Radio Astronomy BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The Hamburger Galaxy is well placed in the sky this week, while Comet C 2023 A3 Tsuchinchan-ATLAS makes an appearance amongst the stars. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 20 to 26 May 2024.
 
Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-20-may-2024
  
How Patrick Moore Mapped the Moon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/patrick-moore-mapping-the-moon
 
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Catch the Milky Way this month before it disappears into the twilight. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 13 to 19 May 2024.
 
Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/star-diary-13-may-2024
 
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Challenge yourself to find the 1% crescent Moon as it passes by Jupiter and the Pleiades. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 6 to 12 May 2024.
 
Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-6-may-2024
 
Make you own craters: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/make-moon-impact-craters
 
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See the Moon sit inside the Teapot asterism this week, as well as a quartet of asteroids moving across the night sky. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 29 April to 5 May 2024.
 
Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-29-apr-2024
 
Listen for meteors on your FM radio: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-hear-meteors-fm-radio
 
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The full Moon will wash out some of the dimmer meteors, but fortunately there are plenty of other stargazing highlights in this week’s stargazing podcast guide, Star Diary, 22 to 28 April 2024.
 
Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-22-apr-2024
 
Record a meteor shower for science: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/observe-and-record-the-geminid-meteor-shower 
 
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Astronomer Stefano Facchini reveals how he and his colleagues found water vapour at a Sun-like star where planets could already be forming.
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