Dr. Juntai Shen (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences) was awarded a prestigious Newton Advanced Fellowship for his collaborative work with Dr. Victor Debattista (the UK partner at UCLan) entitled “Disentangling the Formation of the Milky Way’s Bulge”. The Fellowship is jointly funded by the Royal Society, the Academy Read More …
Month: April 2016
University unveils new £200,000 telescope at Alston Observatory
Astronomy fans in Preston are celebrating after the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) unveiled a new £200,000 telescope. The highly specialised 0.7m diametre mirror Altitude-Azimuth reflecting telescope has taken pride of place at the University’s Alston Observatory. It is the largest telescope of its kind at a university in the Read More …