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Walking through stars in northern skies and northern Scotland: Plockton
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From 1956, Scotland’s foremost Gaelic poet, Sorley Maclean, was Headmaster at Plockton High School. He worked tirelessly to improve the situation of the Gaelic language and was also a champion of shinty, a sporting tradition still proudly upheld in the school. He retired in 1972 to Braes on Skye, poetically tightening one of the lines we have thrown between our Highland stars. The next day we walked up the hill above the holiday crowd to where the road and railway line converge and the school sits, to me...
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Dark Sky Wales » Resources
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Exciting workshops to inspire young minds. This section of our website will feature downloadable resources such as brochures, press releases and other forms of media such as images and video. Please check back soon! 8211; Scotlands fantastic equivalent. 8211; Global education and science organisation. 8211; The voice of amatuer astronomy in the UK. 8211; Our website and multimedia design partners. Hubble Education and Museums. 8211; educational resource relating to the Hubble Telescope.
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The Merry Dancers | Dark Sky Diary
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In Pursuit of Darkness. April 24, 2011. A group of islands to the north of Scotland) earlier this month I heard people talking time and again about The Merry Dancers. Amazingly this is the name that locals give for an astronomical phenomenon all too rarely seen in the south of the UK, but on display regularly above Orkney – the Northern Lights. Under the International Dark-skies Association. I did several talks to public audiences while in Orkney – in Kirkwall. But time and again I was told about how ama...
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Jeff and Christine Windstrup's Family Blog: November 2008
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Jeff and Christine Windstrup's Family Blog. Tuesday, November 04, 2008. Wednesday, October 29th. We started early with a joyful trip on the RER. From home to the airport. We went from Paris Charles de Gaulle. To the Edinburgh Airport. Upon our arrival we were quickly reassured with the sound of our favorite language. English. On to the Avis Rent-A-Car. Counter. We opted for the Renault Espace IV. Since there were 5 of us. The sunroof. We headed off to discover Scotland. In the State Drawing Room. We had ...
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Walking through stars in northern skies and northern Scotland: October 2008
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Introduction: The Constellation Journey. Map by Gill Russell. As creatures that walk upright, the heavens are half our visual field. The stars have inspired countless poems, guided sailors, been used to foretell the future. They have provoked us to devise technology for seeing and understanding what is out there, and even to travel amongst them. But they are ancient and their stories reach far beyond our own. Birthday message to the Hubble Telescope launched from Cawdor Primary School. Deneb is the brigh...
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John C Brown: Astronomer Royal for Scotland/Useful links
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Professor John C. Brown. 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Links to all Astronomical Societies in Scotland:. Astronomical Societies in Scotland. Astronomy Clubs in the UK http:/ www.astronomyclubs.co.uk/Clubs/Counties.aspx. Http:/ www.glasgowsciencecentre.org. Http:/ www.darkskyscotland.org.uk/. Glasgow University Observatories http:/ www.astro.gla.ac.uk/observatory/observ.shtml. Mills Observatory, Dundee http:/ www.leisureandculturedundee.com/mills-home. The Sky at Night'.
mist.ac.uk
Dark Skies
http://mist.ac.uk/index.php/dark-skies-projectsmenu-50
Portal to the Universe. Find your Local Events. Calendar of UK Events. She is an Astronomer. Dark skies are found in rural areas that are free of urban light pollution. From a city centre location we might see fewer than 100 stars with our naked eyes. Under a dark sky we can see over 1,000 stars. We can even see our own galaxy, The Milky Way, stretching across the sky. Has been named the UK's first International Dark Sky Park, and only the fourth on the world! Read more about Galloway Forest Park here.
