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The Discussion: 

- Stargazing & post-covid travel.

- A lovely email from our good friend @SsonnyY.

- The joys of being an astronomy beginner.

- Pioneer 10’s 50th anniversary.

 

The News: 

Rounding up the astronomy news in March, we have:

- A new planet discovered in our neighbouring Alpha Centauri system.

- A massive new dataset of 4.4m brand new radio objects to get excited about.

- Quasars, blazars, - turns out they’re all the same thing.

- The first observation of a free floating black hole.

- Mini-Neptunes may evolve into super Earths.

 

Big News Story: First light of the IXPE X-ray telescope.

 

The Sky Guide: 

This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Camelopardalis 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 March. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemble%27s_Cascade

 

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