Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IòÀÙm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumòÀÙs 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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![With a òÀØspace-exploration CVòÀÙ big enough to eclipse the achievements of most of the other space probes in its class, the Cassini-Huygens orbiter has revealed much from one of our […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NASA_JPL_SScI_TitanDarkside-115x115.jpg "Titan: Cassini Orbiter Continues to Unravel its Secrets")
Titan: Cassini Orbiter Continues to Unravel its Secrets
Posted on March 26, 2015 | No CommentsWith a òÀØspace-exploration CVòÀÙ big enough to eclipse the achievements of most of the other space probes in its class, the Cassini-Huygens orbiter has revealed much from one of our […] -
![In July 2015, we will finally have our long-awaited closeup views of the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons when NASA’s New Horizons probe flies past the tiny and distant […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Image-of-NewHorizons-PlutoFlyby-115x115.jpg "How You Can Pick Pluto’s Placenames!")
How You Can Pick Pluto’s Placenames!
Posted on March 24, 2015 | 1 CommentIn July 2015, we will finally have our long-awaited closeup views of the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons when NASA’s New Horizons probe flies past the tiny and distant […] -
![As everyone knows on Friday 20 March 2015, a total solar eclipse will occur across the far northern regions of Europe and the Arctic. A partial solar eclipse will be […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image-of-November_3_2013_Partial_Eclipse_in_Ghana-115x115.jpg "Viewing the Partial Solar Eclipse of 20 March 2014")
Viewing the Partial Solar Eclipse of 20 March 2014
Posted on March 16, 2015 | No CommentsAs everyone knows on Friday 20 March 2015, a total solar eclipse will occur across the far northern regions of Europe and the Arctic. A partial solar eclipse will be […] -
![NASAòÀÙs Dawn Space Craft is already a success story. It was launched on board a Delta IIˆà rocket in 2007, has spent 14 months investigating the asteroid Vesta, is using […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image-of-ceres-from-herschel-115x115.jpg "Dawn at Ceres")
Dawn at Ceres
Posted on January 20, 2015 | No CommentsNASAòÀÙs Dawn Space Craft is already a success story. It was launched on board a Delta IIˆà rocket in 2007, has spent 14 months investigating the asteroid Vesta, is using […] -
![Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was discovered in August 2014. Observers in the southern Hemisphere could see it throughout the last quarter of 2014. By December 2014 the comet could be […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Image-of-comet-lovejoy_from-space-station-115x115.jpg "Comet Lovejoy is on the Way")
Comet Lovejoy is on the Way
Posted on December 23, 2014 | No CommentsComet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was discovered in August 2014. Observers in the southern Hemisphere could see it throughout the last quarter of 2014. By December 2014 the comet could be […] -
![On 2March 2004 the European Space Agency (ESA) launched an ambitious and exciting robotic explorer into space, and you probably have heard its quite pretty name mentioned a lot lately. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Image-of-Comet-67P-from-esa-rosetta-115x115.png "Rosetta: Exploring a Comet")
Rosetta: Exploring a Comet
Posted on October 30, 2014 | 10 CommentsOn 2March 2004 the European Space Agency (ESA) launched an ambitious and exciting robotic explorer into space, and you probably have heard its quite pretty name mentioned a lot lately. […] -
![The ancient Chinese thought they were stars inside a solar orb. The Aztecs thought their Sun god had pockmarks on his face. A Renaissance astronomer thought they were undiscovered planets. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image-of-Sunspots_1302_Sep_2011_by_NASA-115x115.jpg "All you need to know about Sunspots")
All you need to know about Sunspots
Posted on September 26, 2014 | 8 CommentsThe ancient Chinese thought they were stars inside a solar orb. The Aztecs thought their Sun god had pockmarks on his face. A Renaissance astronomer thought they were undiscovered planets. […] -
![When Percival Lowell began the search for òÀÜPlanet XòÀÝ little did he know the countless arguments he would cause and effectively how these would lead to a seemingly ever changing […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/new_horizons-115x115.jpg "New Horizons to Pluto")
New Horizons to Pluto
Posted on September 12, 2014 | 1 CommentWhen Percival Lowell began the search for òÀÜPlanet XòÀÝ little did he know the countless arguments he would cause and effectively how these would lead to a seemingly ever changing […] -
![Technology in this day and age has progressed leaps and bounds over the years and things that may have once been out of reach of the normal everyday person have […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/storm-at-3.30-on-the-Sat-to-the-right-115x115.jpg "Hi Pi")
Hi Pi
Posted on May 9, 2014 | No CommentsTechnology in this day and age has progressed leaps and bounds over the years and things that may have once been out of reach of the normal everyday person have […] -
![One of the latest members of the Solar System to be discovered, 2012 VP113 is a tiny isolated world in the outer Solar System. ItòÀÙs attracting attention as it could […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Image-of-sedna-landscape-115x115.jpg "VP113 Comes Out of the Darkness")
VP113 Comes Out of the Darkness
Posted on April 2, 2014 | 4 CommentsOne of the latest members of the Solar System to be discovered, 2012 VP113 is a tiny isolated world in the outer Solar System. ItòÀÙs attracting attention as it could […]