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![In association with BBC Stargazing Live 2015 and the Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomical Society (NIAAS) Armagh Planetarium is opening its doors for a free open evening on Tuesday 24th of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stargazer-115x115.jpg "Free Open Night at the Planetarium for Stargazing Live")
![So far this year we have seen QVC presenters discussing whether the moon was a star or a planet. On having searched online a voice in their earpiece told them […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image-of-jupiter-and-moons-115x115.jpg "10 “Facts” About Space That Aren’t True")
![Already the year 2015 is proving to be a great year for stargazing with planets, comets and meteorites gracing the skies but prepare for March as it brings a òÀØmicro […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image-of-partial_solar_eclipse_may_20_2012_minneapolis-115x115.jpg "Stargazing in March")
![If youòÀÙve ever looked up at a sky full of stars and wondered just what else is out there then you might want to come to Ballyhackamore Public Library on […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image-of-milky-way-over-dome-115x115.jpg "What’s Out There? A talk hosted by Ballyhackamore Library")
![Seventy thousand years ago our world, unmarked by agriculture and industry, was a very different planet. Back then Earth was shared by at least four separate types of human being. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image-of-red-dwarf-flare-115x115.jpg "Did a Wandering Star Light Up Ancient Skies?")
![At the planetarium it is often stated that every time you look into the sky you are doing astronomy, it has become a slight mantra that we chant to encourage […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image-of-Ancient_ziggurat_at_Ali_Air_Base_Iraq-115x115.jpg "Ancient Astronomy (Part 1)")
![The shortest month of the year holds a lot of promise when it comes to the nights sky and whether you are making plans for ValentineòÀÙs Day or still wondering […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image-of-Jupiter-115x115.jpg "Stargazing in February")
![Dyson spheres are an outrageous concept. The idea of looking for alien megastructures in space ˆàappeared at the end of the 1950s and was widely discussed in speculations about searching […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Image-of-MilkyWay-with-dyson-115x115.jpg "Whatever Happened to Dyson Spheres?")
![Although not quite the òÀÙ12 days of ChristmasòÀÙ gift inventoryòÀÙ, the following checklist should give us a quick peak at some significant events connected with space that we can look […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image-of-esa-IXV-115x115.jpg "2015’s Space Odysseys")
![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")
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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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