{"id":368,"date":"2016-10-01T09:24:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T08:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:52:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:52:26","slug":"52-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/01\/52-october-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"#52 &#8211; October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4709077\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/20161009--Awesome-Astronomys-October-Edition.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: If you enjoy our attention to scripting, our professional quality audio and our stringent editing, then you\u2019re bang out of luck! This show comes from our AstroCamp stargazing event in Wales and we\u2019re making it up as we go along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month we take you through the delights of dark sky stargazing among friends, Jeni becomes a paid scientist and we get the reactions of the gang as we reveal signed movie poster mock ups that we\u2019re emailing to listeners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: Rounding up the space and astronomy news this month we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Gravity Spy \u2013 hunt for gravitational waves in this new citizen science project <\/li><li> More details on NASA\u2019s Asteroid Redirect Mission <\/li><li> The first data from ESA\u2019s Gaia spacecraft wows us all <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Interview: This month we welcome back writer, broadcaster and researcher Dr Chris North from Cardiff University to discuss Gravitational Waves: what this means for the future of professional astronomy and what we can expect from this new field of astronomy in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q&amp;A: Listeners\u2019 questions via email, Facebook &amp; Twitter take us on a journey into the astronomy issues that have always plagued our understanding or stretched our credulity. This month we\u2019re tackling a question about exoplanet detections with a back of the envelope calculation \u2013 and Jeni\u2019s making Ralph do the maths. It\u2019s fair to say, he\u2019s not happy about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big hello from your Antipodean fan from Melbourne to all Martian superior beings in the UK (or something like that)\u2026 Whilst listening to your eagerly awaited last instalment of the show I was intrigued by Jeni&#8217;s (who I believe has been to Australia\u2026) exoplanet research. I am familiar with the concept of observing transits and teasing the dip of brightness out of the data flood. So far so good. That means that we, Earth and Mars of course have to be in the same plane in order to be able to get an observable transit. Is there any data or knowledge if there is a general orientation of planetary systems in relation to us or the galactic plane? 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