Items featured in The Garbage pod/TGP NOMINAL Christmas Crossover 2022
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People We Chatted with during Live In The Park 2022:
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Our friends at FBL Broadcasting streamed the entire Parklife Weekend
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Christmas On The Cobbles 2022:
Care Home Residents throughout Aylesbury Vale
crafted Pom Pom Snowballs that were used in the Snowball Arena in Market Square
as part of the Christmas On The Cobbles event
crafted Pom Pom Snowballs that were used in the Snowball Arena in Market Square
as part of the Christmas On The Cobbles event
Carolfest 2022:
Ross Hockham's Festive Skies:
Now I’m sure we have all heard of Rudolf the red nosed reindeer, but have you heard of Rangifer the reindeer?
Probably not, as I hadn’t either until Mark asked me if there were any Christmas related objects in the sky that we could talk about, I obviously originally went for the better-known object the Christmas Tree Cluster
but Mark then sent me a message with some details about this cool constellation.
Rangifer was a small constellation created by the French Astronomer Pierre Charles Le Monnier in 1736
which is located between the constellations Cassiopeia (The Vain Queen) and Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
Rangifer was created to commemorate an expedition to Lapland
where observations from the expedition proved Earth's oblateness
which is the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.
During the 17th and 18th centuries astronomy was quite fashionable and constellations were popping up everywhere. Finally the Astronomy World decided that it was getting rather ridiculous
as people were making things up out of the oddest shapes and dimmest stars
to commemorate pretty much anything and everything.
In fact, in 1781 when Uranus was discovered it was originally called Georgium Sidus (the Georgian Planet)
to commemorate King George III of England.
Obviously other countries didn’t like this so it was then named Uranus instead… not sure that’s much better.
So sadly no songs or Disney films will be made about Rangifer the reindeer
as it was not officially recognised as one of the 88 constellations we know today, but you can still find it in the night sky.
So pop out this Christmas and see if you can spot Santa and this little reindeer in the winter skies!
Probably not, as I hadn’t either until Mark asked me if there were any Christmas related objects in the sky that we could talk about, I obviously originally went for the better-known object the Christmas Tree Cluster
but Mark then sent me a message with some details about this cool constellation.
Rangifer was a small constellation created by the French Astronomer Pierre Charles Le Monnier in 1736
which is located between the constellations Cassiopeia (The Vain Queen) and Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
Rangifer was created to commemorate an expedition to Lapland
where observations from the expedition proved Earth's oblateness
which is the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.
During the 17th and 18th centuries astronomy was quite fashionable and constellations were popping up everywhere. Finally the Astronomy World decided that it was getting rather ridiculous
as people were making things up out of the oddest shapes and dimmest stars
to commemorate pretty much anything and everything.
In fact, in 1781 when Uranus was discovered it was originally called Georgium Sidus (the Georgian Planet)
to commemorate King George III of England.
Obviously other countries didn’t like this so it was then named Uranus instead… not sure that’s much better.
So sadly no songs or Disney films will be made about Rangifer the reindeer
as it was not officially recognised as one of the 88 constellations we know today, but you can still find it in the night sky.
So pop out this Christmas and see if you can spot Santa and this little reindeer in the winter skies!
[Mark Taylor's Reply] Ross, mentioned about folks back in the day, creating Constellations
and naming celestial objects to commemorate almost anything.
Well at TGP NOMINAL we encourage our listeners to rename constellations & other objects
if it helps them remember them & where they are located in the skies.
and naming celestial objects to commemorate almost anything.
Well at TGP NOMINAL we encourage our listeners to rename constellations & other objects
if it helps them remember them & where they are located in the skies.
For example Canis Minor (the little dog) which sits beside Canis Major (the Big Dog), we refer to as The Stick.
Canis Minor is made up of just two stars Procyon A & Procyon B, so if you draw a line between them you get a stick.
A stick that has been thrown by Orion (The Hunter) for Canis Major to chase.
Our favourite renamed Celestial object is NGC 457 or The Owl Cluster. We call it The Johnny 5 Cluster
as we think it resembles Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit.
NGC 457 was discovered by William Herschel in 1787 & is the brightest open cluster in Cassiopeia.
It’s also one of the finest objects of its type in the northern sky.
It's just beyond naked-eye visibility but easily seen with binoculars and a beautiful sight through telescopes.
Although December is not a fantastic time to view it.
Ross also spoke about Uranus being called Georgium Sidus (the Georgian Planet) after King George III in 1781.
King George had the planet named after him because of his love of Natural Philosophy, what we now call Science.
His intellectual thinking was very much influenced by one of his tutors, John Stuart, the 3rd Earl of Bute.
Bute introduced him to natural philosophy demonstrations and scientific instrument collecting.
Upon ascending the throne in 1760 at the age of 22, the young King began to assemble his own collection of scientific instruments, unlike some monarchs, who famously collected what has become known as a ‘cabinet of curiosity’
that contained fabulous but unused treasures.
People who were interested in natural philosophy in the 18th century, including King George, did not limit themselves to one particular area, or subject specialism as we might call it today.
From the pamphlets that accompanied the numerous lectures given in London’s coffee houses, educational establishments and private houses, we can see that learning about natural philosophy included mechanics,
pneumatics (the study of gases), hydrostatics (the study of fluids under pressure), optics (the study of light)
mathematics and astronomy, to name just a few.
In London, young men attending schools to prepare them for careers as clerks or merchants
were also taught these subjects in addition to surveying, bookkeeping and letter writing.
Young women were not given the same opportunities as men at this time, but some were fortunate enough to learn about natural philosophy at home and at the end of the 18th century a school was set up by Margaret Bryan
to teach astronomy to girls and young women.
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