In this month's show we talk to Ralph Spencer and Matt Strong about eVLBI, find out about the Southern Skywatch website and get a review of a Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope (sub GBP300/$550) by Ian Morison. We try to get answers to questions you've sent in, find out what you can see in the night sky during May* and get a round-up of all the latest news.
Dark Vortex over South Pole of Venus. CREDIT: ESA
The European VLBI Network (EVN). CREDIT: EVN.
A diagram showing details of the network which connects radio telescopes around Europe. CREDIT: EVN
Show Links
We had a bit of a bumper show this month so we've gone link crazy
The news
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- Lisa's huge cloud of alcohol
- Images of Comet 73P by Hubble
- Images of Comet 73P by the VLT
- Venus Express image of south
- HST Anniversary
Interview with Dr Ian Musgrave
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- The Southern Skywatch Website
Interview with Dr Matt Strong
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- The European VLBI Network
- eVLBI website
- Jodrell Bank eVLBI press release
- internet2 article on eVLBI
- Haystack Observatory eVLBI site
- ESLEA website
The night sky for May 2006
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- Ian Morison's Night Sky pages
Show Credits
| News: | Megan Argo |
| Interview: | Stuart Lowe interviewed Dr. Ian Musgrave |
| Interview: | Nick Rattenbury interviewed Dr. Ralph Spencer (University of Manchester) |
| Interview: | Nick Rattenbury interviewed Dr. Matt Strong (University of Manchester) |
| Telescope Review: | Ian Morison |
| Ask an Astronomer: | Nick Rattenbury asked Ian Morison |
| Night sky this month: | Ian Morison |
| Presenters: | Dave Ault and Stuart Lowe |
| Editors: | Dave Ault and Stuart Lowe |
| Intro/Outro Cast: | Man - Peter Odlaug, Casey - Victoria Sampson |
| Cover art: | A low-resolution image of IRC+10420 taken with the UK's MERLIN radio telescope Credit: MERLIN |
* If you live in the southern hemisphere you may need to convert south to north and left to right for Ian's descriptions to make sense.