The Discussion:

• You can now watch Jen presenting on BBC TV’s Weatherman Walking (from 06:40)
• Walking, astronomy and animal abuse in the New Forest
• NASA find the Awesome Astronomy bunker on Mars!
• Listeners’ emails on
• • Obscure names for constellations
  • Podcast editorial suggestions
  • Sending us your astrophotography

 

 

The News:

Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:

• A companion star that survived a supernova!
• Galaxies that had their dark matter stripped away
• Everything we thought we knew about galaxy evolution is wrong L
• We were just buzzed by an asteroid a mile wide.

The big news story: Only an image of the black hole region at the centre of our galaxy!

 

 

The Sky Guide:

This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Draco with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in June.

 

 

Q&A:

What sites and activities could you recommend for disabled amateur astronomers? From our good friend Ash in Wales.