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Title : Awesome Astronomy November 2022 Part 1 (Astronomy show)

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Organization: Awesome Astronomy

Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com

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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

Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).

Today’s sponsor:  Big thanks to our Patreon supporters this month: Rob Leeson, David Bowes, Ron Diehl, Brett Duane, Benett Bolek, Mary Ann, Frank Frankovic, Michael Freedman, Kim Hay, Steven Emert, Frank Tippin, Rani Bush, Jako Danar, Joseph J. Biernat, Nik Whitehead, Semyon Torfason, Michael W, Cherry Wood, Steve Nerlich, Steven Kluth, James K Wood, Katrina Ince, Phyllis Foster, Don Swartwout, Barbara Geier, Steven Jansen

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