The Astronomy Show 24.02.20

The Astronomy Show 24.02.20

On the Astronomy Show today I will be looking at news that China's Yutu 2 mission to the far side of the |Moon has been making some strange and fascinating discoveries.

I will look at the night sky for the next 7 nights plus I will take an early look at the night sky for March.

Some of the other news stories this week include Mars InSight Lander's Heat Probe has been stuck for a year-but NASA has a new plan, Jupiter water mystery updated with findings from NASA Juno spacecraft, and  Saturn's moon Titan just failed a key test for alien life.

The astronomical scrapbook this week looks at the Black Saturday eclipse of 1582, in 1943 H D Taylor died he invented the Cooke portrait lens and in 1504 an eclipse of the Moon helped Columbus come back safely from the Carribbean. All this plus the usual round up of what is happening in the astronomical societies in the North of England.

The Astronomy Show every Monday evening between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm only on Drystone Radio 103.5 FM. The show can be heard live at www.drystoneradio.com or you can hear the show later on the Drystone Radio podcast

Due to a variety of factors including hospital visits the next Astronomy Show is scheduled for Monday April 6th.

The Astronomy Show 17.02.20

The Astronomy Show 17.02.20

On the Astronomy Show today I will be looking at news that the asteroid Pallas has a violent cratered past according to the latest news from astronomers.

I will look at the night sky for the next 7 nights including having a closer look at some of the winter constellations that can be seen at their best at this time of year.

Some of the other news stories includes details of how the Jet Stream at the moment is reducing the amount of aviaition radiation that people are exposed to, plus news that astroomers watched a newly found asteroid go past the Earth and then discovered that it had a Moon!!

 The astronomical scrapbook which looks at events that happened this week in history includes in 1930 the discovery of Pluto, and in 1962 the launch of Friendship 7 with John Glenn on board who became the first American to orbit the Earth. All this plus the round up of news from the astronomical societeis of the north of England.

The Astronomy Show every Monday evening between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm only on Drystone Radio 103.5 FM. The show can be heard live on line at www.drystoneradio.com or you can listen to the show later on the Drystone Radio podcast.

The Astronomy Show 10.02.20

The Astronomy Show 10.02.20

I am back with the astronomy show, January has been a bad month for me with frequent visits to the hospital and although I am not out of the woods yet I am going in the right direction.

To get back to the hear and the now, on the show today I will be looking at how the Webb Telescope when it is launched hopefully next year will continue the work that the Spitzer Space Telescope has produced during the past 16 years.

I will take a look at the night sky for the rest of winter and look at how we can see Mercury and Venus later this month in the evening sky in the west.

Some of the other news stories include the latest on the fading of the star Betelgeuse, the oldest impact crtaer on the Earth which is 2.2 billion years old may have ended an ice age and Voyager 2 bounces back from a glitch in interstellar space.

The astronomical scrapbook looking at anniversaries this week in history include in 1942 the channel dash by 2 German battlecruisers from France to Germany through the English Channel and the moon Miranda which  was discovered at Uranus in 1949. All this plus the round up of news from astronomical societies in the north of England.

The Astronomy Show every Monday evening between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm only on Drystone Radio 103.5 FM. You can hear the show live on line at www.drystoneradio.com or hear the show later on the Drystone Radio podcast.