The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the April 2021 Night Sky and places a focus on sky events like the Lyrid meteor shower and a possible telescopic comet coming into view.
Mar 21st: Deafening Silence & Kowalski’s Forever Comet
More than 50 years of searching for signals from other civilizations in the Universe has produced a deafening silence.
Mar 14th: A Three-City-Block-Sized Asteroid & Things That Dim In The Night
Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered 2015 DH155, a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and Dr. Alice Quillen wonder if there are objects which dim in ways that will tell us about their natures.
Mar 7th: Tied For Third & Buzzed By An Asteroid
Alex Gibbs found his 27th comet. This discovery brings him into a tie for third place, in the list of observers. And Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered 10’ diameter 2015 DD1.
Feb 14th: Three Is A Mystery & This Comet Will Never Return
Discovery of three asteroids whose orbits are similar enough to conclude that they are part of an asteroid collision fragment family. And the story of Comet C2013 US10/Catalina.
Nov 6th: Pranvera Hyseni
Today @WSHCrew presenting discussion with Pranvera Hyseni about her work to develop Astronomy Outreach of Kosovo. And also news update!
Nov 5th: Objects to Observe in the November 2020 Night Sky
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the November Night Sky. In this episode we focus on sky events to help newcomers learn the night sky as we discuss Meteor Showers, Comets to locate and how to use the Moon to find Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Venus and Mercury!
Nov 1st: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet & An Earth Approaching Comet
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. It’s not Superman, it is a meteoroid. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 2nd: Dr. John Kiss – The Growth of Plants in Space
Dr. John Kiss will be discussing the sensory physiology of plants in space research, including the effect of Mars’ levels of gravity on plant development. And of course news update with aurora in comets.
Oct 1st: Enceladus, a Magnetar & a Comet Aurora, Oh My!
The northern hemisphere of Enceladus has fresh ice! Plus scientists directly measured the distance to a magnetar, and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has an aurora.