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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 24 Jun 2024

The sky on 24 June 2024
Sunrise
06:01
Sunset
21:04
Twilight ends
23:07
Twilight begins
03:58

18-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

88%

18 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:51 14:24 21:57
Venus 06:26 13:56 21:27
Moon 23:03 03:42 08:28
Mars 03:02 09:54 16:46
Jupiter 04:20 11:37 18:55
Saturn 01:00 06:42 12:24
All times shown in EDT.

Source

This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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Columbus

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Longitude:
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39.96°N
83.00°W
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