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February Naked Astronomy podcast released

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Is an asteroid impact more likely than winning the lottery? What can Moon rock tell us about the Earth? And how did a biology teacher discover a new astronomical object? In this Naked Astronomy AstroFest special, we'll ask if the Kepler observatory is ushering in a new scientific revolution, meet Hanny van Arkel, who discovered Hanny's Voorwerp on citizen science project Galaxy Zoo and find out why one former MP thinks we should be concerned about being hit by an asteroid... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

More details of the podcast are posted here, and on the Naked Astronomy website.

The sky on 16 Oct 2025

The sky on 16 October 2025
Sunrise
06:55
Sunset
18:16
Twilight ends
19:39
Twilight begins
05:32

25-day old moon
Waning Crescent

13%

25 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:41 13:54 19:06
Venus 05:21 11:24 17:27
Moon 02:25 09:15 15:56
Mars 08:49 14:05 19:20
Jupiter 23:48 06:53 13:57
Saturn 17:05 22:58 04:51
All times shown in PDT.

Source

This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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