The Young Astronomers Newsletter

The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 5 May 2017

By Bob Patsiga

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

• Updates on the New Horizons mission.
• How measurements of neutrinos during a Supernova will be used to follow the progress of the event.
• How we are getting better at detecting Dark Matter and how it’s helping shape galaxies.
• How X-ray bursts are being used to determine the size of stars that are being devoured by Black Holes.
• How orbital patterns and angle of rotation effect seasons.
• This year is the centennial year of operation of the Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson.
• Astronomical May birthdays.
• Celestial happenings and sightings in May.
• Orbital terms word search.