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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Observer's Calendar for March 2025 on Episode 472 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I'm Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars.   March 4th is Pancake Tuesday March 5 - Moon 0.6-degrees N of Pleiades but 6-7 degrees E of M45 for us March 6 - Lunar X & V visible March 7 - Lunar straight wall and Walther Sunrise Ray visible on Moon March 8 - Mercury at greatest evening elongation 18-degrees from Sun in W. &  Mars 1.7 degrees S of Moon March 9 - Jewelled Handle Visible on Moon March 11 - 2 Satellites Visible on Jupiter at 8:42 pm EST March 12 - Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition m=9.5 - Discovered by Hind in 1847 is is the innermost large asteroid and the seventh brightest. Name was proposed by John Herschel for the latin goddess of flowers and gardens. Parent of the Flora family of asteroids. Mixture of silicate rock, nickel-iron metal. March 12 - also, - Wargetin Pancake Visible on Moon March 13 - M 93 well placed this evening March 14 - Lunar Eclipse for NA - Just before Midnight on the 13…for us it's best around 2:45 CST. March 20 - Spring Equinox March 22 - Zodiacal Light becomes visible for a. Couple weeks in W evening sky March 23 - large tides this week March 24 - Mare Orientale visible on Moon - 6am March 27 - 2579 nebula and cluster well placed for observing this evening - Galaxy NGC 2784 March 28 - Friday, best weekend this year for Messier Marathon March 29 - Partial Solar Eclipse - Centred on Northern Labrador and Baffin Island. - Gegenschein visible from a very Dark Site high in S at midnight March 30 - More Large Tides - Sirius B, “The Pup” - Current separation about 11 arc seconds max in 50 years. https://www.rasc.ca/sirius-b-observing-challenge   Concluding Listener Message: Please subscribe and share the show with other stargazers you know and send us show ideas, observations and questions to actualastronomy@gmail.com   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop 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 the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

We are recording on location at the Kielder Observatory. As the seasons change and autumn approaches, join host Ian Brannon and a panel of space experts as they delve into the latest celestial events and missions. From the best time to view the Milky Way and Saturn to upcoming lunar eclipses and the fascinating missions to Mercury and Europa, this episode is packed with astronomical insights. Discover how you can make the most of the night sky with just your naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope, and get the latest updates on space missions and discoveries.   Kielder Observatory, Night Sky, Astronomy, Milky Way, Saturn Rings, Lunar Eclipse, Boeing Starliner, Spacex, Bepicolombo, Mercury Mission, Europa Clipper, Search For Life, Jupiter Moon, Space Missions, Telescopes, Stargazing, Autumn Equinox, Zodiacal Light, Open Cluster, Cepheus ConstellationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmy Wisz a research fellow at the Maria Mitchell Association discusses Zodiacal Light which is a faint glowing light that appears to extend upward from the direction of the setting sun for the next two weeks before the new moon in early April. 

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com   * Friday February 2nd - Last quarter Moon. - Zodiacal Light becomes visible in West for next 2 weeks after evening twilight fades - Gegenschein visible from a very dark site- highest in south next 2 weeks.   * Saturday Feb 3 - Curtis X visible in Western North America S of crater Gambart * Mon February 5th  - I think winter star party starts in Florida...man I wanted to go.... * Wed. Feb 7th - Morning event alerts - Venus 5-degrees above the moon on this morning... * Friday Feb 9th - New Moon - might be warm here * Sat Feb 10th -Young Crescent Moon visible...I think like low 20hrs old or so for those in the east. * Sunday Feb 11th - Saturn less than 2-degrees from Moon in evening sky. * Monday the 12th - Neptune just under a degree from the Moon.   * Feb 13th - Pancake Tuesday - big day in our home as a little known factoid about me...I am a Gourmet pancake maker...this is no joke. My mom is a great cook but not so hot with the pancakes so I learned to make them, my specialty is raspberry chocolate chip...if you haven't tried such a thing... be warned the ratios are tough. ----This is not a cooking show though   - February 15th Thursday - Jupiter is 3-degrees below the Moon in the evening sky  - Friday Feb 16th- First Quarter Moon lays just below the Pleiades - Lunar X visible for North America and Uranus is 3 degrees below the moon and occultation of Uranus for some..not here though… - Saturday the 17th - Lunar Straight Wall visible. - THURSDAY THE 22ND - Venus 0.6-degrees from Mars this morning. - Saturday the 24th - Full Moon. Smallest of 2024 or a "Bad" Moon....much how we have a super Moon the smallest full Moon of the year is a bad moon,  - Sunday the 25th - Try to spot Capella with the unaided eye this week before sunset.   Comets - 12P Pons Brooks remains at 8th magnitude…I haven't seen it yet…moves pretty quick, starts month in Cygnus, moves to Lacerta and Passes 1 Lacerta on Feb 12 62P/Tsuchinshan - passes into the 10th magnitude still in Leo.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop 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 the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com October 2nd - Moon and Pleiades, the brightest star cluster in the Messier Catalogue meet up with the Moon just below and west of the Pleiades in the evening sky. Better farther west in North America you are. October 6th  - Last quarter Moon - Apennine Mountains partially circling Mare Imbrium. Crater Plato is the most prominent crater at the top of Mare Imbrium. Lots of Craters near the Terminator at centre, Herschel, Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus Arzachel, Straight wall and Mare Nubium as well. Morning of October 10th before sunrise - Venus - The Moon And Regulus Alignment. October 12th - Zodiacal Light is visible in the morning sky for the next 2 weeks…or until the Moon enters the sky. October 14th Annual Solar Eclipse & New Moon. We just get a good partial here but the “Ring of Fire” is visible along a track from Mexico to the Canadian Maritimes. Remember, Annular is not total so you always need to use your H-Alpha Scope or certified solar glasses or Solar Filter to view this. I attended Alan Dyers Talk at SSSP and he ID'd a place in Texas where you can observe both this Annular Eclipse as well as the Total on April 8th 2024. October 18th - Antares is occluted by the Moon for most of the EU. So check your local. October 19/20th - Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter for Io and Ganymede, 1am our time, that's 3am EST.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop 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 the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com Sept 1 - Neptune 1.4° N of the Moon Sept 4 - Jupiter 3° S of the Moon Sept 5 - Uranus 3° S of the Moon Sept. 6 - Last quarter Moon Sept 10 - Follow Capella into the daytime sky with the unaided eye this week Sept 15 - Zodiacal Light becomes visible later this month, in E in morning. Sept 19 - Venus at greatest illumination. Difficult extent & Neptune at Opposition. Sept 22 - Lunar X, Lunar Straight Wall and Mercury at Greatest Elongation, 18° from Sun, in morning sky. Sept 23 - Fall Equinox Sept 24 - Large Tides this week and follow Sirius into daytime with unaided eye. Sept 26 - Saturn 3-degree NE of the Moon tonight Sept 29 - Full Moon   Comet from Skyhound New Comet Discovery C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) was discovered by H. Nishimura in images taken on Aug 11, at Gomyo, Kakegawa, Japan with a digital camera. This new 10th magnitude comet is low in the eastern sky before dawn. It has been observed visually, and is said to be relatively easy to spot, even though it is low on the horizon.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop 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 the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

A rare zodiacal light could be seen from the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire Wednesday morning. WBZ NewsRadio's Tina Gao reports.

Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the zodiacal light. The zodiacal light is a cone of light in the sky visible after twilight from late February to early May, peaking around the vernal equinox on March 20th. The zodiacal light is caused by light from the Sun reflecting off of dust grains surrounding the sun in the inner solar system. 

How do you measure the solar system and the universe whilst being inside of it? Too much light is a problem for astronomers and our solar system has it's own glow. If you take away all known light sources form the solar system, there is still a faint glow. We know about background radiation, but what about the solar systems background lighting? How can you test the curvature of the universe? To answer universal scale questions you need to start small. Really small. Using Bose Einstein condensates and getting really cold we can simulate curved universes in a molecule scale.  Timothy Carleton, Rogier A. Windhorst, Rosalia O'Brien, Seth H. Cohen, Delondrae Carter, Rolf Jansen, Scott Tompkins, Richard G. Arendt, Sarah Caddy, Norman Grogin, Scott J. Kenyon, Anton Koekemoer, John MacKenty, Stefano Casertano, Luke J. M. Davies, Simon P. Driver, Eli Dwek, Alexander Kashlinsky, Nathan Miles, Nor Pirzkal, Aaron Robotham, Russell Ryan, Haley Abate, Hanga Andras-Letanovszky, Jessica Berkheimer, Zak Goisman, Daniel Henningsen, Darby Kramer, Ci'mone Rogers, Andi Swirbul. SKYSURF: Constraints on Zodiacal Light and Extragalactic Background Light through Panchromatic HST All-sky Surface-brightness Measurements: II. First Limits on Diffuse Light at 1.25, 1.4, and 1.6 μm. The Astronomical Journal, 2022; 164 (5): 170 DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac8d02 Celia Viermann, Marius Sparn, Nikolas Liebster, Maurus Hans, Elinor Kath, Álvaro Parra-López, Mireia Tolosa-Simeón, Natalia Sánchez-Kuntz, Tobias Haas, Helmut Strobel, Stefan Floerchinger, Markus K. Oberthaler. Quantum field simulator for dynamics in curved spacetime. Nature, 2022; 611 (7935): 260 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05313-9

Enjoy your regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr Ian Musgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us the dates of the moon phases and the best times to observe clusters and deep sky objects and tips and times around the coming equinox to observe the Zodiacal Light. We also get a great challenge for those who have infrared filters on their telescopes. See if you can emulate the Parker Solar Probe and pick out some surface features on the dark side of Venus while it is in its crescent phase. In Ian's Tangent, he continues his theme to discuss the problems with our naming of celestial objects, in this case the naming of different sized exoplanets. And there are some peculiarities in the size groupings of exoplanets discovered so far. Currently with exoplanets we have named Super Earths, Super Jupiters, Hot Jupiters, Hot Super Mars, Super Earths, Mini Neptunes, Hot Mini Earths, and then Ian introduces us to Pulsar Planets and we now have also discovered a real supermoon which is a neptune sized moon orbiting a Jupiter sized exoplanet, Kepler 1625b. What's next? Let's just wait till the JWST starts exposing novel exoplanets!

Daniel and Jorge talk about the amazing physics of space DUST. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

From a light-polluted city or suburb, the night sky features the Moon, the bright planets, and a few dozen to a few hundred stars. If you escape city lights, though, you'll see that parts of the night sky glow. There's the faint band of the Milky Way, which arcs high across the sky on September evenings. And before dawn now, there's a glowing pyramid called zodiacal light — sunlight reflecting off countless particles of dust. The name comes from the light's location — along the zodiac. The particles of dust are there all the time. But they're easiest to see before dawn around the start of autumn, and after sunset at the start of spring. The zodiac stands at a good angle then, and the Sun is just below the horizon, so it lights up the dust. The dust grains may come from asteroids and comets. But recent research says that most of them may come from Mars. During its cruise from Earth to Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft was hit by many grains of dust. They knocked off bits of the craft's giant solar arrays, which provide electricity. The bits of debris from the arrays showed up as streaks of light in pictures of the space around Juno. Extensive analysis showed that most of the impacts took place from Earth to just beyond Mars — an indication that the dust came from Mars. A comparison to computer models showed a good match to the band of dust that makes up the zodiacal light — clouds that will glow in the east before dawn until the Moon overpowers them later this month.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

This is the time of year to see the dawn before the dawn. Depending on the circumstances, this faint glow might make you think the sun is rising sooner than it is or that you're approaching a city when there's just open country ahead.

Victoria tells us that our immune systems make detergent, Kirk reveals the answer to the centuries old mystery of the Zodiacal Light and Rachel tells the tale of the Giant Chinese Salamander!

A monthly treat for naked eye observers, telescopers and astrophotographers. Dr @ianfmusgrave gives us his fabulous guide to what to observe in the morning & evening skies for the four weeks including moon phase dates and when and where you can catch some wonderful planetary action In 'Ian's Tangent’ this month he give us a great insight into the optimal viewing of Zodiacal Light this month and the new discovery of the origins of the dust that causes Zodiacal Light. Great sciencing is evident. We include shoutouts to the usual suspects at @SpaceAusDotCom aka @RamiMandow

Pamela has told us in the most flowery terms about the diffuse dust across the inner solar system left over from the formation of the inner planets. well, it turns out she was wrong. Super wrong. Time to update!

Astronomy Cast Ep. 599: Zodiacal Light by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Pamela has told us in the most flowery terms about the diffuse dust across the inner solar system left over from the formation of the inner planets. well, it turns out she was wrong. Super wrong. Time to update!

https://youtu.be/p_R5l-zWH3c Pamela has told us in the most flowery terms about the diffuse dust across the inner solar system left over from the formation of the inner planets. well, it turns out she was wrong. Super wrong. Time to update!   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ 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.

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 28*Massive supernova remnant discoveredAstronomers combining data from different types of telescopes have discovered a massive supernova remnant hiding in plain sight.*The origin of the Zodiacal Light finally revealedData from NASA’s Juno spacecraft suggests that Mars may be the source of the solar system’s Zodiacal Light.*Joint Russian Chinese space station plannedRussia and China have announced plans to develop a joint lunar space station.*The Science ReportGrowing evidence that Chinese government corruption poisoned the COVID-19 investigation.More life than expected discovered deep beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic.Russian SU-57 fighters to be armed with hypersonic missiles.Discovery of a new species of sauropod dinosaur.Skeptic's guide to anti-fluoridationHelp SpaceTime become a completely listener-supported podcast.SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we’re working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills.That's where you come in....help us reach our first 1,000 subscribers...at that level, the show becomes financially viable and bills can be paid without us breaking into a sweat every month. Every little bit helps...even if you could contribute just $1 per month. It all adds up.By signing up and becoming a supporter at the $5 or more level, you get immediate access to over 230 commercial-free, double, and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. You also receive all-new episodes on a Monday rather than having to wait the week out. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/Details at https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com/support Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spacetime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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We talk with Dr. Martin Sweatman about his book, Prehistory Decoded, and his work on the symbols on the pillars of Gobekli Tepe.  Dr. Sweatman applies his understanding of statistical analysis and the scientific method toward testing new ideas about Gobekli Tepe's symbols possibly being related to zodiacal imagery and the Precession of the Equinoxes.From there, he is able to take another look at ancient symbols across a wide range of time, from as far back as ~40,000BP and as recent as late neolithic to the early bronze age, showing that there may be a commonality across an enormous expanse of time, and that humans have been using a "language of the stars" that possibly stems from an exceedingly ancient common source.He also has a section in his book detailing the work of the Comet Research Group and the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, and how recent developments in the science of astronomy show that earth encounters cometary debris far more often than had previously been thought.All in all it is a fascinating discussion!Follow Dr. Sweatman and his continued research on his blog and on Twitter @martinsweatman1CLICK TO PLAY Brothers of the Serpent Episode 106 Pillar 43, Gobekli Tepe, aka the "Vulture Stone"Image of Pillar 43 by Alistair CoombsComparison of Vulture Stone images with correlating constellationsPillar 2 at Gobekli TepeLascaux Cave Paintings, the "Dead Man" sceneLascaux PaintingsLascaux Paintings"Zodiacal Light", cometary dust in the plane of the eclipticZodiacal LightZodiacal LightA "Vulture Stone" image from Elephantine, in Egypt

The equinox is approaching and thus, it is the perfect time to talk about how to photograph the Zodiacal light from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In this episode, first I describe briefly the science behind this bright cone of white light that can be seen about 90 minutes before the sunrise in the East or after sunset in the West. I also describe the best conditions to observe it as well as the equipment necessary.Image of mentioned in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgov48HAzo6/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheetYou can find me at:Website: http://skywonders.ieTwitter: http://twitter.com/antmarcarrInstagram: http://instagram.com/skywonders_ieFacebook: http://facebook.com/skywonders

September nights! Planets bright! Milky Way sights!!

September nights! Planets bright! Milky Way sights!!

At sunset, catch elusive Mercury, bright Venus, the Zodiacal Light, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter between midnight and dawn.

At sunset, catch elusive Mercury, bright Venus, the Zodiacal Light, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter between midnight and dawn.

Transcript: The smallest interplanetary particles are microscopic dust grains concentrated towards the Sun and spread out in the plane of the solar system. If you look west in a clear rural sky far from city lights as the last glow of the sunset disappears, you can see a diffuse glow of light reflecting off these tiny particles; it’s called the zodiacal light. The zodiacal light is best visible about an hour and a half after sunset or the same amount before sunrise. It moves up the horizon, following the zodiac and along the ecliptic, and is one of the most impressive but subtle features of the night sky.