One of the early pioneers of astronomical spectroscopy.

The first astronomer to photograph a star.

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the latest news from the astronomical societies in the north of England.  

 The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live online at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM .

Sirius the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky, it looks white in colour today, but was it ever red in colour. There are lots of old report that suggest that it might have been. So what was going on?

This eclipse which was believed by Edmund Halley to have been total in London, it wasn't , was seen by many people as the path of totality cut across the midlands and the home counties

Another unknown British astronomer, he came from Cockermouth in Cumbria the birthplace of William Wordsworth. He would have a short life due to ill health, this is a brief outline of the work he undertook in South Africa

Charles Burckhalter was an amateur astronomer who in the 19th century who promoted astronomy to the general public as well as encouraging co operation between amateur and professional astronomers. He was the first secretary of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

One of the most imporatnt women astronomers at Harvard in the USA in the late 19th century. Williamina Fleming's job title was a computer. This was a title given to women who examind the photographic glass plates that were taken at the time.

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy.

There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the latest news from the astronomical societies in the north of England.

  The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live online at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM

Tycho Brahe was the last of the great pre telescopic astronomers. Amongst the many things he did was to observe the supernova of 1572. This is a little look at his story