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In this month's Night Sky News we chat about how to spot the planets in the evening sky, the latest JWST updates including the image we've all been waiting for of the Pillars of Creation, the brightest gamma ray burst ever seen, and a "burp" from a supermassive black hole delayed by over 2 years.
Timings for the total lunar eclipse on 8th November for your location: timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2022-november-8
JWST observing schedules (published weekly): https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/observing-schedules
Download the full resolution Pillars of Creation image here: webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/052/01GF423GBQSK6ANC89NTFJW8VM
My video from last week on the DART mission: youtu.be/a-rNAc3cWFc
Lau et al. (2022; WR140 JWST images) - arxiv.org/pdf/2210.06452.pdf
LIGO, VIRGO, Fermi collaborations (2017; neutron star merger and gamma ray burst) - arxiv.org/pdf/1710.05834.pdf
Cendes et al. (2022; a delayed "burp" after a TDE) - arxiv.org/pdf/2206.14297.pdf
00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn in the evening sky
03:26 - Lunar eclipse 8th November
04:23 - Leonids Meteor Shower November (peak 17th)
05:16 - 80,000 hours ad read
07:11 - The success of the DART mission
08:08 - One of MIRI's observing modes is still down
10:23 - JWST's view of the Pillars of Creation
15:43 - JWST reveals shells of dust around WR140
18:47 - The brightest ever Gamma Ray Burst GRB221009A
21:27 - A delayed "burp" from a supermassive black hole
26:56 - Bloopers
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📚 "The Year In Space" celebrating all things space in 2022 from me and t he rest of the Supermassive Podcast team: geni.us/jNcrw
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👕 My new merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): dr-becky.teemill.com
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🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive
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🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video!
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
http://drbecky.uk.com
rebeccasmethurst.co.uk
To get started planning your impactful career head to 80000hours.org/drbecky
In this month's Night Sky News we chat about how to spot the planets in the evening sky, the latest JWST updates including the image we've all been waiting for of the Pillars of Creation, the brightest gamma ray burst ever seen, and a "burp" from a supermassive black hole delayed by over 2 years.
Timings for the total lunar eclipse on 8th November for your location: timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2022-november-8
JWST observing schedules (published weekly): https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/observing-schedules
Download the full resolution Pillars of Creation image here: webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/052/01GF423GBQSK6ANC89NTFJW8VM
My video from last week on the DART mission: youtu.be/a-rNAc3cWFc
Lau et al. (2022; WR140 JWST images) - arxiv.org/pdf/2210.06452.pdf
LIGO, VIRGO, Fermi collaborations (2017; neutron star merger and gamma ray burst) - arxiv.org/pdf/1710.05834.pdf
Cendes et al. (2022; a delayed "burp" after a TDE) - arxiv.org/pdf/2206.14297.pdf
00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn in the evening sky
03:26 - Lunar eclipse 8th November
04:23 - Leonids Meteor Shower November (peak 17th)
05:16 - 80,000 hours ad read
07:11 - The success of the DART mission
08:08 - One of MIRI's observing modes is still down
10:23 - JWST's view of the Pillars of Creation
15:43 - JWST reveals shells of dust around WR140
18:47 - The brightest ever Gamma Ray Burst GRB221009A
21:27 - A delayed "burp" from a supermassive black hole
26:56 - Bloopers
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📚 My new book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!) Note, USA & Canada hardback out 1st November 2022: http://hyperurl.co/DrBecky
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📚 "The Year In Space" celebrating all things space in 2022 from me and t he rest of the Supermassive Podcast team: geni.us/jNcrw
---
👕 My new merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): dr-becky.teemill.com
---
🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive
---
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video!
---
👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
http://drbecky.uk.com
rebeccasmethurst.co.uk
