#125 - November 2022 Part 1
AWESOME ASTRONOMY1 Marras 2022

#125 - November 2022 Part 1

The Discussion:

  • Enjoying the recent eclipse (weather permitting)
  • Jeni is officially recognised as being great
  • Visiting the Herschel Museum

And listeners' emails on:

  • Having astronomy on the brain
  • Cartoon characters in space
  • A reflection of Venus off swamp gas!

The News:

Rounding up the astronomy news in November, we have:

  • Why spiral galaxies seem to line up from our perspective
  • The origin story for Saturn's rings
  • Still waiting for NASA's first Artemis moon mission
  • Farewell Apollo 9's Jim McDivitt
  • Boeing's zombie Starliner spacecraft gets a crew

The big news story: Hipparchus' star charts found buried in early Christian parchments

The Sky Guide:

This month we're taking a look at the winter constellation of Andromeda with a guide to its history, how to find it, a few deep sky objects to seek out and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in November.

Q&A:

What are the wispy striated filaments visible in the JWST images of the Carina Cliffs? From our good friend Rachel Kronick

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