{"id":565,"date":"2019-04-01T00:48:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T23:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2019-06-05T19:51:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:51:34","slug":"82-april-2019-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/82-april-2019-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"#82 &#8211; April  2019 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9212525\/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\/20190401--Awesome-Astronomys-April-Episode-Part1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: A bumper episode beginning with the April stargazing extravaganza run by the Awesome Astronomy team on 27th &#8211; 30th April, a reminder to email us with your best space missions of the last 62 years, a stroll down Rocketry Lane, come along to hear Jeni talk at A Pint of Science on 20-22nd May at Beelzebub&#8217;s in Cardiff, and listeners\u2019 emails (including how you amateurs can participate in occultation observation science).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Did Jupiter\u2019s orbit move 2\u00bd billion miles closer to Earth in the early solar system?<\/li><li>An Ice Age and extinction event 12,800 years ago was likely caused by a meteor impact.<\/li><li>A vast meteor over the Bering Sea<\/li><li>LIGO gets an upgrade for better gravitational wave discoveries<\/li><li>Looking for carbon monoxide in the atmospheres of exoplanets<\/li><li>Using globular clusters to measure the size &amp; mass of the Milky Way<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main news story: 1) The 1st direct observation of exoplanets using optical interferometry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in April:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A galactic conjunction on 8th\/9th and the Lyrid meteor shower peaking on 22nd April.<\/li><li>Must observe galaxies in Leo and the jewels of Ursa Major and Canes Venatici.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main Deep Sky Object: Messier 13, The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Interview: Jeni talks to Dr Sarah Ragan, a lecturer at Cardiff University\u2019s School of Physics and Astronomy about how to become a professional astronomer, do stars care what conditions they form in and the upcoming Pint of Science talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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