Peseid Meteors seen over leeds in 1901

 

Perseids seen over Leeds 1901

J H Elgie saw 100 meteors on the night of August 11^th 1901, he observed them from his home in Leeds.

The Perseids will be visible in 2020 on the nights of August 11th/12 and August 12th/13th , they can only be seen if there are no clouds.

Astronomy Show August 10th cancelled

 Astronomy Shoe August 10th Cancelled

Hello Dear Listener

I am afraid to say that the Astronomy Show tonight on Drystone Radio  has had to be cancelled due to techincal issues beyond out control. I will however be back next Monday the 17th August for the next Astronomy Show.

Don't forget on the nights of August 11th/12th and August 12th/13th if it is clear to pop outside to see if you can see any Peraied meteors

TTFN

The Astronomy Show Monday 10th August 7.00 pm on Drystone Radio

 The Astronomy Show August 10th 

On the Astronomy Show tonight I will be looking at the Perseid meteor shower which will be active and can be seen this week assuming of course that there are no clouds.

I will also take a look at the night sky during the next 7 nights, all this plus the latest astronomy news, the A-Z of Constellations, the Messier Marathon and the astronomical anniversaies this week.

The Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy programme on the radio in the north of England. You can listen only on Drystone Radio 103.5 FM or you can hear the show live on line at www.drystoneradio.com, if you cannot listen live the show will be on the Dystone Radio Podcast for the following 30 days. 

Mr Baxendell and S Delphini

 

Aug 9^th 1865 S Del at maximum.

Mr Baxendell read a communication on the variable star S Delphini at the meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester on the 9^th of November 1865. It stated that a maximum occurred on August 9^th 1865, magnitude 8.9, the mean period being 332 days and the minimum equalling the 13.5 magnitude.

Mr Baxendell’s results were confirmed in a great measure by Mr G Knott of Cuckfield. The colour of the star is reddish and is more intense at the minimum.

Note - S Delphinus is now known to be a Mira type red giant variable star with a magnitude range of 8.3-12.4 and a period of 277 days.

The Astronomy Show live on Drystone Radio between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm tonight

The Astronomy Show Tonight on Drystone Radio.

The Astronomy Show will be live tonight between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm on Drystone Radio 103.5 FM and also live on line, and its hosted by Martin Lunn.

On the show tonight we will look at what can be seen in the night sky for the next 7 evenings plus my A-Z of the constellations the Messier marathon, astronomical anniversaries this week  and all the latest news.

The Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio is probably the only regular  weekly astronomy show on the radio in the north of England. Hear me live on Drystone Radio 103.5 FM or listen live on www.drystoneradio.com the show can be heard on the podcast for 30 days.

Will Hay and the White Spot on Saturn

August 3^rd 1933 Will Hay discovers White Spot on Saturn

Although best known as a comedy actor of British films in the 1930s Will Hay was also a very competent amateur astronomer who used a Thomas Cooke of York 6 in telescope from his home in London.

On August 3^rd 1933 he discovered a white spot on the planet Saturn, this was the first white spot seen on the ringed planet since 1903 the next would not be until 1960. The white spots on Saturn are storms similar to the red spot on Jupiter.

The difference being that the red spot on Jupiter has been since constantly for several hundred years, the white spots on Saturn only appear occasionally

Eclipse of the Sun and the death of Henry I

Solar Eclipse August 2^nd 1133

One of the most celebrated eclipses of mediaeval times. The eclipse lasted for over 4 minutes and 38 seconds and maximum was at 12h 08m 38s it was total across a large part of Scotland and parts of North and East Yorkshire.

It was considered as a warning of misfortune to Henry I of England as was recorded by William of Malmesbury. The predictions were correct because Henry I would die on December 1^st 1135 while campaigning in France apparently by eating too many lampreys or eels against the advice of his physicians advice.

His death would lead to the English Civil war between his daughter Matilda and his nephew King Stephen.