In 1933 Percy Show of Halifax in Yorkshire invented the Cat's eye one of the most important road safely features of the 20th century. In 1786 William Herschel discovered the first planetary nebula in space. Today this nebula is called the Cat'e eye nebuls ..read more

An eclipse of the Sun in1133 was supposed to foretell of the anarchy that would come in England in 1135 following the death of King Heny I ..read more

The Andromedids meteors shower was the remnains of comet Biela which had been seen by astroonmer in the 19th century to separate into two pieces. It was totrally unexpected but it allowed astronomerd to get a better understandngbetween comest and meteors ..read more

The first astronomer to photograph a star ..read more

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the latest news from the astronomical societies in the north of England.    The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live online at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103 ..read more

Another vicar from the 19th century who was interested in astronomy. He was ordained by the Bishop of Manchester in 1850. Between 1851- 1856 he would  move over to Yorkshire where he would have a curacy in Hull. He would then move back to what was then Lancashire to the village of Castleton where he would spend the rest of his days. Castleton is near  to Rochdale ..read more

In the early 1960s the space race was on. Who was going to get people to the Moon first Russia or America?  The Americans wanted to accurately map areas of the Moon where astronauts might land.. They sent  aseries of unmanned craft to crash inti the surface of the Mon taking lots of photographs before impact. How easy could that be?  ..read more

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the A-Z of Constellations .    The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live on line at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM  ..read more

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the A-Z of Constellations The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live on line at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM ..read more

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the A-Z of Constellations.    The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live on line at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM  ..read more