camera really outshine the eye for documenting things in space? Dean Regas chats with Anika Burgess, author of Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How it Transformed Art, Science, and History, to learn more.","meta_description":"The question seems completely absurd to us in the 21st century: should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t we…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":956,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/looking-up-176431/episodes/early-astrophotography-was-controversial-with-anika-burgess/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/early-astrophotography-was-controversial-with-anika-burgess.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}