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![After an amazingly brief 17 months of designing and testing, the òÀØMoon buggyòÀÙ, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), or Lunar Rover was used from 1971-1972 as a key component of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/image_of-abandoned-LRV-115x115.jpg "NASA’s Lunar Rover: Everything You Need to Know")
![Comet ISON is here! This new comet was in January 2013 just a dim speck in the constellation Gemini, between the stars Castor and Pollux. Astronomers could not agree if […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Image-of-comet-lovejoy_from-space-station-115x115.jpg "10 Things You Need to Know About Comet ISON")
![January sees the beginning of a New Year with everyoneòÀÙs New YearòÀÙs resolutions to be healthier, to be happier and many people deciding to take up or return to a […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/image-of-winter-circle-115x115.png "Sky Wonders for January 2013")
![This year has started off with perhaps a little more promise than the last, not only did the world not end but a new Mayan calendar has started, mysterious planet […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/image-of-Comet-kohoutek-115x115.jpg "2013’s Space Odysseys")
![This year we at Armagh Planetarium held our Christmas Card competition for the second year running and were overwhelmed with the number of outstanding designs mixing the themes of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Inver-college-KS3-Winner-001-115x115.jpg "Christmas Card Competition Winners: Images of the Month")
![Music can be a great way to relax and unwind. Many people play an instrument, are part of a band or enjoying listening to their favourite song on the radio […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image-of-Voyager-gold-disc-and-cover-115x115.jpg "A Musical Space")
![The world-wide community of stargazers has been saddened by the passing of one of its great characters. Patrick Moore was a hugely popular figure whose many books, television appearances and […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sir_patrick_moore_1246283574_crop_550x367-115x115.jpg "Sir Patrick Moore RIP")
![Back in December 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt spent 75 hours on the Moon before joining their comrade Ron Evans in lunar orbit for the return to Earth. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Image-of-Shorty-Crater-115x115.jpg "Apollo 17: Last Men on the Moon")
![The òÀØLifestyles of the rich and the famousòÀÙ are usually splashed across the fronts of magazines and tabloids and itòÀÙs pretty common today know more than necessary about many people […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Image-of-Tycho_Brahe-115x115.jpg "Tycho Brahe: Party Animal and Astronomer!")
![Imagine you’re one of the crew on the first mission to Mars. Stepping on the Red Planet for the first time is the adventure of a life time and you’re […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Image-of-Astronauts-game-115x115.jpg "The Ultimate Space Game")
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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