#96 - June 2020 Part 1

The Discussion:


The wonderful generosity of amateur astronomers

trying to get the name Pair Instability Supernova changed to
your suggestions

Jen’s talk for Café Scientific, which you can watch here

Jeni talking about SpaceX’ historic crewed flight with the
BBC

History 101 and looking forward to Space Force on Netflix

What beginners should and shouldn’t do to get started in
stargazing



The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:


The first galaxies seemed to form in about half the time we
originally thought

Finding the nearest stellar mass black hole to Earth

How normal or unusual is our sun?

A star orbiting a black hole like Mercury does to the sun

More gravitational waves from a black hole merger



Main News story: Capturing a huge exoplanet – or a low mass star
- forming in Auriga.


The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the
constellation of Serpens with a guide to its history, how to find
it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round up of the solar
system views on offer in June.


Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum: In this series we take a
look at the electromagnetic spectrum, what, it is, what is shows
us and why it’s so important to astronomers. This month we
explain the near infrared part of the spectrum and its relevance
to astronomy.


Q&A: Is there life on Mars? From our good friend Dave in
Australia.