Look Up!

What's in May’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Julienne talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also bring two news stories, the discovery biggest stellar mass black hole in our galaxy and an update on the Dragonfly mission.

Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) in May. We want to know what you would name a black hole if you discovered one?

What's in April’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Julienne talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also bring updates on all the recent human space exploration news, including the fact that NASA is recruiting astronauts!

Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) in April. We want to know if you feel qualified to be an astronaut – and if you want to be one!

This month we have a very special episode of the Look Up! podcast. We have the Royal Observatory's Dr. Ed Bloomer interviewing Professor Chris Lintott, astronomer and author. In his episode Chris tells us about his new book, ‘Our Accidental Universe’, which discusses how astronomers often stumble across their discoveries. We hope you enjoy!

If you wanted to learn what's in the night sky this month, head to our Night Sky Highlights blog at rmg.co.uk. We'll be back to our regular programming next month!

In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15

The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking beautiful photos of the night sky.

This interview is with Miguel Claro, Angel Yu, and John White.

Please be aware that you might hear some background noise from the event in the recordings below. If you’d like to see the exhibition yourself, it is open daily at the National Maritime Museum.

In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15.

The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking beautiful photos of the night sky.

This interview is with Derek Horlock, Joao Yordanov Serrhalheiro, and Jonathon Lodge.

Please be aware that you might hear some background noise from the event in the recordings below. If you’d like to see the exhibition yourself, it is open daily at the National Maritime Museum.

In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15.

The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Jess, with help from members of the Astronomy Ambassadors Group, recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking beautiful photos of the night sky.

This interview is with entrants from the Young Competition, Benjamin Lawler, Feargus Casbolt, and Harry Johnson. They're being interviewed by members of the Astronomy Ambassadors Group - Petra, Varuni, and Lizzie.

Please be aware that you might hear some background noise from the event in the recordings below. If you’d like to see the exhibition yourself, it is open daily at the National Maritime Museum.

In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15.

The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking beautiful photos of the night sky.

This interview is with Andre Vilhena, Martin Lewis, and Lorenzo Ranieri.

Please be aware that you might hear some background noise from the event in the recordings below. If you’d like to see the exhibition yourself, it is open daily at the National Maritime Museum.

In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15.

The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking beautiful photos of the night sky.

This interview is with Josh Dury, Peter Larkin, Dario Giannobile, and Katie McGuiness

Please be aware that you might hear some background noise from the event in the recordings below. If you’d like to see the exhibition yourself, it is open daily at the National Maritime Museum.

In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15.

The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomers Affelia and Jess, recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking beautiful photos of the night sky.

This interview is with Astronomy Presenter Mario also spoke to Yann Sainty who was part of the trio who won this year’s title with their photograph Andromeda, Unexpected. You can listen to their conversation in French in the recording or read the English transcription on our website - https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/astronomy-photographer-year-15-conversation-entrants-winners

What's in February's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Affelia talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also give updates on the Peregrine 1 and SLIM lunar missions and ask what colours the planets actually are after reprocessed images of Neptune show it to be less blue than what most people think.

In this we say that the SLIM lunar lander might come back online - and since recording it has successfully turned back on! Congratulations again to all the teams involved.

Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) at the start of February and tell us which you prefer - the blue or green Neptune image (and say goodbye to Affelia!).