Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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Milky Way Archive
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![We live in a galaxy тАУ a star city with several hundred billion residents. Moreover, we know our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, with prominent arms of bright young […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-of-NGC2997-115x115.png "Explorers of the Galaxy (Part 1)")
Explorers of the Galaxy (Part 1)
Posted on March 4, 2016 | No CommentsWe live in a galaxy тАУ a star city with several hundred billion residents. Moreover, we know our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, with prominent arms of bright young […] -
Everything You Need to Know About the Milky Way
Posted on September 14, 2012 | 13 Comments, -
![Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is vaster than we puny humans can imagine.A huge (100 000 light years across) spiral of stars and nebulae embedded in the tenuous interstellar medium […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Map-of-MilkyWay-115x115.jpg "Finding Your Way in the Milky Way")
Finding Your Way in the Milky Way
Posted on August 21, 2012 | 2 CommentsOur galaxy, the Milky Way, is vaster than we puny humans can imagine.A huge (100 000 light years across) spiral of stars and nebulae embedded in the tenuous interstellar medium […] -
![Globular clusters, tightly packed masses of stars are dazzling celestial spectacles as shown by this new European Southern Observatory image. This dramatic image depicts Omega Centauri, one of 200 or […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Image-of-Omega-centauri-115x115.jpg "Image of the Month: 300,000 stars at once!")
Image of the Month: 300,000 stars at once!
Posted on June 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsGlobular clusters, tightly packed masses of stars are dazzling celestial spectacles as shown by this new European Southern Observatory image. This dramatic image depicts Omega Centauri, one of 200 or […] -
![Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. Nearly 16 000 light years from Earth, Omega […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-omega-centauri-sta-115x115.jpg "Hubble Space Telescope sees into the future")
Hubble Space Telescope sees into the future
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsUsing the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. Nearly 16 000 light years from Earth, Omega […]