{"id":561,"date":"2019-03-01T23:50:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T23:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=561"},"modified":"2019-06-05T19:48:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:48:56","slug":"81-march-2019-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/01\/81-march-2019-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"#81 &#8211; March 2019 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8842868\/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\/20190301--Awesome-Astronomys-March-Episode-Part1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: A worthless victory for the Welsh, Earthling slave John on the BBC\u2019s Sky at Night, Jen\u2019s preparations for A Pint of Science, imaging the sun with a beer can and emails about timestamping &amp; sibilance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Modelling of the meteor strikes on the moon during the eclipse<\/li><li>Does the moon get bombarded by a meteor shower every 19 years?<\/li><li>The brightest gravitationally lensed object ever seen<\/li><li>Conditions closer to habitable seen around a white dwarf star<\/li><li>Did the Apollo astronauts even leave the Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main news story: 1) Due to modern data processing techniques Hubble discovers a new moon around Neptune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ralph: The Galilean Moons, magnitude 8 asteroid Pallas and Messier 67 in Cancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeni: a quadruple planetary Conjunction, Mars and the vernal equinox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul: Mercury visible at the beginning of the month at sunset and the galaxies in Ursa Major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main Deep Sky Object: Messier 44, The Beehive Cluster.<\/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 take a look at the bewildering array of theories for one of the greatest spectacles in the night sky:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will we get any advance warning of Betelgeuse going supernova? Peter Coates, UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! The Discussion: A worthless victory for the Welsh, Earthling slave John on the BBC\u2019s Sky at Night, Jen\u2019s preparations for A Pint of Science, imaging the sun with a beer can and emails about timestamping &amp; sibilance. 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