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2 years

WOW! An amazing display of the northern lights captured at the observatory last night! 😍

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The Pink Moon rise during last nights event, who else managed to see it?! #moonrise #pinkmoon #fullmoon #moon #kielderobservatory #astronomy #stargazing

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9 months

This is devastating for the region- an iconic landmark needlessly destroyed. We’ve seen so many beautiful images of Sycamore Gap over the years and hope that there is some accountability for this act of vandalism.

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9 months

Woke up to the sad news this morning that the iconic sycamore gap has been felled overnight. Living just 5 minutes down the road, it has been a place of solace for me on dark starry nights. It was a symbol that represented the unrivalled history and beauty of Northumberland.

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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Alyn Wallace. Alyn's exceptional images and insightful tutorials have influenced a whole generation of astrophotographers. We're sure his work will continue to inspire. R.I.P Alyn. Image Credit: Alyn Wallace

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5 years

Wow... that’s all we can say... did you catch it?! Let’s see your images! #TotalLunarEclipse #LunarEclipse2019 #Moon

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4 years

View from the Observatory last night #AuroraBorealis #Northumberland photo by @DanielMonk91 @visitkielder

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7 years

Speechless @TheGaryFildes

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10 months

We were lucky enough to see a full show of the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) on Tuesday night 😍 This image was captured at Kielder Observatory by one of our volunteers, Michael Auton! #aurora #northernlights

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5 years

Last night the aurora made a brief appearance at Kielder castle. There is a chance of more tonight! Keep a look out! #aurora #aurorahunters #northernlights #kielder

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2 years

WE WON!!! Small visitor attraction of the year #NEETA22 ! 🎉🎉🎉

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4 years

Too cloudy for the conjunction but it did clear up in time for the #aurora ! Image by @DanielMonk91

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3 years

Amazing... our new radio dish...

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8 years

Our WINNER of the Kielder Observatory Astrophotographer of the Year 2016 is Sarah White with this stunning image 'A Lochan of Stars'

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The Andromeda Galaxy captured at the observatory on Monday night! Image taken by @astronomy_adam

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2 years

If there is only one ring to rule them all, we think it must be the Ring Nebula, A.K.A M57. This little fuzz is all that remains of what was once a star like our Sun 🌞-> 💀

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7 years

#aurora seen from the observatory Tuesday evening.

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5 years

Whilst taking camera phone shots of the moon last night through our 16” Telescope, lucky guest Michael went home with this snap! What timing!! #moon #plane #moonshots #moonpics #flymetothemoon #kielderobservatory #stargazing #astronomy

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1 year

What better way to mark #InternationalDayOfHappiness than with with a special moment under clear dark skies. Nothing makes us happier than seeing the wonder in our guests' eyes as they experience the magic here at Kielder. So today we're asking, what makes you happy? 🔭⭐️💫

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5 years

Are you ready for #LunarEclipse2019 ? Early on Monday Morning the Moon will pass through the Earth’s shadow in a total Lunar Eclipse. Expect totality from 04:41 to 05:43. Click for audio. #Astronomy #Space #Moon #Luna #LunarEclipse #Education

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9 years

Here is Matts picture of the noctilucent cloud display. What a shot capturing nature at his finest: hers; both!! http://t.co/uNZyrSJ3sJ

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3 years

Timely piece on @BBCBreakfast about the dark skies of Kielder to highlight the increasing problem of light pollution. Everyone deserves to see the cosmos in its infinite glory. @VisitNland @RoyalAstroSoc @IDADarkSky @AppgDarkSkies @NlandNP @HeritageFundUK

Lockdown reveals stunning UK dark skies

One impact of lockdown is that there has been a big reduction in light pollution in some areas.

www.bbc.co.uk

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9 years

Spikety bright skies http://t.co/xXiFVdf9OR

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7 years

Step outside and look west. You will see the crescent moon, below Venus burns bright. Look above and to the south of the moon: It's Mars.

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8 years

A classic example of Earthshine on the Moon as it set beyond the observatory last night.

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10 months

Our Director of Astrophotography was out and about doing his thing last night and, well, WOW😍😍😍

Dan Monk

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10 months

The Blue Supermoon rising over Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland this evening! 😍

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4 years

#cometNEOWISE captured at 2am this morning by @DanielMonk91 - if you don't see it now, you'll have to wait 7,000 years... #astronomy #Astrophotography

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1 year

This April 15th-22nd is International Dark Sky Week! This year marks 10 years since Northumbria national park achieved Dark Sky Status- we’re the largest gold tiered dark sky park in Europe! #darksky #discoverthenight #IDSW2023 , #DarkSkyWeek

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8 years

Wonderful double rainbow captured by the team at the observatory last night!

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3 years

Clear skies for reopening? Can we be that lucky? 🤞

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8 years

The Orion nebula. Taken by Gary last night with our new 16"RC.

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6 years

The observatory team would like to wish you all a happy Christmas, and thank you for your support in 2018. Lets hope for many clear nights and a lot of stargazing next year! #kielderobservatory #christmas #astronomy #stargazing #space #kielder

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8 years

Taken by the observatory team last night!

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2 years

The sky cleared and our volunteer, Michael, grabbed this fabulous photo! We love it when the magic reveals itself! 💫

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6 years

We’re hugely excited for this to be built! Sky's the limit for Kielder Observatory, with plans approved for new planetarium - Chronicle Live #astronomy #stargazing #planetarium

Sky's the limit for Kielder Observatory, with plans approved for new planetarium

New addition planned for Kielder Observatory, with dark skies of Northumberland proving to be star attraction for tourists

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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5 years

Beautiful clear skies recently! We put our imaging suite in the GDAIA building to work to take this image of the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery. Join us and our experienced astronomers this winter at the most acclaimed stargazing events in the UK. Image by astronomer Natasha.

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2 years

The sky is clearing ready for a night under the stars! 😍

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3 years

It's opening night!! Thank you to everyone who's supported us over the last year - you are incredible. Curtain up at 9pm tonight! Good luck to fellow observatories @twicebrewedinn @DarkSky_Obs and Stonehaugh Astronomy!

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@kielder_obs

1 year

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will be at its closest point to Earth today, at a distance of 26 million miles. You’ll need binoculars or a telescope to see it, but it’s worth a try before it heads back to the outer solar system for another 50000 years!

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@kielder_obs

9 months

Another lovely iPhone shot from our Astronomer @guyhaveron last night at Kielder Observatory! You don’t need fancy equipment to capture the magic for yourself. Your phone camera will pick up colours that you can’t with the naked eye!

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4 years

Kielder is a unique place to experience the best of our environment and how it has been cared for by generations #seeyouafterlockdown #space #nature #WorldEnvironmentDay2020 autumn image hoppy_the_hiker @visitkielder @discovernland @VisitNland @ForestryEngland @NorthumbrianH2O

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2 years

What a night! We’re thrilled to have won Gold for Small Visitor Attraction @TourismAwardsNE #NEETA22 ! Thank you to the judges, but mainly to our fantastic visitors who make the evenings under the dark skies so wonderful. Back to it tonight… ✨

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8 years

What a sight this was captured by our Hayden tonight!

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9 years

The aurora turned the skies over the observatory purple for a short while last night. http://t.co/wkJySlHvjY

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1 year

It’s shaping up to be a wonderfully clear one tonight! Let’s how that ❄️ stays away!! #astronomy #nightsky

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4 years

Light pollution doesn't stop at borders - help the @IDADarkSky keep the stars shining bright and support their work here

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1 year

⭐️New year, new job?⭐️ We're expanding our team with new science communicators and #astronomers ! No formal qualifications needed, but you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and enthusiasm for #astronomy Apply now! Deadline 15th Jan

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8 years

New Year's Eve time lapse. Just in case you missed it 😊

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6 years

What’s your favourite thing to look at in the night sky? Becki and Dan P love meteor watching! Dan M managed to catch this corking image earlier in the year of one nicely placed, while Dan P was #chimping and missed it... #astronomy #meteors #shootingstar #space #Astrophotography

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9 years

Another from the 29th, 2 red spikes clearly visible. http://t.co/65OLjdykiR

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2 years

A snowy night up at the Obsy, the Astronomers on shift took the opportunity to build a snowman. The alignment with Orion was 100% planned using advanced astronomical knowledge #snow #astronomy

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1 year

This #NorthumberlandHour we're celebrating the fantastic display of the Aurora we were treated to this month! There really is no better place to view the Dark Skies than in Northumberland's Dark Sky Park!

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4 years

Reopening tonight! First time since 17th March. So proud of the Kielder Observatory team #Team2020 #LockdownCru

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3 years

Good forecast tonight and a chance to do the annual star count. If you fancy a family friendly stargazing session in your back garden, whilst also contributing valuable data towards science, here’s how you can take part... @PaddyMcGuinness @bbcweather

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2 years

We are truly saddened by the news of the death of Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II. We send our deepest condolences to The Royal Family.

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5 years

Kielder Observatory. Proudly #zombie free since 2008. #SafeZone #YoureWelcome @TheSandK @visitkielder

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1 year

It's been 10 years since we named one of our turrets after Sir Patrick Moore. Now, we're renaming one of our observatory turrets after esteemed astronomer, Caroline Herschel! But, we'd like your Local Hero to take part in the renaming ceremony later in the year!

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8 years

"Falcon 9 has landed" Congratulations to @SpaceX on another successful launch & landing! 🚀

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10 years

After my weekend break couldn't resist the 5D MKIII and a bit of milky way! a busy sky... http://t.co/Ix2C9N9Hm9

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3 years

Our beloved Obsy still stands. The track to it is completely blocked with fallen trees but the wonderful people at @ForestryEngland are working flat out across Kielder and will get to us when they can. We'll keep everyone posted with more information when we get it.

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7 years

M51. The Whirlpool Galaxy. This is a single shot of 6 minutes exposure time. Taken through the 16" RC.

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7 years

Words just about fail me: An absolute inspiration. As the moon slowly rises in the east myself staff and guests will remember. @NASA

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8 years

Oh hai Jupiter! Even with a thin layer of cloud in the atmosphere we can observe the giant planet -

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5 years

A short timelapse of our guests enjoying the #fullmoon event last night. Credit @DanielMonk91 #Astrophotography #universe #moon #lunar #nightsky

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9 years

A single image of a galaxy called M51 isn't it awesome... http://t.co/Qt9Iyin5Kn

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8 years

Step outside and look for the plough, find the last star in the handle 'Alkaid' look a little to the right and this Galaxy is there.

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How many hidden gems of stellar birthing grounds can you find in and around Orion snapped by one of our Science Team @danpyevoiceover ?! #Nebula #Orion #astrophotography #astronomy #stargazing #darkskies #northumberland #natgeo #stars #space

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8 years

What a beautiful display of noctilucent clouds last night! Who else spotted them? Send us your best snaps.

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#Neowise #Comet #Beauty By Adam Shore

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Sarah... what can we say?

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8 years

Our founder Gary has now been a published author for a week!

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Even on their nights off, our astronomers can’t miss out on the aurora borealis! #aurora #northernlights

Dan Pye

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9 months

Some amazing Aurora from County Durham tonight! What you can’t see here is I was being rained on at the same time as taking this 😅 keep an eye out for more! #aurora #aurorawatch #aurorauk

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I'm so proud of my team Kielder!!! And our amazing guests who share the wonders of our universe with us...

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3 years

senior astronomer @DanielMonk91 went to check on the Obsy. His dog loves it just as much as he does! 🐕✨

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9 years

Here is comet Lovejoy...a 3 minute exposure again Canon 60Da. http://t.co/k53vNtNLpu

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8 years

Auroral spikes and a dark sky observatory

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We've waited 18 months but it's here!!!! Thanks to the Tanlaw Foundation and @N_landCouncil our brand new SPIDER is being installed. Watch this space to get involved... @RoyalAstroSoc @visitkielder @rtcstem @AldrinFamilyFdn @VisitNland @ForestryEngland @NlandNP @NorthTyneCA

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1 year

New asteroid alert! Our @DanielMonk91 caught it over Northumberland this morning. What a sight! ☄️ @visitkielder @VisitNland

Dan Monk

@DanielMonk91

1 year

At around 3am this morning there was a newly discovered 1-meter asteroid expected to hit Earth’s atmosphere over northern France! I just had to try and get a shot of it.. and here it is from Northumberland, UK 🤯 @BBCLN @bbcweather @BBCJustinR @BBCNews @BBCScienceNews

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A few pics from last night at the obs. The sky exploded into a wash of colour. Working on the timelapse now. http://t.co/gwLEaYf0VS

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2 years

Oh, @DanielMonk91 's Northern Lights time lapse from last night has even made it onto the @BBCNews front page!

Amazing aurora captured at observatory

Astronomer Dan Monk said it was Northumberland's best display of the aurora borealis "in ages".

www.bbc.co.uk

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5 years

Here’s a shot earlier last year of our lovely 16” telescope turret, with the Milky Way setting in the NW. 📷 Sony Alpha A7 MKII with Samyang 35mm F1.4 AF by @danpyevoiceover #astronomy #milkyway #astrophotography #astrophoto #astropics #spacepics #kielderobservatory #space

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Lovely image of the ISS pass over the Observatory last Monday by @DanielMonk91

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A timelapse of the clear skies during November at Kielder Observatory. It was quite a gloomy start to the month, but it was worth waiting for the perfect starry skies during the last week. Photography: @DanielMonk91 Music: Snowfall by Scott Buckley

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#WinterWonderland

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M51 the whirlpool galaxy. 6 minute raw image.. Taken through the 16" RC . WOW!

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Sprucing up the Obsy for winter - a deep clean uncovering the original beauty of the wood @ForestryEngland @visitkielder

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4 years

A huge thank you to @TNLUK players, who helped @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundNOR grant us funding from the Heritage Emergency Fund to ensure our lovely Observatory is ready to welcome everyone back! #ThanksToYou #NationalLottery 💫🪐😁🎉🎉🎉

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It's April, can you belive it! With the spring skies returning its galaxy hunting season. Looking forward to taking more images like this one... Can anyone name this galaxy?

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8 years

We're on the One Show tonight!! The film Meteor Photography will be broadcast on BBC1 at 7pm tonight unless last minute changes

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5 years

Yesterday's moonrise over Kielder Forest. Image: @DanielMonk91 #astrophotography #photography #picoftheday #photooftheday #universe #nature #space #natgeo

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2 years

What a difference 142 years can make! To celebrate the birthday of the first photograph of the Orion Nebula we captured our own using just a mobile phone pointing down the end of a telescope last night 📱🔭

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9 years

Wow! Aurora on our Aurora Night and seen from across the UK. Here are our pics from after the event. Who else saw it? http://t.co/iWikTByKiT

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We're #hiring ! Seeking science communicators with knowledge of astronomy/astrophysics. #infiniteinspiration @NorthTyneCA @northeastlep @northumb_astro @sunastrosoc @VisitNland @BIGchats @STEMLearningUK @ReeceSTEM @STEMclubs @RoyalAstroSoc @sciencecentres

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Beautiful aurora over the observatory on 09/04/2015 taken by Matt. http://t.co/dsmfGMMfqg

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We witnessed an incredible display of NLCs during last night’s event! Sightings across Europe were being reported - did you manage to spot them yourself? Photo by @astronomy_adam #NoctilucentClouds #KielderObservatory

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8 years

Still time to see it: this is off back of camera

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I thought I would show you this pic of the Andromeda galaxy, our closest neighbour in the universe...its moving in with us soon (Ish).

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8 years

1st runner up place goes to David Wills, with this stunning picture of the pleiades.

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2 years

We're just about sold out for 2022 (be quick to grab the last few tickets!) but why not start 2023 with a trip of a lifetime to our fantastic observatory! Events every night of the week and something for everyone! Book now:

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