The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Naming Asteroids. In this episode we’ll talk with Peter Jedicke about what asteroids are, their history and the Canadian connection with naming asteroids after amateur astronomers.
Jan 4th: The Observer’s Calendar for January 2024
Dec 21st: Lake & Terrain Effects on Astronomy
Nov 30th: The Observer’s Calendar for December 2023
The Observer’s Calendar for December from @ActualAstronomy presents spotting Uranus Naked Eye, Catching the Geminid Meteor Showers, see some asteroids while the Moon Pairs with Venus, Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter, and on December 30th we finally get a double shadow transit on Jupiter for everyone in North America!
Nov 16th: Chris and Shane Observe Together
Today’s Actual Astronomy talk about a recent night where we finally met up to spend some time hanging out under the stars.
Nov 2nd: The Observer’s Calendar for November 2023
Time for Observer’s Caledar for November with @ActualAstronomy. Today’s episode talk about Jupiter at opposition and the Moon pairs with Venus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus then M45 late this month.
Oct 26th: Stars Your Should Know for Autumn Astronomy
This week @ActualAstronomy discuss about the most interesting and prominent navigation stars for visual astronomy as well as some of the history, mythology and other cultural perspectives on the stars we see in the autumn sky.
Sep 28th: An Observing Guide to Jupiter and Saturn
Aug 31st: The Observer’s Calendar for September 2023
Time for Observer’s Calendar and @ActualAstronomy discuss about watching the Planets Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn pair with our Moon in the evening sky as well as other sights to see in September
Aug 17th: Stars You Should Know For Summer
Today’s @ActualAstronomy will present the key stars of the Summer sky. From the stars of the Summer Triangle, a couple fast moving stars and the prominent stellar markers for Scorpius, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius.