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Address:
Keele University Campus
Opening Hours:
The observatory holds public open nights every Tuesday evening from 8:00 p.m. onwards, except from first Tuesday in May until second Tuesday in August.
Contact:
Mike Brough, Acting Director
mdb@astro.keele.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) 01782-584086
Additional information:
The observatory is on Keele University Campus, behind Car Park F, next to Horwood Hall.
Links:
Keele Observatory
Keele University
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Description:
Keele Observatory is a unique collaboration between the amateur astronomers of Keele AstroSoc, and members of the University's Astrophysics Group. The main instruments are a 24 inch reflector which is equipped with a SBIG ST6 CCD camera, and 12 inch refractor. Aside from the local amateur astronomers, the observatory is also used for teaching adult education courses and undergraduates, as well as for research. You can get some idea of the research we do by looking at the papers which use data from the Observatory, and sometimes from our friends around the world. In between teaching and research we also take some pictures, just for fun (from the Observatory's website at: http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~obs/home.html).
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