{"id":364,"date":"2016-09-19T23:14:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:48:28","slug":"extra-astrocamp-autumn-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/19\/extra-astrocamp-autumn-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra: AstroCamp Autumn 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4679731\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/20160920--Awesome-Astronomys-Sept-_AstroCamp.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>In this month\u2019s AstroCamp podcast extra episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Discussion: An introduction to star parties and enjoying practical astronomy under pristine dark skies away from the city. 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