Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, I’m Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the Planetarium’s official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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The Truth About Zeta Reticuli
Posted on May 9, 2013 | 3 CommentsZeta Reticuli, a dim binary system of Sun-like stars only 39.5 light years away in the little constellation of Reticulum is strangely well-known. Why is it so famous? This system... -
May 2013 Night Sky Wonders
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsIf you find yourself in the great outdoors any evening during May and it’s a cloudless night, turning your eyes towards the heavens could be an unusually interesting way for... -
Night Sky Wonders: April
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsIf you find yourself in the great outdoors any evening during April and it’s a cloudless night, turning your eyes towards the heavens could be an unusually interesting way for... -
Telescope nights at Armagh Planetarium
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 3 CommentsWe live in an age when dazzling astronomical imagery is everywhere. We are privileged to have immediate access to close ups of the worlds of the Solar System thanks to... -
The Night sky in February 2013
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsNow hopefully any January blues are well and truly dispersed by now and you are prepared to take full advantage of the dark February night sky. Although special events may... -
Sky Wonders for January 2013
Posted on January 9, 2013 | No CommentsJanuary sees the beginning of a New Year with everyone’s New Year’s resolutions to be healthier, to be happier and many people deciding to take up or return to a... -
November Night Sky Wonders
Posted on November 15, 2012 | No CommentsHave you ever found yourself staring up into the sky wishing you knew the name of that odd shaped star pattern, or had an endless debate with someone about what... -
Spooky Wonders of the October Sky
Posted on October 3, 2012 | No CommentsAutumn is well and truly settled in and we are in the ‘Hallowed’ month of October so many exciting things grace our sky!This month we can try and see what... -
M55: A Glorious Globular!
Posted on May 9, 2012 | 1 CommentA globular cluster is made of hundreds of thousands or even millions of stars packed together in a pretty compact ball.The stars in globular clusters are old and there’s never... -
Moonlight Wonders in the May Night Sky
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsWe are well into the wonders of the spring night sky when May begins and we ‘may’ take advantage of the many clear nights we have been subjected to recently...