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The latest news from the Astronomy Centre

Site Breakin

  I’m afraid this latest post is to report that the Astronomy Centre Observatory was broken into late last week   Unfortunately this isn’t the first time this has happened although much more was taken this time and has knocked … Continue reading

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New Prototype Solar Telescope

Details to follow!

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Stargazing Live. The last Session

Well it had to happen, after three glorious clear nights out of three, our final effort for the BBC Stargazing Live on Saturday 21st was a complete weather washout. Cloudy skies and gale force winds made it impossible to do … Continue reading

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Stargazing Live.

Monday 16th January was our second session in conjunction with the BBC2 event. Another perfectly clear night attracted around 100 visitors on this occasion. Our experience of the first session the previous Saturday showed that a change of presentation would … Continue reading

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Stargazing Live 2012

Saturday Jan 14th  was our first open evening linked to the BBC 2 Stargazing Live event. A perfectly clear sky attracted around 50 visitors of all ages. Andy manned the 16″ SCT which being computer controlled was able to show … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all Members. We begin the year with our contribution to the BBC’s “Stargazing Live” event, details on the Astronomy Centre website. The wet and windy weather of late has meant that we have been unable to … Continue reading

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Overdue Update

First of all apologies for the lack of updates recently, things have been hectic for me during the summer holidays and Peter has been flat out working on various projects with Keith, more on that later! After a quick dig … Continue reading

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Astronomy Centre Weekly Update

Quite a lot has been going on at the Astronomy Centre over the last week or so, even despite the fact the site owner has been sunning himself in tenerife! First things first though, Peter also hit a major milestone … Continue reading

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