#128 - February 2023

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Our dark sky practical astronomy event, AstroCamp</li> <li>Farewell Apollo 7’s Walt Cunningham</li> <li>Comet C2022 E3 ZTF reaches naked eye brightness</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>:</p> <p>Rounding up the astronomy news in February, we have:</p> <ul> <li>Incredible finding: stars have not always been made the same way throughout the history of the Universe</li> <li>The debacle of the first space launch from UK soil</li> <li>3 rocky water worlds found by the Kepler Space Telescope</li> </ul> <p>The big news story: a decade-long study finds light pollution is worse than we thought</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sky Guide:</span></p> <p>This month we’re taking a look at the large winter constellation of Ursa Major with a guide to its history, how to find it, a few deep sky objects to seek out and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in February.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q&A</span>:</p> <p><em>Does the James Webb Space Telescope have to take calibration frames like I do from Earth - darks, flats, and bias frames to then stack?</em> From our good friend Peter Coates in East Yorkshire.</p>