About this episode
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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