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Astronomycast, episode 361, Rea Super.

Welcome to Astronomycast, our weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos. We help you understand only what we know, but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of the universe today, and with me is Dr. Pamela Gay, a professor at Southern Illinois University Ebritsville, and the director of CosmicLest. Hey Pamela, how you doing?

I'm doing well. How are you doing, Fraser?

Great. We're recording this just moments before Newton-Mess, which is December 25th.

There are three days of die-hard remaining.

Three days of die-hard remaining?

It's the five die-hard episodes, and instead of the 12 days of Christmas or the 10 days of cards against humanity, we're celebrating the five days of die-hard in our house.

You heard us, I knurled.

But I know the feeling. Do you have any announcements this week?

You want to mention, you want to plug?

If you need a year-end tax donation help, we can provide you a tax donation in the United States through SIUE for your donations to CosmicQuest in the European Union for your donations to 365 days of astronomy.

AstronomyCast is also here in the US, and we're just trying to figure out how to make the next year happen.

We are losing some of our sponsors, so if your company is interested in sponsoring our shows, drop me an email at astronomycast.com.

Perfect. Okay, let's get cracking.

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