wettontelescope.org
PWT Website
http://www.wettontelescope.org/links.html
Http:/ www.green.ox.ac.uk/. Green College, Oxford: The site of the old Radcliffe Observatory. Http:/ www.aae.org.uk. GCSE Astronomy link. Lots of useful reading and resources. Http:/ www.comets.amsmeteors.org. Current observable comets: lists and details of meteor showers throughout the year. Http:/ hubble.stsci.edu. Gallery of Hubble images. Http:/ www.spaceweather.com. Current solar activity: sunspots, aurorae, flares etc., notable current events, near earth objects. Constellation maps and details.
telescope400.org.uk
Telescope400 - celebrating Thomas Harriot's first ever use of the Telescope in Astronomy
http://telescope400.org.uk/index.htm
Account of the day. IYA 2009 in UK. Was created to publicise the achievements of Thomas Harriot. And to cover the Telescope400 event. Although IYA2009 (see logo, left) is now over, this site will be maintained. See our biography of Thomas Harriot. And also information added in March 2015 about the two replica telescopes. That the team had made for the event. TELESCOPE 400 RAN, VERY SUCCESSFULLY, ON SUNDAY 26th JULY. A short report is available under the link Account of the day. Is this Thomas Harriot?
esas.org.uk
Speakers 2014-15
http://esas.org.uk/index.php/events/speakers-2014-15
Jump to main navigation and login. How To Find Us. Sky at a Glance. 2014-15 Season Speakers have been:. 2nd January 2014 - Rosemary Selmes. Rosemary's talk is entitled 'INT past and present'. 6th February 2014 - Stuart Constable. Thursday 6th February 8pm ESAS Meeting Stuart Constable from Herstmonceux Radio Astronomy Facility will give us a candid view of this fascinating side of Astronomy and show you how to start. April 3rd 2014 - Damian Peach Astrophotography. Ref: http:/ binocularsky.com/. 6th Decem...
blackettobservatory.org
Blackett Observatory - Links
http://www.blackettobservatory.org/links.html
Welcome to the Marlborough College Blackett Observatory, home to the largest refracting telescope in Wiltshire. Learn more. Coordinates: 51.25.25 N and 1.44.24 W. Wwwgreen.ox.ac.uk. Green Templeton College, Oxford: The site of the old Radcliffe Observatory. Www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk. Philip Wetton Telecope (PWT) Oxford. GCSE Astronomy link. Lots of useful reading and resources. Starlearner (GCSE Astronomy e-textbook). Space exploration and astronomy news from around the internet updated daily.
iaucomm46.frm.utn.edu.ar
Links – IAU Commission 46
http://iaucomm46.frm.utn.edu.ar/links
Notice: Undefined index: x02b14081 in /var/www/iaucomm46/wp-includes/pomo/mo.php on line 1. Astronomy Education and Development. Resolutions / Business Meetings. Commission Working Groups (WG). IAU Division C, Education, Outreach and Heritage. IAU Office of Astronomy for Development. I AU Commission 46 PG on Education Group on the Transit of Venus. IAU Commission 46 PG on Education Program Group on Education at the time of Eclipses. IAU Commission 50, Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites.
telescope400.org.uk
Telescope400 - About the Day
http://telescope400.org.uk/account.htm
Account of the day. IYA 2009 in UK. Account of the day. Planetarium in Great Conservatory. Telescope400 ran, very successfully, on Sunday 26th July 2009, and this page contains a brief account of the day. We were very fortunate to get good weather during an unsettled period. There were more than 600 visitors, especially families, and great fun was had by all. Robert Massey and Comet. Create a Comet created quite a stir! Talk on the First Moon Landings. The talks, held in the Northumberland Room of Syon h...
telescope400.org.uk
Telescope400: The Thomas Harriott Quatercentenary Lecture and Reception
http://telescope400.org.uk/lecture.htm
Account of the day. IYA 2009 in UK. The Quatercentenary Lecture and Reception. Is this Thomas Harriot? Sunday July 26th 17.30 20.00. You are invited to a very special event which is the culmination of the day of celebration. A separate ticket must be purchased). The lecture, entitled. Thomas Harriot: the Englishman who beat Galileo. Will be given by Dr Allan Chapman, University of Oxford, in the Garden Room Marquee. This will be followed by a buffet reception with live music of Harriot’s time. This will ...
telescope400.org.uk
Telescope400 - New Moon Catalogue in the style of Harriot
http://telescope400.org.uk/harriot-maps.htm
Account of the day. IYA 2009 in UK. By Geoff Burt. (Based on an article in Hampshire Sky, November 2008). First Moon drawing dated 26 July 1609. I’ve had the privilege of researching Harriot’s lunar papers on behalf of Telescope 400. The process has yielded a fascinating insight into the life and work of a Renaissance astronomer. My astronomical speciality is drawing lunar features [1]. One of Harriot's Sun Spot drawings. By his own hand. The drawing is little more than a rough ink sketch, as seen throug...
