#91 - January 2020 Part 1

<p><!-- wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <div class="wp-block-cgb-block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg"> <div class="libsyn-shortcode"></div> </div> <p><!-- /wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Discussion</span>: As we begin the new decade we struggle to find a consensus on whether it actually is a new decade. We discuss the busy Xmas period and thank any listeners who helped Dartmoor Skies reach their funding target for a new telescope. Then we take a look at a few listeners’ emails and tweets.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The News</span>: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>An old galaxy containing as much dust as one third the amount of its stars</li> <li>Mapping the magnetic fields around the Whale Galaxy</li> <li>An interstellar comet makes its way back out of the solar system</li> <li>A burst of supernovae in the Milky Way’s not-to-distant past</li> <li>Is Betelgeuse about to go supernova?</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Sky Guide</span>: Shaking up the format of the sky guide, we’re taking a look at the constellation of Monoceros 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 January.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Q&A</span>: If there are no plate tectonics on the moon, how did the lunar mountain regions form? <em>from @gkt_wales on Twitter</em></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>