Awesome Astronomy - July Part 1

The Discussion: Paul pulls a drowning child out of a river and we discuss the BBC’s current astronomy-themed TV programme, "The Planets". A drunken and sarcastic Jen is a good Jen and a rather pleasant surprise from listener Lee Stevens: https://stars.chromeexperiments.com/ The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have: - Taking Spitzer out “like a dog on the moor with a shotgun” - The International Astronomical Union launches a competition to name an exoplanet in each of the countries it operates, at nameexoworlds.iau.org - The chances of exoplanet habitability may be lower than thought. - Two exoplanet discoveries with very good habitability potential - NASA announces two more heliospheric missions, PUNCH & TRACERS - The Mars Curiosity Rover says, ‘No, there are methane spikes on Mars’. The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in July: - Paul: The King of Planets, Jupiter, on offer all month and a partial lunar eclipse on the night of 16th July. For the deep sky, M10 & M12 globular clusters in Ophiuchus. - Ralph: Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition on 3rd July. On the 9th of July we have the Ring World, Saturn, at opposition and the Southern Delta Aquariids peak on 28/29th July. For the deep sky, beautiful binary targets Epsilon Lyrae and Albireo. Main Object: The Earth’s Moon. http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].