Awesome Astronomy - April Part 1

<p class="p1">Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The Discussion:<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p class="p1">- Observing trip with Cardiff Uni students.</p> <p class="p1">- Really bright ISS passes.</p> <p class="p1">- Jen’s first TV presenting gig about to be released.</p> <p class="p1">- Watching a SpaceX launch.</p> <p class="p1">- Listeners email about previous episodes.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The News:<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p class="p1">Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:</p> <p class="p1">- NASA thinks JWST will perform better than expected!</p> <p class="p1">- A milestone 5,000 confirmed exoplanets.</p> <p class="p1">- The carbon impact of running large observatories.</p> <p class="p1">- Impossible’ supermassive-blackhole orbits discovered.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The Sky Guide:<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p class="p1">This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Leo 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 March.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Q&A:</strong></p> <p class="p1">From Kevin Quinn: <em>How soon, at current space travel speeds, would we as a species have to leave the galactic neighborhood in order to avoid the inevitable Milky Way/Andromeda galaxy collision catastrophe?<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><a href= "http://www.awesomeastronomy.com">http://www.awesomeastronomy.com</a></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Bio:</strong> Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).</p> <p clas