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This site is intended for anyone interested in astronomy, and particularly anyone who would like to be a member of the Bootham School Astronomy Society. This membership is available to all members of the Bootham community, and students from other York schools who have attended the ISSP course on astronomy at Bootham. If you choose to subscribe by email, you will receive an email of any new post within about twenty four hours. There will also be twitter updates before an observatory session, and you are recommended to follow me on twitter using the button on the right of this screen.

Thursday 12 January 2012

Clear skies!

The weather looks good, so I will be opening up the observatory tonight for an hour from 8pm to 9pm. Come and see Jupiter, and perhaps the glories of the winter constellations too! The Moon will rise at about 8.50pm, and will be well worth a look.