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November Naked Astronomy podcast released

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Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by new Mars Society president Jerry Stone and aspiring astronaut Kate Arkless-Gray. Sue reports from the UK control room of the Mars SAFER field trial as scientists operate an ExoMars rover prototype; there's a revealing interview by Kate with Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, and shield your ears if you want to hear how Richard got on in QinetiQ's centrifuge. Warning: it's not pretty... 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 17 Aug 2025

The sky on 17 August 2025
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
19:36
Twilight ends
21:06
Twilight begins
04:41

24-day old moon
Waning Crescent

26%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:48 11:40 18:32
Venus 03:29 10:34 17:38
Moon 00:17 07:50 15:28
Mars 09:33 15:30 21:27
Jupiter 03:02 10:11 17:19
Saturn 21:16 03:13 09:11
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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34.05°N
118.05°W
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