AWESOME ASTRONOMY
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#16 - October 2013
Highlights of September's skies at the AstroCamp star party with the BBC TV cameras. The Sky at Night team joinined us for some observing in Wales. A penumbral lunar eclipse, a round up of the planets visible in the northern hemisphere this month, a couple of meteor showers to get you outside, and the deep sky treats in Perseus, Camelopardalis and Auriga in our October sky guide.News that Voyager 1 is in interstellar space, NASA's latest mission to explore the thin lunar atmosphere and moon's dust and some research to get us hopeful for a fine display from Comet ISON later this year. The violent but universe enriching 'Death of Stars' is explained in Paul's 5 Minute Concept. An interview on the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, astronomy research funding cuts and the Planck and Herschel space telescopes in this month's interview with researcher, writer and broadcaster Dr Chris North. And in Q&A we answer listeners' questions on brown dwarfs and Saturn's rings.
#15 - September 2013
A daytime lunar occultation and a favourable libration of the moon, the ice giants and a round-up of all the planets on view and the deep sky treats in Cassiopeia and Andromeda in our September sky guide. A bright nova in Delphini, declassification of Area 51 plans, an update on Kepler, Juno and the Mars Science Laboratory, Voyager 1 leaving the solar system (maybe!), and new science from ESO's ALMA array. Nucleosynthesis and the life of stars explained in Paul's 5 Minute Concept.An interview on solar dynamics and the upcoming solar maximum with Dr Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University's Wilcox Solar Observatory, and in Q&A we answer listeners' questions on the moon's atmosphere and Han Solo's Kessel Run.
#14 - August 2013
The wonderful upcoming Perseid meteor shower, planetary & lunar spectacles and the deep sky objects on offer in the Summer Triangle & Ophiuchus in our August sky guide. The new names for Pluto's 4th & 5th moons, a new moon disocered around Neptune, the discovery of mysterious extragalactic radio emissions and a photo of home from the Cassini spacecraft. Cepheid Variable stars explained in Paul's 5 Minute Concept and we draw a winner for a pair of magnificent astronomy binoculars. An interview with Professor Thierry Montmerle of the International Astronomical Union on astronomy education & outreach, naming conventions and buying celestial objects. And in Q&A we answer questions from listeners on the effect of the moon on bringing Kate Middleton to labour, the likelihood of Betelgeuse going supernova in our lifetimes & supermassive black holes.
#13 - July 2013
Your July sky guide & a competition to *win a pair of binoculars!* News on the Goldilocks Zone, 3 new interesting exoplanets, a busy time on Low Earth Orbit, Curiosity & radiation risks for Mars-bound astronauts and black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy. Paul's 5 Minute Concept to explain an astronomy theory or idea in simple terms. An interview with the ESA ExoMars Project Scientist and Ralph & Paul get overrun with a listener's cookie-craze in Q&A.
#12 - June 2013
Bringing you your sky guide for June, a salute to ISS Commander Chris Hadfield and news on Kepler. Paul tells us all about ET in his Five Minute Concept, Ralph interviews astronomy communicator Mark Thompson and Q&A includes questions on lunar impacts, the end of the universe and the five best astronomy objects to observe!
#11 - May 2013
Awesome Astronomy gets a new cohost - welcome Paul!
#10 - February 2013
The Northern Lights, more exoplanets, a chat with the PanSTARRS team, and Tom & Ralph get angry about DA14 coverage
#9 - January 2013
A (very) large quasar group, 2013 Solar System highlights, Dawn's dance with Vesta and a very astrobiological interview
2012 End of Year Special
A special message from Tom & Ralph, complete with 2012's finest cock-ups! Download Episode!
#8 - December 2012
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#7 - November 2012
Water on Mars, an amazing new comet and the black heart of Orion Download Episode!
#6 - October 2012
The latest from Mars, October's skies, solar-scopes, supermassive black holes and how to fly a spacecraft
#5 - September 2012
The Curiosity Episode! A focus on Mars, some sad news, and quick flight to cool off with the Ice Giants
#4 - August 2012
A 'Higgs-like' boson, Curious about Mars, August skies and a chat with a UK Astro-Communication Legend
#3 - July 2012
The last transit of Venus, July's night sky and the hunt for ETI with Seth Shostak
#2 - June 2012
With apologies to Uranus, the asteroid lottery, June's night sky and a very JUICEy interview. Download Episode!
#1 - May 2012
A crash course in Solar System exploration, May's night sky and an interview with none other than the legendary Sir Patrick Moore. Awesome Astronomy is go for launch! Download Episode!