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 – Noctilucent CLouds

The 2020 Noctilucent Cloud (NLC) season is almost here – NLCs are they the highest clouds on

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C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) – The First Decent Comet of 2020?

So it turns out that one of the last comet discoveries of 2019 is brightening up and

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101 things – The Night Sky

One of the best things about being involved in Battlesteads Observatory is stargazing under the wonderful dark

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101 Things – The Quadrantid Meteor Shower

This meteor show is one of the high points of the “Shooting Star” year and can produce

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