The JHI observed the transit of Mercury on the 9th of May 2016. An event which won’t occur again until 2019. JHI members including Dr Daniel Brown, and the general public got to witness the transit of Mercury. streamed to a monitor and outside of Maudland Building. A good number Read More …
Year: 2016
JHI Hosts Institute of Physics North-West Regional Final of Undergraduate Physics Challenge.
Some of the North West’s top budding physicists were put to the test in a regional competition hosted by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and sponsored by the Institute of Physics (IOP). The second IOP North West Undergraduate Physics Challenge was hosted by the UCLan and Royal Institute (RI) Read More …
Newton Advanced Fellowship success
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 …
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 …
STARS2016 Conference: Abstract Submissions Open
The JHI are pleased to announce a scientific conference to honour the life’s work of our own Don Kurtz! The conference, Understanding the roles of rotation, pulsation and chemical peculiarities in the upper main sequence, will be held in the English Lake District from 11-16th September 2016. For more information, Read More …
Undergraduate Research Success For Simon
Congratulations to JHI second-year astrophysics student, Simon Ebo, who has been selected to present his research at a National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of North Carolina, USA, 7-9 April 2016. The award announcement from the NCUR committee reads: “Dear Simon Ebo, Congratulations! We are pleased to Read More …
Stargazing success at UCLan
Keen astronomers not put off by rain as local stargazing event goes ahead thanks to University and Preston and District Astronomical Society. More than 120 people turned out for our Stargazing Live event on January 13th. The weather was unfavourable, but keen stargazers were not put off by the rainy Read More …