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Welcome to the Observatory!

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, 13 February 2014

SpotTheStation

Time: Thu Feb 13 7:21 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 53 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: SSW
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Astronomy Club photos

I like this very much - we've been doing the phases of the Moon in astronomy club, and here are some interesting photos of our model.


 
 
I hope to run an observing session next week, if it ever stops raining!
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Tonight's session is cancelled...

This is terrible news, but tonight's session is cancelled. As I write, the sky is overcast and raining. Stay tuned for a new opportunity as soo as I can find a date.
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Tonight's session

The weather has not yet picked up, but I remain hopeful! I'll make a final announcement at 5.30 today, so please check in again there. DON'T FORGET! This all goes much more easily on twitter!!!
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Monday, 27 January 2014

SpotTheStation 1-year renewal

Wow, has it been a year?

Your signup anniversary with Spot The Station is set to expire in 30 days. We hope you've enjoyed the chance to see an international crew of six traverse the sky at 17,500 miles/hr (28,000 km/hr).

To continue this service, please extend your alerts at the URL provided. If instead you would like to part company, no action is required. Your alert info will be consumed by reentry in 30 days.
http://go.usa.gov/D6pd

Hope you continue to enjoy the ride!

NASA's Spot The Station Team
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