#125 - November 2022 Part 1

AWESOME ASTRONOMY

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