Bootham School Observatory: 2015

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Saturday 12 December 2015

ISS over Fox House

Here is a quick snap of the International Space Station passing over York on the 11th December at about half past five in the evening.

You can see the Pleiades on the left, and the trail of the ISS passes near the constellation Aries.

Friday 13 March 2015

Hello, we're back

After a long hiatus following a tricky broken ankle that stopped me from getting up the stairs to the observatory, I am happy to say we're back in gear. There's a new Astronomy GCSE group, and we're really looking forward to the launch of our pocket spacecraft mission to the Moon some time this year (hopefully). With Jupiter at opposition and Venus magnificent in the evening sky, there's never been a better time to start posting to this blog again.

The next big event is on Friday 20th of course, when we will open up the observatory to the school's younger students for a live Radio York eclipse watch. I'm not sure if watching a partial solar eclipse will make great radio, but it will be fun trying to capture the moment...