Our next public observing night is Wednesday October 4th. Two sessions 6 – 7:45PM, 8:15 – 10:00PM. Reserve free tickets at https://goo.gl/pBmysu We will be offering tours of the observatory, planetarium shows, short talks, the chance to ask our astronomers any questions you might have, and if the weather allows, Read More …
Moor Park Heritage Weekend Was A Great Success
Moor Park Heritage Weekend was a great success. Over 200 members of the public attended the Heritage Weekend at Moor Park Observatory. The weekend of the 8-10th September, has been designated as the Moor Park Heritage weekend. Which marked the opening of public buildings for the public to visit. The Read More …
JHI hosts STFC advanced summer school in solar system plasmas
The JHI is hosting the STFC Avdanced Summer School in Solar System Plasmas during 28th August – 1st September 2017 PhD students in Solar, Magnetospheric, Ionospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics from all over the UK, with the addition of a participant from Sweden, are attending lectures and activities delivered by external Read More …
Astrophysicists map out the light energy contained within the Milky Way
For the first time, a team of scientists have calculated the distribution of all light energy contained within the Milky Way, which will provide new insight into the make-up of our galaxy and how stars in spiral galaxies such as ours form. This research, conducted by astrophysicists at the University of Central Read More …
UCLan Reopens Moor Park Observatory
Keen stargazers and local astronomy enthusiasts have joined University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) staff to celebrate the grand reopening of the Moor Park Observatory on its 90th anniversary. The Observatory, which closed its doors in 2000, has undergone a £100,000 renovation and it will now be used to allow community Read More …
Astronomers confirm orbital details of TRAPPIST-1’s least understood planet
Scientists using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have identified a regular pattern in the orbits of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system that confirmed suspected details about the orbit of its outermost and least understood planet, TRAPPIST-1h. An international team of astronomers, including a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Read More …
Supercomputing boost for planet formation research at UCLAN
Guild Research Fellow Dr Dimitris Stamatellos and postdoctoral researcher Dr Alex Dunhill have been awarded 2.4 million computing hours at the DiRAC UK High Performance Computing facility to study the early phases of planet formation in young protoplanetary discs. The question about the origin of planets and life has fascinated Read More …
JHI Features in Astronomy Now
The UCLan stand at AstroFest featured GalaxyFlyer which has been highlighted in the latest issue of Astronomy Now. The JHI’s stand featured in the April 2017 edition of Astronomy Now. Steve Ringwood, writing for Astronomy Now, says that the GalaxyFlyer is a remarkable demonstration of immensive 3-D astronomy via virtual Read More …
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS COVER ARTICLE!
A paper by Joe Smerdon (UCLan) and coworkers has been selected to feature as the cover of a special molecular electronics issue of Journal of Chemical Physics. Building on previous success, we decided to construct another rectifier using the same methodology. This could only be successful if our understanding of Read More …
Astronomy academics spot fire while observing Jupiter
Dr Daniel Holdsworth and Dr Mark Norris alerted emergency services to fire at Alston Hall A peaceful night of stargazing took an alarming turn for two University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) academics last night after they discovered a huge fire in a nearby property. Astronomy lecturer Dr Mark Norris and Read More …