#92 - February 2020 Part 1

The Discussion: Ralph visits and records from The Cradle of
Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York, we enjoyed some great
skies with good weather in the UK, Betelgeuse still hasn’t gone
pop – though we’re still watching, and NASA have an open day that
you can attend.


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


An evidence based look at Starlink

Tracking molecules from birth to arrival in our solar system

An enigmatic Type 1a supernova

An interesting 14 millisecond gravitational wave detection

Goodbye Spitzer Space telescope



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


A Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum: In this series we’ll
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
start with a quick and simple explanation.