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Starfest is coming this October, with Kielder and Battlesteads Observatories.
2020 Starfest is a fun-packed family astronomy weekend of November 6th, 7th and 8th, organised by our
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101 Things – a Stellar Nova, the New Nova in Cassiopeia
Discovered on the 18th of March, nova Cas 2021 was shining at approx magnitude +9.6, but it
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101 Things – The Northumberland Dark Sky Festival
A new virtual festival is being organised this February to celebrate Northumberland as one of the best
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Are We Nearly There Yet by Carol Davenport – A Review
This is a lovely childrens book about the Rosalind Franklin Rover, (previously known as the ExoMars Rover)
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Geminids Meteor Shower
Have you ever wished upon a star? Well with the Geminids Meteor Shower you’ve got the best
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APPG for Dark Skies – Light Pollution
Light Pollution affects society and habitats in several ways; stargazing and astronomy are just the tip of
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101 Things – COMETS!
Comets are (essentially) massive dirty, icy snowballs thought to mostly originate from the “Oort Cloud” at the
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Venus Inferior Conjection and Solar System Scope
Tomorrow the planet Venus will be at “inferior conjunction” – what does that mean? Firstly I must
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101 Things – Noctilucent CLouds
The 2020 Noctilucent Cloud (NLC) season is almost here – NLCs are they the highest clouds on
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101 Things – Satellites – Starlink
Satellite spotting is definitely a fun astronomical thing to do and because commercial launches are now happening
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