#117 - March 2022 Part 1

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Stargazing & post-covid travel</li> <li>A lovely email from our good friend @SsonnyY</li> <li>The joys of being an astronomy beginner</li> <li>Pioneer 10’s 50th anniversary</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>:</p> <p>Rounding up the astronomy news in March, we have:</p> <ul> <li>A new planet discovered in our neighbouring Alpha Centauri system</li> <li>A massive new dataset of 4.4m brand new radio objects to get excited about</li> <li>Quasars, blazars, - turns out they’re all the same thing</li> <li>The first observation of a free floating black hole</li> <li>Mini-Neptunes may evolve into super Earths</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Big News Story: First light of the IXPE X-ray telescope</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sky Guide</span>:</p> <p>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.</p>