This month's show is all about stars. We talk to Dr Tim O'Brien about a recurrent nova in the constellation of Ophiuchus and Johanna Ashwell - an amateur astronomer and PhD student - tells us about a star that has too much lithium. As ever we get the latest round-up of the news and find out what we can see in the night sky this month. There is news of a star party being held at Jodrell Bank on 12th August from 9pm until midnight and we also mention our exciting plans to podcast from the International Astronomical Union's General Assembly this month.
RS Ophiuchi observations with the VLBA (the Very Long Baseline Array of radio telescopes extending from Hawaii to the Caribbean). Credit:NRAO/AUI/NSF
Show Links
The news
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- NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft
- Planetary Society podcast about the lakes on Titan
- ESA's Venus Express spacecraft
- ESA's Integral satellite
Interview with Dr Tim O'Brien
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- Tim's paper on astro-ph
- NRAO's Very Long Baseline Array
- The European VLBI Network
- The UK's MERLIN array
- MERLIN movie of RS Ophiuchi (1.1 MB)
- NRAO's Very Large Array
- Hubble Space Telescope
- EXOSAT
- Swift satellite
Interview with Johanna Ashwell
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- SEDS entry for NGC 6633
- Johanna's website
- Keele University Astrophysics Group
The night sky for August
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- Ian Morison's Night Sky pages
Show Credits
| News: | Megan Argo |
| Interview: | Nick Rattenbury interviewed Dr Tim O'Brien (Jodrell Bank Observatory) |
| Interview: | Dave Ault interviewed Johanna Ashwell (Keele University) |
| Night sky this month: | Ian Morison |
| Presenter: | Dave Ault |
| Editor: | Dave Ault |
| Website and general pestering: | Stuart Lowe |
| Intro/Outro Cast: | Seth Adam Sher as the narrator and Mission Control Pasadena, Mark Bruzee as Bermuda |
| Cover art: | RS Ophiuchi observations with the VLBA Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF |