#125 - November 2022 Part 1

The Discussion:


Enjoying the recent eclipse (weather permitting)

Jeni is officially recognised as being great

Visiting the Herschel Museum



And listeners’ emails on:


Having astronomy on the brain

Cartoon characters in space

A reflection of Venus off swamp gas!



 


The News:


Rounding up the astronomy news in November, we have:


Why spiral galaxies seem to line up from our perspective

The origin story for Saturn’s rings

Still waiting for NASA’s first Artemis moon mission

Farewell Apollo 9’s Jim McDivitt

Boeing’s zombie Starliner spacecraft gets a crew



The big news story: Hipparchus’ star charts found buried in early
Christian parchments


 


The Sky Guide:


This month we’re taking a look at the winter constellation of
Andromeda with a guide to its history, how to find it, a few deep
sky objects to seek out and a round-up of the solar system views
on offer in November.


 


Q&A:


What are the wispy striated filaments visible in the JWST images
of the Carina Cliffs? From our good friend Rachel Kronick