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Currently Playing: Catch me on Sky at Night on BBC Four at 10pm on 10th August #shorts

I recently filmed with the BBC for Sky at Night for their section on what you can see in the night sky in August. We filmed on location at Flamsteed Observatory, run by the Derby and District Astronomical Society #astronomy #skyatnight #stargazing Watch Sky at Night live or on BBC iPlayer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00304w8 Check out the Derby Astro Society here: https://www.derbyastronomy.org/ Video filmed on an iPhone 13 Pro Video edited and produced by Dr Becky Smethurst --- 📚 My book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://lnk.to/DrBecky --- 👕 My merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): https://dr-becky.teemill.com/ --- 🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive --- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! --- 👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars. http://drbecky.uk.com