The 365 Days of Astronomy

Awesome Astronomy - November Part 1


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Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. 

Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

The Discussion: 

- Enjoying the recent eclipse (weather permitting).

- Jeni is officially recognised as being great.

- Visiting the Herschel Museum.

And listeners’ emails on:

- Having astronomy on the brain.

- Cartoon characters in space.

- A reflection of Venus off swamp gas!

 

The News: 

- Rounding up the astronomy news in November, we have:

- Why spiral galaxies seem to line up from our perspective.

- The origin story for Saturn’s rings.

- Still waiting for NASA’s first Artemis moon mission.

- Farewell Apollo 9’s Jim McDivitt.

- Boeing’s zombie Starliner spacecraft gets a crew.

- The big news story: Hipparchus’ star charts found buried in early Christian parchments.

 

The Sky Guide: 

This month we’re taking a look at the winter constellation of Andromeda with a guide to its history, how to find it, a few deep sky objects to seek out and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in November. 

 

Q&A:

What are the wispy striated filaments visible in the JWST images of the Carina Cliffs? From our good friend Rachel Kronick

 

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).

 

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