BBC The Sky at Night

Last December Dr. Chris Lintott, co-host of Sir Patrick Moore's"The Sky at Night" TV show joined the sidewalk astronomers in Monrovia. With Chris, were series producer Jane Fletcher, and the camera and sound crews. I brought out my homemade 10-inch f/7.3 Dobsonian telescope, Stardust, and a couple of other homemade scopes for the evening. Our segment (with John Dobson), is on this month's show, which you can see here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml Click on July's episode - a Sting in the Tail - the show starts out with information about the constellation Scorpius. Here is our photo album of the evening: http://photo.whiteoaks.com/2006-12-02-dobson/ In other TV news, on the US History channel is a show called "The Universe" http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=540364036. Each show (there is one about Cassini) runs several times so check your local listings. The DVD can be ordered from this website too. I've watched a couple of them, both Jupiter and the moon feature some Cassini colleagues, and they're great! Jane -- Jane Houston Jones Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 230-205 Pasadena, CA 91109 818-393-6435 jane.h.jones(a)jpl.nasa.gov Cassini SOC http://soc.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm What's Up? http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/amateurastronomy/index.html