Awesome Astronomy - January Sky Guide

Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce. Summary of content:  What to look out, and up, for in January. Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers: Venus at greatest eastern elongation Mars a few degrees from Venus Jupiter in Virgo Saturn & Mercury in the morning sky Next up is the other solar system wonders of note in January: The Quadrantids meteor shower peaking on 3-4th January with a ZHR of around 40 The largest asteroid, Vesta, at opposition passing through Cancer into Gemini Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year: Jen – M33, spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum Paul – NGC 2903, barred spiral galaxy in Leo Ralph – Messier 35, open cluster in Gemini And we finish this sky guide with January’s moon phases. http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!