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Oadby Observatory, near to Oadby, Leicestershire, Great Britain.
This is the University of Leicester facility next to the sports club. The larger dome was opened in 1980 but refurbished with a brand new 20-inch piCETL Telescope<a title="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/news/images/obs5.jpg" rel="nofollow" href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/news/images/obs5.jpg">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/>. Being opened by Professor Jeff Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut on the 7th December 2009. There is also a smaller dome with a smaller telescope. The observatory is used by the physics and astronomy department with undergraduate projects as well and research by professionals. The astro society (of which I am a member) has the Tuesday fortnightly spot from 8-12pm. On the less cloudy nights Jupiter (plus all 4 moons), Neptune, Uranus, Andromeda, Vega and several other sights have been viewed. Throughout the year more planets should appear like Venus, Mars and Saturn although I have already seen Mars and its methane icecaps at Seething <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/156641">TM3295 : Seething Observatory</a>. |
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| Author | Ashley Dace |
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