#126 - December 2022

AWESOME ASTRONOMY

The Discussion:

• Meteor shower disappointment
• Lecturing course started
• Dr Jen’s 30th birthday party karaoke – with audio!
• more resources for astronomy and astrophotography over at nightskypix.com

The News:

Rounding up the astronomy news in November, we have:

• JWST picks up chemical reactions in an exoplanet atmosphere
• ESA’s latest astronaut recruitment
• Virgin Galactic gets go ahead to launch from Cornwall
• UK spaceports pop up all over the place
• Rocket Lab continue chasing the reusable rocket dream

The big news story: What else? Artemis 1 launches to make NASA’s return to the moon a reality.

The Sky Guide:

This month we’re taking a look at the winter constellation of Perseus 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 December.

Q&A:

Does the x-ray end of the electromagnetic spectrum have Fraunhofer lines like the visual part? And if not, how is x-ray spectroscopy done? From our good friend Graeme Durden, who we all wish the very best as he continues his radiotherapy treatment.

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