From supermoons to space travel - Astronomer Howard Parkin has the top sky stories for the month ahead

About this episode

Astronomer Howard Parkin discusses upcoming astronomical events and news.

Astronomer Howard Parkin MBE looks at the Manx skies and explains what we can see in the weeks ahead - weather permitting! After a music break from the Moody Blues, we're off into space with some of the biggest stories currently making the news headlines.

People in this episode

Host: Howard Parkin

Guest: Howard Parkin MBE

Topics covered

• supermoons
• space travel
• astronomy
• Manx skies

Keywords

• Moody Blues
• sky stories
• weather

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Manx

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