Podcaster: Ralph, Paul & Jenni
Title : Awesome Astronomy April 2021 : News Update
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description:
The Discussion:
- Jen finally becomes Dr Jen – bow down pitiful Earthlings!
- Binocular astronomy
- Get the book Vera Rubin – A Life by Jacqueline and Simon Mitton with 25% off by emailing cs-books@wiley.com, and quoting the discount code H0350 (mentioning Awesome Astronomy probably wouldn’t go amiss too)
- Emails from listeners correcting a possible error and posing a teasing question about US refractors.
The News: Rounding up the astronomy news in February, we have:
- UCL researchers unravel the mystery of the Antikythera mechanism
- The Event Horizon Telescope improves the image of a supermassive black hole by revealing its magnetic fields
- Confirming the existence of the furthest major solar system object
- An exoplanet that lost its atmosphere and then gained another one!
Main News story: CERN’s LHC spots a quirky quark that hints at a big anomaly in the Standard Model of Physics
The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Coma Bereneces with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in April.
Q&A: You mentioned recently that a comet was a long period comet? What does this mean? How do we know if a comet is a long period comet? From our good friend Arliss Evans in Texas, USA.
Today’s sponsor: Big thanks to our Patreon supporters this month: David Bowes, Dustin A Ruoff, Brett Duane, Kim Hay, Nik Whitehead, Timo Sievänen, Michael Freedman, Paul Fischer, Rani Bush, Karl Bewley, Joko Danar, Steven Emert, Frank Tippin, Steven Jansen, Barbara Geier, Don Swartwout, James K. Wood, Katrina Ince, Michael Lewinger, Phyllis Simon Foster, Nicolo DePierro, Tim Smith, Frank Frankovic, Steve Nerlich
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