The Astronomy Show 30.05.18

The Astronomy Show 30.05.18

On the Astronomy Show today I will be looking at  Cosmic Rays. I will be looking at how astronomers discovered them, where they come from and why they are getting worse, a situation which will cause problems for everyone on Earth.

We lost another of the small band of Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon when the sad news broke that Alan Bean who was part of the crew on Apollo 12 died this week.

All the regular features on the Astronomy Show include what can be seen in the night sky over the next 7 nights. The latest astronomy news includes that over 800 minor planets have been discovered beyond Neptune and what they can tell us, there is yet more evidence for a planet 9 in the solar system and what happens if you leave your camera too close to the launch of a rocket.

The A-Z of constellations this week looks at Pavo the Peacock in the southern hemisphere and the Messier marathon reaches M62 in Ophiuchus, the astronomical scrapbook includes the launch of Mariner 9  in 1971 and the discovery of Donati's comet in 1858. This plus the round up of news from astronomical societies in the north of England.

The Astronomy Show every Wednesday afternoon between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm only on Drystone Radio 103.5FM. The Astronomy Show can be heard live on line at www.drystoneradio.com  or you can hear the program later via the drystone podcast. 

No Astronomy Show on 23.05.18

No astronomy Show on 23.05.18

I will be taking my planetarium into a school on Wednesday 23rd May which means that there will be no Astronomy Show on  this day.  I will be back on Wednesday 30th May.

The Astronomy Show 16.05.18

The Astronomy Show 16.05.18


On the Astronomy Show today I will be looking at the latest evidence that suggests there might be water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa. And again its the Hubble Space Telescope that has spotted them. However this evidence has been complemented by information from a probe that visited Jupiter 20 years ago, the Galileo mission. I will be exploring what's going on.

There will be the regular tour of what can be seen in the night sky during the next 7 nights, together with a look at a constellation in the spring sky, today Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). The A-Z of constellations reaches probably the most spectacular of all constellations, Orion the Hunter. The Messier marathon is at M61 another of the Virgo galaxies.

The latest astronomy news includes NASA's helicopter for Mars, the 'lost' asteroid that near missed us yesterday May 15th, and the exiled asteroid from our solar system. The astronomical scrapbook looks at astronomical history this week including in 1882 the first comet to be discovered during an eclipse of the Sun using photography. This plus the regulr round up of what is going on in the astronomical societies in the north of England.

The Astronomy Show only on Drystone Radio 103.5FM every Wednesday afternoon between 3.00pm and 5.00pm. The  show can be heard on live on line at www.drystoneradio.com or you can listen later on the drystone podcast.

  

The Astronomy Show 09.05.18

The Astronomy Show 09.05.18

On the Astronomy Show today I will be looking at how our solar sysytem formed. Until recently it was assumed that the solar system formed in a fairly orderly way from a cloud of dust and gas. Now however evidence suggests that the early early period of the solar system's formation was chaos and mayhem. If you want to find out more tune in to the show today.

There will be the regular look at what can be seen in the night sky during  the next seven nights. The A-Z of constellations has now reached the large but faint summer constellation of Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder. The Messier Marathon today is a double bill looking at the galalxies M59 and M60 which are so close together in Virgo that it made sense to do them together.

The latest astronomy news includes the launch of the InSight mission to Mars and that the pop singer Ariana Grande likes the planet Neptune a little bit more than Jupiter! The Astronomical Scrapbook looks  at what happened this week in history including in 1861 the birth of the Austarlian astronomer John Tebbut and  in 1866 the discovery of the star T Corona Borealis the 'Blaze Star'. This plus the usual round up of what is going on in the astronomical societies in the north during the next week.

The Astronomy Show every Wednesday afternoon between 3.00pm and 5.00pm, only on Drystone Radio 103.5FM, you can hear the show live on line at www.drystoneradio.com or hear the show later on the Drystone Podcast.

The Astronomy Show 02.05.18

The Astronomy Show 02.05.18

On the Astronomy Show today I will be looking at how the DAWN mission which has been exploring the dwarf planet Ceres which is located in the Asteroid Belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter  has been shedding light on our knowledge of asteroids. Ceres was referred to as an asteroid until 2006 when it was  re-classified as a dwarf planet.

There will be the regular tour around the night sky during the next few days. The latest astronomy news will include the sunspots that are vanishing much faster than expected, and the new star map with 1.7 billion stars.

The A-Z of constellations reaches Octans the Octant an obsure constellation in the southern sky which is noteable only because it contains the faint South Pole Star, while the Messier Marathon has reached M58 in Virgo. Our look into the astronomical scrapabook this week includes the brightest supernova star ever seen in this galaxy and the closest comet to pass the Earth in 200 years. All this plus the round up of news from astronomy societies in the north of England.

The Astronomy Show every Wednesday afternoon between 3.00pm - 5.00pm only on Drystone Radio 103.5FM, you can hear the show live on line at www.drystoneradio.com or listen later using the Drystone Radio Podcast.