Podcast Episodes
Back to Search2023 October 29 - A Partial Lunar Eclipse
In today's image, we see a partial eclipse of the Moon that just occurred with the full moon. A lunar eclipse occurs when our Moon passes into Earth'…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 28 - Ghosts of Gamma Cas
In today's image, we see the region around the bright star Gamma Cas, one of the brighter stars in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The red glow in a…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 27 - Encke and the Tadpoles
In today's image, we see Comet Encke - a periodic comet that returns to the inner solar system every 3.3 years and made its closest approach to the S…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 26 - Orionids in Taurus
In today's image, we see two Orionid meteors in the sky. The Orionid meteor shower is one of two that occurs each year that is associated with debris…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 25 - Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset
In today's image, we see a video watching the Sun set below the horizon. We will note the distortions around the limb of the Sun caused by Earth's at…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 24 - Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble
In today's image, we see a pair of galaxies in the process of merging - a process which can take a billion years or more. Galaxy mergers are quire co…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 23 - Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno
In today's image, we see an image of the moon of Jupiter known as Io as taken recently by the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. Io is the most volcan…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 22 - Ghost Aurora over Canada
In today's image, we see an aurora over Northern Canada in this image taken a decade ago. Perhaps you will see the apparition of a ghostly figure in …
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 21 - Quarter Moons
In today's image, we see all of the quarter moon of the year 2022. These include both the first quarter moons and third quarter moons of the year. We…
2 years, 4 months ago
2023 October 20 - Galaxies and a Comet
In today's image, we see a number of galaxies which are at varying distances from Earth. In addition, we see Comet Lemmon which was recently discover…
2 years, 4 months ago