Meeting Notes

23rd July 2020 meeting

Unistellar telescope https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/reviews/telescopes/unistellar-evscope-review/

Comet NEOWISE viewing guide

https://astronomynow.com/2020/07/17/dont-miss-comet-neowise-in-the-evening-sky/?utm_source=Astronomy+Now+Newsalert&utm_campaign=6886d504d2-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e789188a36-6886d504d2-241896241&mc_cid=6886d504d2&mc_eid=0d5218d11d

UAE mission to Mars https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53394737

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02170-2

China’s mission to Mars https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinese-spacecraft-poised-for-first-mars-mission1

NASA's Perseverance launch https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Solar probe pictures of the sun https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53429054

New launch date for JWST https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-launch-date-james-webb-space-telescope/

https://science.howstuffworks.com/star6.htm#:~:text=When%20the%20helium%20fuel%20runs,take%20a%20few%20billion%20years.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/black-hole.htm#pt0

Stellar lifecycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution#/media/File:Star_Life_Cycle_Chart.jpg

Brian Greene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBKVL9Wqkw

Brian Cox black holes and neutron stars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sr1Xeocuuc

What is a pulsar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_6bvYG6CY

Neutron stars and magnetars (slightly manic!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrMvUL8HFlM&feature=emb_rel_pause

First image of a black hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxitCeuokI

What are quasars and blazars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fThGKOgSo5I

Red giant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant

Planetary nebula https://www.space.com/17715-planetary-nebula.html

White dwarf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf

Black dwarf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dwarf

Supernova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova

Black hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole

Neutron star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star

Pulsar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar

Quasar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar

Blazar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazar

Cosmic distance ladder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_distance_ladder

Black hole collisions https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01153-7

Black hole mergers https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jun/25/black-holes-may-merge-with-light-of-a-trillion-suns-scientists-say

Neutron Star and black hole merger simulation https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2017/08/02/new-space-simulations-neutron-star-black-hole-mergers/

Gravitational waves https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/08/astronomers-probably-just-saw-black-hole-swallow-neutron-star/

A star has been sent hurtling across the galaxy after undergoing a partial supernova https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53415294