Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Read our monthly guides to the night sky, and check out the latest news from the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomy team. Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum and Queen's House. We are also home to The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre and the Caird Library and Archive. Together we're dedicated to enriching people's..
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Discover what to see in April's night sky including Leo the lion, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the Lyrid meteor shower ..read more
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Discover what to see in March's night sky, including the spring triangle, stunning lunar features and Mercury at greatest elongation ..read more
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Discover what to see in February's night sky, including the Lynx constellation, some stunning spiral galaxies and a planetary conjunction for those in the Southern Hemisphere ..read more
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Discover what to see in January's night sky, including the Quadrantid meteor shower, close lunar encounters of Jupiter and the Pleiades, and a stunning swarm of stars from the Beehive Cluster ..read more
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Learn more about the nocturnal or ‘nocturlabe’, used for centuries to tell the time based on the movement of the stars ..read more
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Astronomy news from the Astronomy Ambassadors Group - October 2023 ..read more
Astronomy blog | Royal Museums Greenwich
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Discover what to see in September's night sky, including a majestic winged horse, a galaxy far, far away, and a selection of planets ..read more