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September Naked Astronomy podcast released

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Curiosity had barely scratched the surface of Mars when NASA announced another new mission to the red planet. It's called InSight and Dr Tom Pike, from Imperial College London, will be part of the team. He joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Kate Arkless-Gray, along with Mapping Mars author Oliver Morton, to discuss the future of planetary exploration on one of our nearest neighbours. Also this month, how to use a Kinect games console to help dock satellites with news of Strand-2. Plus, as all things Mars threatens to overshadow other planets in our Solar System, Luke Dones from the South... 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 28 Nov 2024

The sky on 28 November 2024
Sunrise
06:53
Sunset
16:25
Twilight ends
18:03
Twilight begins
05:15

27-day old moon
Waning Crescent

3%

27 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:13 12:44 17:15
Venus 10:16 14:47 19:17
Moon 04:25 09:34 14:35
Mars 20:32 03:55 11:18
Jupiter 17:00 00:27 07:53
Saturn 12:46 18:18 23:50
All times shown in EST.

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This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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