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484 - 5/4/26 - Arc to Arcturus

Mike Murray from the Delta College Planetarium takes a look at what's up in the night sky. Things are happening all the time in the backyard universe, and many of them don't require a telescope to see and enjoy.

484 - 5/4/26 - Arc to Arcturus

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Backyard Astronomer - Delta College Public Radio

Episodes

5/4/26 - Arc to Arcturus

4/27/26 - Waxing Gibbous Moon

4/20/26 - Lyrid Meteor Shower

4/13/26 - The Big & Little Dippers

4/6/26 - Venus Shines at Dusk

3/30/26 - The Lunar Seas

3/23/26 - Meteors & Meteorites

3/16/26 - The Vernal Equinox

3/9/26 - Observing in the Dark

3/2/26 - Venus Meets Saturn at Dusk

2/23/26 - Lunar Eclipse at Dawn

2/16/26 - Lepus the Hare

2/9/26 - The Dog Star

2/2/26 - The Great Orion Nebula

1/26/26 - Binoculars and the Gibbous Moon

1/19/26 - Is Betelgeuse Due to Explode?

1/12/26 - Jupiter at Close Approach

1/5/26 - Orion Returns

12/29/25 - Saturn at its Highest

12/22/25 - The Holiday Crescent

12/15/25 - The Goat Star

12/8/25 - Geminid Meteor Shower

11/24/25 - Buying a Telescope

11/17/25 - The Seven Sisters

11/10/25 - The Great Andromeda Galaxy

11/3/25 - The W of Cassiopeia

10/27/25 - The Moon Waxes

10/20/25 - Comet Lemmon

10/13/25 - Orionid Meteor Shower

10/6/25 - Waning Gibbous Moon

10/29/25 - Observe the Moon Night

9/22/25 - The Autumn Equinox

9/15/25 - Delphinus the Dolphin

9/8/25 - The Summer Milky Way

9/1/25 - The Moon’s Southern Seas

8/25/25 - An Interstellar Visitor

8/18/25 - Sagittarius the Archer

8/11/25 - Scorpius the Scorpion

8/4/25 - Venus Meets Jupiter

7/28/25 - The Moon’s Eastern Seas

7/21/25 - See the Space Station

7/14/25 - Cygnus the Swan

7/7/25 - The Man in the Moon

6/30/25 - A Feast of Morning Objects

6/23/25 - The Colors of Stars

6/16/25 - The Northern Crown

6/9/25 - The Strawberry Moon

6/2/25 - Does The Moon Rotate?

5/26/25 - Spike to Spica

5/19/25 - Coma Star Cluster

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