Stars Over Surrey

Stars Over Surrey

Last Friday of the month at 7:20 pm

Repeated the following Monday night at 11.0 pm and available after transmission as a podcast.

The Rosette Nebula (NGC2237) lies 5000 light years away in the constellation of Monoceros.
It's a star forming region, the cluster of stars in the centre having been formed from the gas clouds of the nebula. This stunning image was captured by Martin Baker, a member of Guildford Astronomical Society. He used a small (72 mm) refractor telescope, a motorised tracking mount and a specialised astro-imaging camera.
About 30 separate exposures (some of 15 minutes in length) were taken using three different filters in January 2017. These images were combined using software then processed to give this splendid result.

John Axtell from the Guildford Astronomical Society with a monthly review of astronomical matters including a review of the past month's discoveries, events and space missions, Constellation of the Month, forthcoming talks and events and what's up in the night sky to see during the coming month.

You can listen to the shows below, read the PDF of the programme and watch the constellation of the month.

Programmes

Programme Date

Presentation Slides

Constellation Slides

Constellation Video

28 September 2020

September 2020

Cygnus

Everything astronomy and space flight with John and Dave, including Space X, Starship, Crew Dragon, Virgin Galactic, Asteroid samples, Ceres, Betelgeuse, Ganymede, Exoplanets, an early galaxy, constellation of the month and what's up in the night sky for September.

31 July 2020

August 2020

Lyra

Everything astronomy and space flight with John and Dave, including Neowise, Crew Dragon, Space X, Virgin Galactic, Perseverance, Venus, Solar Orbiter, Exoplanets, constellation of the month and what to look for in the night sky in August.

26 June 2020

July 2020

Hercules

Everything astronomy and space flight with John and Dave, including Crew Dragon, Space Loos, One Web, Alien Civilisations, Gravity Waves, constellation of the month and what to look for in the night sky in July.

29 May 2020

June 2020

Bootes

Everything astronomy and space flight with John and Dave, including Crew Dragon with astronauts, new Chinese spacecraft, Virgin Orbit, Tom Cruise, Sagittarius galaxy, constellation of the month and what to look for in the night sky in June.

01 May 2020

May 2020

Leo

Coronavirus, Space X Crew Dragon, Starlink, Comet Borisov, asteroid Flybys, Centaurs, constellation of the month and what to look for in the night sky in May.

27th March 2020

April 2020

Cancer

Corona Virus, Space X and One Web constellations, Space X Dragon and Starship, space tourism, Mars, new mini moon, iron rain, constellation of the month and what to see in the night sky for the coming month.

28th February 2020

March 2020

Gemini

Heather Couper, The Solar Telescope, Solar Orbiter, Betelgeuse, Christina Koch, Parker, Star Link and One Web, Virgin Galactic and Space X, Insight, New Horizons and Arrakoth, constellation of the month, meetings at local astronomy societies and what to see in the night sky for the coming month.