Young Astronomers Newsletter June 2016

The Young Astronomers Newsletter

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The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 24 Number 6 June 2016

By Bob Patsiga

 

 

In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses:

  • Summary of what we know about Planet Nine.  Article by Michael Brown of Caltech in Astronomy magazine.
  • New concept about the location of the Milky Way in the cosmos.  Our home supercluster is now referred to as Laniakea.
  • Short article  from TIME magazine about convincing park directors to limit artificial lighting.
  • Testing the rockets for NASA’s Space Launch System.
  • June birthdays.
  • June moon and planet information.
  • How to make an alidade to measure the Sun’s angle for the Summer Solstice.

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