{"id":569,"date":"2019-05-01T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2019-06-05T20:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T20:05:04","slug":"83-may-2019-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/01\/83-may-2019-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"#83 &#8211; May 2019 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9594200\/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\/20190501--Awesome-Astronomys-May-Episode-Part1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>U: Recording from the Mars\/Earth-analogue biome cottage at the AstroCamp starparty in the Welsh Brecon Beacons, we start off by discussing stargazing during a hurricane(!) and get ready for Jeni\u2019s Pint of Science events this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The rate of the universe\u2019s expansion is 9% greater than we thought?<\/li><li>Greater understanding about the lakes of methane on Saturn\u2019s moon Titan.<\/li><li>LIGO gets its jiggy on; giving us gravitational wave detections EVERY week!<\/li><li>The value of occultations to modern astronomy<\/li><li>A possible discovery of an exocomet!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And a round up of some of the best astronomy April Fool\u2019s gags from last month, including how winter would come on a Game of Thrones type world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main news story: 1) The first ever image of a black hole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in May:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An unwelcome dearth of solar system objects with Jupiter, Mars and Saturn low on the horizon, but dwarf planet Ceres is at opposition and we also have a few nice conjunctions to enjoy in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messier 5 and Palomar 5 globular clusters in Serpens and Messier 57, and the Ring Nebula, and the Double Double in Lyra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main Object: the much-overlooked Northern Star, Polaris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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