Star Diary

Latest Episodes:

Star Diary: See the Lake of Death on the Moon (10 to 16 June 2024) Jun 09, 2024

Show notes

This week is a great opportunity to spot Lacus Mortis, the Lake of Death, on the lunar surface. Find out how you can see this for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 10 to 16 June 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-10-jun-2024

Patrick Moore on the Summer Triangle: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/summer-triangle

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: Two comets streak across the sky (3 to 9 June 2024) Jun 02, 2024

Show notes

Both comet Comet C 2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and 13P Olbers continue to make their way across the night sky. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 3 to 9 June 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-3-jun-2024

See the Moon’s libration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_21N3wcX8

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: Nightshining clouds return to the twilight sky (27 May - 2 June 2024) May 26, 2024

Show notes

Noctilucent, or nightshining clouds, sparkle from the edge of space on the twilight sky. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 27 May to 2 June 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-27-may-2024

How to photograph a comet: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/how-to-photograph-a-comet

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The rock that fell to Earth May 23, 2024

Show notes

Remember the Winchombe meteorite, a sample of which landed in a front garden in Gloucestershire, UK in 2021? Since that time, scientists have been analysing samples of the space rock using high-tech instruments. Dr Luke Daly reveals what we know so far and how meteorites help scientists piece together the story of the Solar System.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: Have you ever seen a hamburger in the sky? (20 to 26 May 2024) May 19, 2024

Show notes

The Hamburger Galaxy is well placed in the sky this week, while Comet C 2023 A3 Tsuchinchan-ATLAS makes an appearance amongst the stars. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 20 to 26 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-20-may-2024

How Patrick Moore Mapped the Moon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/patrick-moore-mapping-the-moon

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: The Milky Way puts on a show (13 to 19 May 2024) May 12, 2024

Show notes

Catch the Milky Way this month before it disappears into the twilight. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 13 to 19 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/star-diary-13-may-2024

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: See the crescent Moon pass the Pleiades (6 to 12 May 2024) May 04, 2024

Show notes

Challenge yourself to find the 1% crescent Moon as it passes by Jupiter and the Pleiades. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 6 to 12 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-6-may-2024

Make you own craters: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/make-moon-impact-craters

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: The Moon lies in The Teapot (29 April to 5 May 2024) Apr 27, 2024

Show notes

See the Moon sit inside the Teapot asterism this week, as well as a quartet of asteroids moving across the night sky. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 29 April to 5 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-29-apr-2024

Listen for meteors on your FM radio: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-hear-meteors-fm-radio

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Diary: The Lyrid Meteor shower reaches its peak (22 to 28 April 2024) Apr 20, 2024

Show notes

The full Moon will wash out some of the dimmer meteors, but fortunately there are plenty of other stargazing highlights in this week’s stargazing podcast guide, Star Diary, 22 to 28 April 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-22-apr-2024

Record a meteor shower for science: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/observe-and-record-the-geminid-meteor-shower

Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Water found around a distant star Apr 18, 2024

Show notes

Astronomer Stefano Facchini reveals how he and his colleagues found water vapour at a Sun-like star where planets could already be forming.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices