Astronomer Howard Parkin gets an email from space - something a little different on this month's show!

About this episode

Astronomer Howard Parkin discusses the visibility of celestial events in May and shares his connection to the Artemis II mission.

Astronomer Howard Parkin explains all we can see - weather permitting - in the dark skies over our Island during the month of May - and in this month's space news, Howard explains his personal link to the recent Artemis II mission.

People in this episode

Guest: Howard Parkin

Topics covered

• astronomy
• space news
• Artemis II mission
• dark skies
• weather

Keywords

• astronomy
• Howard Parkin
• Artemis II
• dark skies
• space news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Artemis II

Places: Island

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