Monthly Archives: February 2013

Tomorrow’s Astronomy club session will start at 7pm until approximately 8.30pm. After the recent near misses we will be looking at the topic of Near Earth Objects (NEO’s). There will be a chance to observe in the observatory weather permitting. … Continue reading →

Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass Earth this evening in a very near miss. It is the size of an olympic swimming pool and will pass the Earth at a distance of just 27,700 km. This is even closer than our … Continue reading →

On Monday 25th February a group of our students will be presenting their work on light pollution at Nottingham Trent University’s Open Dome event. The project has been led by year 11 student Bethany Graham and has included an Orion … Continue reading →

Re-scheduled from 6th December 2012. Professor Michael Merrifield, University of Nottingham – 21st Century Telescopes We are pleased to welcome Professor Michael Merrifield who will be giving a talk about 21st century telescopes on Tuesday starting at 6pm. Astronomical discoveries and the development … Continue reading →