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Today we have a brilliant show for you as we speak with Associate Professor Duncan Galloway from Monash University in Australia.
His research involves the rarest, most powerful and cataclysmic events that occur in our universe ... Neutron stars colliding!

Astrophiz 193: Dr Ian Musgrave’s June SkyGuide
Dr Ian Musgrave brings us his June SkyGuide … telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.

And June is also a wonderful month for celestial observers, especially the early risers amongst us :)

As usual Ian gives us his ‘Tangent’ … and this month it’s all about how animals respond to celestial appearances and then he gives us his ‘Astrophotography Challenge’ where he presents us with an achievable and challenging task to undertake with our cameras.

This month our challenge is to capture Saturn as it is occulted by the moon.

Today we're speaking with Dr. Marcus Lower, who is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Australia's National Science Agency, the CSIRO. His research primarily focuses on pulsars … rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit beams of electromagnetic radiation from their magnetic poles. He's the principal investigator of a Pulsar Timing Project, which uses the CSIRO, Parkes Murriyang radio telescope to understand the long-term behaviour of neutron stars and how they can be used to study the interstellar medium.
Marcus is the lead author in a just-published Nature Astronomy paper using the 64-meter Parkes-Murriyang dish and also the monster 76-meter Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Manchester to reveal really mystifying behaviours of Pulsar XTE J1810-197, which we have never seen anything remotely like this before.

Astrophiz 191: May SkyGuide

Dr Ian Musgrave brings us his May SkyGuide … telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies this month.

And May is a wonderful month for celestial observers, especially the early risers amongst us :)

As usual Ian gives us his ‘Tangent’ … and this month it’s all about the depiction of Comets throughout history and then he gives us his ‘Astrophotography Challenge’ where he presents us with an achievable and challenging task to undertake with our cameras.

This month our challenge is to capture Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks as it passes through the majestic Orion ’The Hunter’ Constellation,

Enjoy this great interview with Professor  Katie Auchettl, who is the Associate Professor of Astrophysics and Physics at Melbourne University. 

Katie is an observational astrophysicist whose research focuses on the extreme death of stars.

Katie has worked with a team of young astronomers on a sensational book for aspiring astrophysicists that’s just been freely published on the Archive (ArXiv) Server.

The book is called:
“Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists” 

… and it is sensational …. and I can't recommend it highly enough for any student … any person …. who has an interest in astronomy …. It’s a springboard to the stars and sure to be ground zero to many brilliant careers for aspiring astrophysicists …          
Get your free pdf copy at tinyurl-DOT-com/aspiringastro

Katie is also currently the PI of a large Australian Research Council grant project looking at  Tidal Disruption Events …  known affectionately as TDEs, where stars get ripped apart by supermassive black holes.
We even get to hear what spaghettification is.

Enjoy Katie’s fabulous stories!

Welcome to the April SkyGuide:
Dr Ian Musgrave is telling us when, where and what to look for in the evening and morning skies in April.
He also gives us his ‘Tangent' about Fungi and Lichen on the ISS.
This month Ian continues his 'Astrophotography Challenge’ where he presents us with an achievable and challenging task to undertake with simple cameras. Our target for April is Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks ... and he gives us some excellent tips to capture this celestial Dragon.
Are you up for it?