#111 - September 2021 Part 1

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Jeni Nearly joined a cult</li> <li>Farewell to Carolyn Shoemaker</li> <li>The Room of Doom at Redditch Astronomical Society</li> <li>The new updated <a href= "https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/sky-guide/id576588894">Sky Guide app</a> (that Jen works on)</li> <li>Listeners’ emails on how annoying we are and nebulae</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>: Rounding up the astronomy news in September, we have:</p> <ul> <li>A new classification of habitable exoplanets</li> <li>Astronomers find thousands of new galaxies</li> <li>Red Dwarf stars might not be as hostile to life as previously thought</li> <li>Have we found a new spiral arm to the Milky Way?</li> <li>Why last year’s Comet ATLAS wasn’t the comet of a generation</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sky Guide</span>: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Aquarius with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in September.</p> <p> </p> <p>Q&A: <em>Why is the CMB microwave light still visible if it was first emitted 13billion-ish years ago?</em> From our good friend Graeme Durden of Kent in the UK.</p>