The Backyard Astronomer Podcast with Adam England explores astronomy, space exploration, the night sky and STEM from Northern Arizona. Listen to observing guides, astronomy history, NASA and spaceflight stories, interviews, and monthly guides to what's happening overhead.
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🌌 How many can you find?
October 10 brings us a New Moon and one of the darkest evenings of the month. That makes it the perfect night to step outside and explore the sky.
This month's Backyard Astronomer is a challenge: start with the Summer Triangle, Great Square of Pegasus and the Teapot, then follow the Milky Way, find the Big Dipper and Andromeda Galaxy, and work your way to Saturn, Titan, Neptune and the Pleiades.
No expensive equipment required. Just your eyes, a dark sky, and a little curiosity. Binoculars, a telescope and SkySafari can take you even farther.
So grab a chair, turn off the lights and see how many you can check off.
Clear skies and happy viewing! 🔭✨
#BackyardAstronomer #Astronomy #Stargazing #NightSky #DarkSky #YavapaiCounty #PrescottArizona #Astronomy #Space #STEM #Science #STEMEducation #NASA
Follow us at facebook.com/BackyardAstronomerAZ
Check out the NAZ Astro mission of STEM education at facebook.com/NAZAstro
Support STEM education patreon.com/NAZAstro
Our awesome sponsors:
facebook.com/manzanitains
www.Manzanita-Insurance.com
www.ManzanitaAccounting.com
www.ManzanitaInsuranceAndAccounting.com
www.BackyardAstroAZ.com
1 Sept 2026
E.69 - The Mother Of Hubble
Before Hubble ever launched, Nancy Grace Roman was already fighting to make a space telescope a reality. As NASA's first Chief of Astronomy and its first female executive, Roman helped turn the ambitious idea of a telescope above Earth's atmosphere into what would become the Hubble Space Telescope. This September, we look back at the remarkable woman behind the "Mother of Hubble" nickname, and ahead to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to begin its own journey into deep space. A new telescope is about to carry her name into the future, and it may change the way we explore the universe all over again.
#Astronomy #Space #STEM #Science #STEMEducation #NASA
Follow us at facebook.com/BackyardAstronomerAZ
Check out the NAZ Astro mission of STEM education at facebook.com/NAZAstro
Support STEM education patreon.com/NAZAstro
Our awesome sponsors:
facebook.com/manzanitains
www.Manzanita-Insurance.com
www.ManzanitaAccounting.com
www.ManzanitaInsuranceAndAccounting.com
www.BackyardAstroAZ.com
4 Aug 2026
E.68-The River of Light
Summer monsoon clouds may keep Arizona astronomers indoors, but when the skies finally clear, one of the greatest sights in the night sky returns. This month's Backyard Astronomer explores the Milky Way, our home galaxy, and why the hazy band stretching overhead is actually the combined light of hundreds of billions of distant stars. Grab a lawn chair, find a dark sky, and take a journey across the galaxy without ever leaving your backyard.
#Astronomy #Space #STEM #STEMEducation #NASA
Follow us at facebook.com/BackyardAstronomerAZ
Check out the NAZ Astro mission of STEM education at facebook.com/NAZAstro
Support STEM education patreon.com/NAZAstro
Our awesome sponsors:
facebook.com/manzanitains
www.Manzanita-Insurance.com
www.ManzanitaAccounting.com
www.ManzanitaInsuranceAndAccounting.com
www.BackyardAstroAZ.com
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