Chris and Shane are amateur astronomers that share their love of the night sky. Check out the latest episodes below.
#531 – 12 Months of Messier April Edition – The Actual Astronomy Podcast
Episode 531 – 12 Months of Messier April Edition Show Notes
M40 – 9.6 Magnitude 1.7’ This is a pair of faint stars located in Ursa Major. They are a tough find in binoculars, and you will be challenged to split them with binoculars. In telescopes, they appear to be an identical pair of stars and easy to split even at low power. M108 – 10th…
Episode 528 – The Observer’s Calendar for April 2026 Show Notes
Gamma Leonis – Colourful double star April 2 – Full Moon Spica and Moon less than 4-degrees apart April 3 – Morning Targets April 5th – Spot Sirius unaided eye before sunset this week. April 6th and later NGC 2903, large 9th mag. Spiral in Leo M48 – 6th mag. OC well placed at the…
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