May brings us reliable sights with slow-rolling changes. Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and the Moon all dance in the morning twilight all month as we gear up for Spring and Summer constellations.
May 4th: Last Minute Astronomer May 2024
Tag: meteor shower
May 2nd: The Observer’s Calendar for May 2024
Today Observer’s Calendar for May with Actual Astronomy talk about meteor shower, Mercury in the morning sky lines up with other planets and Pallas at opposition.
Mar 17th: Cool Star Homes & Shooting Star’s Daddy
New planets in nearby red dwarf stars and more about Phaethon asteroids
Jan 4th: The Observer’s Calendar for January 2024
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for January 2024.
Oct 27th: Meteors, Meteor Showers & Their Parent Bodies
Today EVSN discuss more about meteors – including the source of the Geminids meteor shower, asteroid Phaethon – as well as hot planets, hungry black holes, and how we’re working to uncover the identity of dark matter
Apr 1st: Observing With Webb April 2023
Venus shines bright all month, Mercury makes a 3 week appearance, Mars hangs out with Gemini, Saturn continues its morning planet season, and the Lyrids have excellent observing conditions.
Dec 8th: Awesome Astronomy December 2022
December skyguide and news with @AwesomeAstroPod. We JWST image of exoplanet atmosphere, ESA astronaut recruitment, Artemis 1, and more stories. Also Does the x-ray end of the electromagnetic spectrum have Fraunhofer lines like the visual part?
Dec 3rd: Observing With Webb December 2022
December ends the year on a high note, providing us glimpses of all the planets, the major ones being conveniently visible, an occultation of Mars, a modest meteor shower, and plenty of telescope targets.
Nov 5th: Observing With Webb November 2022
Thanksgiving, 3 planets, a meteor shower (with the possibility of a storm), and a TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE. Prepare your instrument as November is going to be great!
Oct 1st: Observing With Webb October 2022
Halloween month brings us some spooooooooky astronomy. Saturn and Jupiter soar ominously above, Mars creeps in, and rocks fall from the sky.