BBC2 programme later this evening.

[Astro Imp]

I watched it and was underwhelmed, as @Gina mentions the aurora where worth watching.

[Gina]

Yes, it was mostly lacking content.  A bit of wildlife, a few good meteors and the aurora...  Otherwise idiotic behaviour by a pair of childish presenters.

[Waddensky]

11 hours ago, Grumpy Martian said:

Is there any evidence for a nearby star or planet exploding which could have been seen? 

I'm sure this has been discussed before on the forums. A supernova is one of the possibilities. The problem however, is that we don't know if something happened, when it happened or what exactly happened. The Gospel of Matthew is the only gospel mentioning a star.

[DaveS]

A supernova would have left a remnant that we could detect, as well as a record by the Chinese and Babylonian astrologers.

TBH I was underwhelmed, though not surprised by the level of this program given the record of those two on the spring / autumn etc watch programs.

[kippford]

On 23/12/2018 at 16:15, lukebl said:

What an unobservant work mate you have! Admittedly, as a populous island which became separated from the continent at the end of the ice age, and thus wasn't colonised by northward-moving critters, and is generally intensively farmed, there's still plenty of widlife. Just no bears and other big stuff!

EDIT. p.s. We had bears until about 1000AD, by when we had killed them all off!

England is not an Island. ?

[chiltonstar]

Well, I liked it for the scenery and wildlife - shame about the rest!

Chris