Bootham School Observatory: 03/13/13

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Wednesday 13 March 2013

Grant from the Institute of Physics

I am very pleased to announce that our observatory has been awarded a very generous grant from the Institute of Physics, to help us set up our own seismometer at Bootham. With it, we will be able to listen to the world at the same time as we watch the skies. Somehow, I feel sure that adding an "Earth Observatory" to our repertoire is a sensible thing to attempt, and when we get the seismometer reporting via a datalogger, we will post its output on this site.

Will you get a view of comet panSTARRS?

Sky and Telescope magazine has this excellent guide on where to look - it makes no difference that they are in the USA. If the sky is clear this Friday, it will be the first object we try to spot, using the roof binoculars.