TLES Astronomy

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Celebrating Space Week on maternity leave with @MooDronfield. How are you celebrating space week?

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Clear skies meant plenty of time for solar observing at the open dome tonight. Thanks to Steve Ibbotson for an informative talk on Meteors and to Mr P for his progress update on the STEM club Radio meteor detector build (proudly modelled by Rosie) @longeatonschool @TLES_Brainiacs

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Come and join us at 6.30pm on Thursday 6th June for Solar observing (weather dependent), Steve Ibbotson talking about Detecting Meteors and to hear about our Year 7 Radio telescope project @longeatonschool @TLES_Brainiacs https://t.co/a2AxC6IAYa via @wordpressdotcom

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Join us for our next Family open Dome on Thursday 28th March as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Open to all, doors open at 6pm for family activities and 7pm for talk @longeatonschool @tlesphysics https://t.co/Q2tQvwoSGU

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After some expert drilling and assembly Astro STEM Club is making good progress with building their radio telescope and a centre of mass workshop with Mr Perkins this week has led to a solid plan for the antennas support structure. @longeatonschool @STEMclubs #GirlsInSTEM

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Astro STEM Club learning new skills. This week, soldering copper pipe with another Mr Perkins masterclass. Successful attempts all round and the first parts for our radio telescope completed. @longeatonschool @STEMclubs #GirlsInSTEM #STEM

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Busy few weeks for Astronomy STEM Club, designing a radio telescope to detect meteors, testing components then a pipe cutting masterclass with Mr Perkins @longeatonschool @STEMclubs #STEMClubsWeek

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Join us next Wednesday for our annual Stargazing Live showcase event. Free and open to everyone, doors open at 6pm with a talk by Paul Money starting at 7pm. There will be observatory tours and lots of hands on activities @longeatonschool

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A challenge for our Astronomers - is the Liverpool Telescope powerful enough to see the impact site? #lunarastronomy

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Many astronomers have now verified a #meteor did indeed impact the #Moon during the #LunarEclipse! It was caught on cameras just before totality ( circa 4:41:43 UTC) all over the world. Here is a great shot of impact, close up with a bright star in the upper left for comparison.

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Our Y9 Astronomers observing the Sun while learning how our Solar Telescope works @longeatonschool

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Astronomy STEM Club taking advantage of clear skies while planning their next project - successful Lunar observing had by all!

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Great to see some of our Year 10 students, Oliver and Owen, winning the annual Open dome Christmas quiz! We even managed to observe Mars, Tycho and Copernicus craters afterwards in the observatory. Next event- SGL on 30th January! @AstronomyTles @longeatonschool @TLES_Brainiacs

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Join us on Wednesday for the highly anticipated Annual Community Open Dome Christmas Quiz. Everyone welcome, doors open at 6.30pm https://t.co/YBjwYLtYU0 @tlesphysics @longeatonschool

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The second family open dome of the year is happening next week. Just us on 29th Nov for lots of fun activites and information about the Moon https://t.co/TZ5fZwJhdY @tlesphysics @longeatonschool